has anybody try out this new (THIM) app, it suppose to be thai immigration app

2 minutes ago, vinci said:

has anybody try out this new (THIM) app, it suppose to be thai immigration app

https://aseannow.com/thailand-news/thailand-launches-digital-immigration-app-to-speed-up-border-processing-r2065/

Totally works fine, I used it to book advanced travel saying I was coming in in a week and it said it would email me and message me to let me know when to file the tdac/health declaration and it did.

I also used it for travel saying I was coming in in under 3 days and it immediately let me get the QR code to show immigrations that a tdac was filed

Seems like it works pretty good in my humble opinion

What are the advantages over using the existing official TDAC website?

(The other thread seems to have become very convoluted with very little explanation of what the app has actually improved)

1 minute ago, Briggsy said:

What are the advantages over using the existing official TDAC website?

Exactly my thinking.

TDAC works fine.

Along with the release it's being stated down the road the app will also handle 90-day reporting and other immigration matters online. The word extensions was included in that PR.

I just don't see the day arriving when any long-term extensions are solely processed without an in-office visit. Maybe you'll be submitting your 'docs' online, which could/should--in theory, at least--make things smoother on the whole for extension processing prior to attending to get the stamp in the passport?

This YouTuber describes the app fairly well, explains how to complete it and what's not available yet.

Some may have concerns about privacy implications.

Thailand's New Arrival App Explained | Complete Step-by-Step Guide

20 hours ago, Briggsy said:

What are the advantages over using the existing official TDAC website?

1) You can save your data (name, passport number, address, etc) so that you don't have to re-enter it each time.

2) You can create a TDAC for a planned trip at any time, without worrying about the three-day window, and then get an email once that window arrives reminding you to fill out the health info and click "submit".

Neither of those is earth-shattering or life changing, but they're both useful improvements, especially for frequent travelers.

2 minutes ago, khunjeff said:

1) You can save your data (name, passport number, address, etc) so that you don't have to re-enter it each time.

2) You can create a TDAC for a planned trip at any time, without worrying about the three-day window, and then get an email once that window arrives reminding you to fill out the health info and click "submit".

Neither of those is earth-shattering or life changing, but they're both useful improvements, especially for frequent travelers.

Re. 1).....have you actually managed to do that? On the version I have there is no option to enter profile details.

12 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

This YouTuber describes the app fairly well, explains how to complete it and what's not available yet

Agree. I often watch that guy (Cal) blogs.

Canadian and his blogs on Thai related immigration etc are top notch as is the one you post link for THIM

19 hours ago, rwilem said:

Maybe you'll be submitting your 'docs' online, which could/should--in theory, at least--make things smoother on the whole for extension processing prior to attending to get the stamp in the passport?

Not so sure that they would. IMM would presumably still need to see original bank account confirmation letters and statements as duly stamped to verify their genuineness. Doubt whether they would be prepared to accept such letters and statements emailed to them at face value without some means of accessing individual bank accounts to check the figures quoted themselves. And that would raise privacy concerns as alluded to by @Old Croc .

Playing devil's advocate here as I, for one, would most certainly welcome any attempt to digitise the annual extension of stay process with open arms.

22 hours ago, vinci said:

has anybody try out this new (THIM) app, it suppose to be thai immigration app

The article I saw said the app wouldn't be operational until October.

Beta versions cannot be taken as the final article.

The Thailand Immigration Management System (THIM) mobile application is scheduled for its official nationwide rollout on October 1, 2026. [1, 2, 3]

The platform will operate alongside the existing web-based Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC). While an early testing phase is currently live for travelers to create profiles and test flight entries, full app features will be finalized by the October launch date

I’m always concerned about data leakage whenever a government app is proposed. Any government, but especially this one. I’d probably use the DTAC website until I see that the app has less access to my phone data. But I’m not traveling frequently. Frequent flyers might prefer the convenience.

4 hours ago, khunjeff said:

1) You can save your data (name, passport number, address, etc) so that you don't have to re-enter it each time.

2) You can create a TDAC for a planned trip at any time, without worrying about the three-day window, and then get an email once that window arrives reminding you to fill out the health info and click "submit".

Neither of those is earth-shattering or life changing, but they're both useful improvements, especially for frequent travelers.

Thank you, khunjeff. A concise and pertinent answer.

Im unable to get the app to come up when I do a search, even though my version of Android is fine on both phones and tablet.

However, I just discovered that neither of my phones or tablet have NFC capability, which is apparently why I'm unable to find the app in Play Store.

2 minutes ago, TigerandDog said:

Im unable to get the app to come up when I do a search, even though my version of Android is fine on both phones and tablet.

However, I just discovered that neither of my phones or tablet have NFC capability, which is apparently why I'm unable to find the app in Play Store.

It's on APK Pure if you want it.

https://apkpure.com/thim-thai-immigration-bureau/th.go.immigration.thim

works fine on iPhone.

55 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

It's on APK Pure if you want it.

https://apkpure.com/thim-thai-immigration-bureau/th.go.immigration.thim

The phone MUST have NFC capability for THIM to be successfully searched and downloaded. Just got that as an error message when I tried to use your link. Unfortunately my phones don't have NFC capability, so it looks like the only way I can get THIM is to buy a new or 2nd hand phone with NFC capability.

1 minute ago, TigerandDog said:

The phone MUST have NFC capability for THIM to be successfully searched and downloaded. Just got that as an error message when I tried to use your link. Unfortunately my phones don't have NFC capability, so it looks like the only

3 minutes ago, TigerandDog said:

The phone MUST have NFC capability for THIM to be successfully searched and downloaded. Just got that as an error message when I tried to use your link. Unfortunately my phones don't have NFC capability, so it looks like the only way I can get THIM is to buy a new or 2nd hand phone with NFC capability.

Stick with TDAC for the moment if I were you, the app doesn't currently make any use of NFC in any case.

I set up an "imagined" trip from home later this year and here is my opinion of the app so far. The app has a lot of built-in data. You can tell when it asks you to choose your home municipality from a list.

You also need to know the address where you will be staying in Thailand. If you are staying in a hotel, you will also need to fill this in. House number, village, sub-district, district and province. This doesn't seem very smart and makes the claim that the app uses "artificial intelligence" fall a little flat.

A truly smart app would already know the exact address of the hotel you intend to stay in.

Once you have registered your trip well in advance, you will receive this message: Complete health declaration 72 hours before arrival.

You will supposedly be reminded of this at least 72 hours before your arrival in Thailand.

However, there is currently no information on what kind of health certificates must be submitted. It must be assumed to be some form of self-declaration.

What most people maybe are asking themselves is why Thailand did not introduce such a system 25 years ago because this is a fairly rudimentary computer solution, which we could have benefited from for half a lifetime already. So why this endless inertia? The answer is that there is a massive industry built around the immigration system in Thailand. Both inside the offices and outside, where the visa agents are located.

If all this is going to be handled online from October, what will these tens of thousands of people make money from in the future?

All experience suggests that – app or no app – there will also be talk in the future of visiting immigration offices, standing in long queues, being prosecuted and treated like a naughty child, paying money here and there, and finally, most of all, not getting the necessary stamps in your passport. I can't imagine this will be as easy as it is currently being imagined.

Ultimately, it is an immigration officer who has to approve your stay in Thailand, and who would think that he would voluntarily hand over all his signing authority to an app?

The app was launched in partnership with none other than Amazon Web Services (AWS), which will store the data in the cloud, but promises that no personal information will be lost...

Felt

6 hours ago, TigerandDog said:

Im unable to get the app to come up when I do a search, even though my version of Android is fine on both phones and tablet.

However, I just discovered that neither of my phones or tablet have NFC capability, which is apparently why I'm unable to find the app in Play Store.

NFC (Near Field Communication) is not needed to download an app from Google Play Store.

6 hours ago, TigerandDog said:

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The phone MUST have NFC capability for THIM to be successfully searched and downloaded...

In that case, the app has not been written correctly.

5 hours ago, Felt 35 said:

Ultimately, it is an immigration officer who has to approve your stay in Thailand, and who would think that he would voluntarily hand over all his signing authority to an app?

I like the points you make in your post.

I will be avoiding this for as long as possible.

I certainly do not need reminded for my TDAC or anything else.

Some folk type about reminder email for 90 report etc.

For heavens sake put it on your Google Calendar.

Anyone thinking this Thai IT app will assist with annual extensions is dreaming

22 minutes ago, Maestro said:

NFC (Near Field Communication) is not needed to download an app from Google Play Store.

Let me add to this that the THIM app, once installed, will use NFC to read data from your passport and fill it into the online form and save it and more on an immigration server. Perhaps this is why the NFC capability of your phone is verified, so that you won't be able to download and install it unnecessarily. Rather clever, really, and I withdraw my comment that it is incorrectly programmed.

7 hours ago, TigerandDog said:

Im unable to get the app to come up when I do a search, even though my version of Android is fine on both phones and tablet.

However, I just discovered that neither of my phones or tablet have NFC capability, which is apparently why I'm unable to find the app in Play Store.

In the other thread about THIM its reported some of the cheaper phone has issues handling the app

54 minutes ago, Maestro said:

NFC (Near Field Communication) is not needed to download an app from Google Play Store.

The app can require it as a feature, so if your phone doesn't support it, the app store will say it's not supported on your device and won't let you install it.

With this particular app we know it requires NFC from the original announcement, so it does make sense.

36 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

...For heavens sake put it on your Google Calendar.

Anyone thinking this Thai IT app will assist with annual extensions is dreaming

If anything, it will partly automate the form-filling process with data read from the chip in the passport, if Immigration enables completion of the extension application form in the app.

10 minutes ago, Maestro said:

If anything, it will partly automate the form-filling process with data read from the chip in the passport, if Immigration enables completion of the extension application form in the app.

10 minutes ago, Maestro said:

Do not believe that will happen.

Thai IT skills cannot even avoid ability to do online reporting after trip abroad.

Frankly based on history doubt anything related to Thai apps.

Granted TDAC is easy and works well.

8 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Granted TDAC is easy and works well.

Why fix what isn't broken?

11 hours ago, Maestro said:

NFC (Near Field Communication) is not needed to download an app from Google Play Store.

it is for the THIM app. THIM uses NFC, so for phones that don't have NFC capability the app doesn't appear when doing a search.,