Tm6 Departure Card Missing

[Nisa]

You will probably have to go to the airport you arrived at and get a copy. Chiangmai immigration made me do this when I applied fornan extension having lost my TM card

That sucks. Sounds like the OP might want to go to immigration a day or two early just in case there is a problem.

[lookingeast]

As soon as I get something new in my Passport I spend 1/2 a baht to photo copy it, and when I get home scan that new page or TM6 card and add to the other scanned pages, delete the old TM6 scan, so always have a full up to date scan/copy of Passport.. Friend has a USB drive and goes into a print shop and has a scan put into his USB drive..

Always best to keep a full scan/copy of Passport

Another option is to scan and then email yourself a copy, you can then access it from any part of the world if there's a need.

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And so many people keep files in 'the cloud' now that access to files from anywhere is routine without the old self-email way.

[GooEng]

Snap a photo of it into your phone. As good as a scan. The number of the TM card is all that matters

[LburtonL]

Possibly of greater importance for the OP is to get a replacement passport arranged.

I have heard many stories of passports being scrutinized at immigration in various countries when they have been damaged/gone through the wash.

In some cases travel has been refused.

thank you everyone ....

I will sure go get a new passeport, it's just that i don't live in BKK.

I just hope I will be able to get my extension with my old passeport if not I will have to go out the conutry may 20th to get a new Non-O visa

I wouldn't worry too much if they can read your last entry stamp. I washed my passport a couple of times. It was looking pretty trashed, I applied for a new one more than a year before the old one's expire date. When I went to Thai immigration to get my visa and extensions transferred over to my new passport, the officer gave me grief about it not being expired yet. I said it falling apart. He said okay and transferred everything. No charge. But probably best to get a new one if it's been in the washer.

I feel better

[LburtonL]

i went thru this just before Songkran, where I put my passport thru the wash and dry where I had to get a new passport (I have a Non-Immigratant Visa Thai Wife,, so I went to the Canadian Embassy got a new passport (usually takes 3 weeks but I got mine in 12 days from Canada. (By the way Canada keeps all damaged passports but gave me certified copy of my old one.) then I went to Thai Immigration with my new passport and got new stamps trasnsfered into the new passport. I don't know what country your're from but it would be easier if you can keep your old damaged passport. Here are the steps that I took.

1. I downloaded the form to transfer stamps from lost/damage passport to new passport and filled it in.

2. With my new Canadian passport with a certified letter from Canadian Embassy that my passport was damaged and certified copy of my passport pages went to Immigration at Chaeng Wattana (Division 1)

3.. Went to a counter to get a que number for counter "K". Then the man said that since a I have a Non-Imm O marriage visa I had to go to counter "L", which is the Visa Extention Counters and get a new stamp put into my passport at counter "L" it took awhile because they had to look up all my information on the computer and they didn't know what to do since I didn't have my damaged passport.

4. the I had to get a number and go the Re-entry Permit counter and get a new re-entry permit stamp.

In all it took me about 3 hours to do all this.

I do suggest that you download all the forms from Thai Immigration website and fill in the forms before you go, and when you go to Immigration to get a que number try to get numbers for counter "K" and "L" together.

I would try to get to Immigration first thing in the morning like around 7.30 or 7.45 (They open at 8.30 and close for lunch from 12.00-13.00) and get you numbers.

Last thing is that there is no charge for them to transfer the stamps to your new passport.

thanx ...i'm canadian

[LburtonL]

You will probably have to go to the airport you arrived at and get a copy. Chiangmai immigration made me do this when I applied fornan extension having lost my TM card

cross my fingers that will not be the case .... I don't want to fly to BKK for that

[Jimjim]

Happened to me once heading into Laos.

I went to an office instead of getting stamped out and got a telling off from an officer. They looked me up on the computer, apparently, and then told me not to lose it next time.

They I was set free to go to Laos...

[ubonjoe]

You will probably have to go to the airport you arrived at and get a copy. Chiangmai immigration made me do this when I applied fornan extension having lost my TM card

cross my fingers that will not be the case .... I don't want to fly to BKK for that

If you have a copy of your TM6 you should not have to worry about it.

It is always good to have copies of passport pages and TM6.

[malathione]

I lost my TM6 departure card 2 months ago. I went to the airport Immigration office and told them so. Without any trouble they looked up my info on the computer and gave me a new one with my old TM6 number and info hand written on it. It took me all of 5 minutes. No fuss at all.

Where exactly is the Airport Immigration office? Just discovered I lost it, somehow, somewhere, and, I think, best to get it replaced before departure or reporting.

Appreciate your help.

[ubonjoe]

Where are you at now.

Normally your local immigration office will give you a new one. But they may want a police report.

When departing the airline will give you one to fill out.

[IMA_FARANG]

As soon as you can on arrival, make a copy of your arrival/departure card and your entry stamp (the one you got when you went thru immigration on arrival).

Make sure that the arrival card NUMBER is clear (all arrival cards are numbered) and also the arrival stamp is legible.

It's also intelligent (but not necessarily required) to KEEP you ticket stub with your flight number and date of arrival on it.

So if you do lose your arrival card you can go to the local immigration.

They will now have a computerized record of your arrival card number which they can access.

Your arrival stamp and your ticket stub will also show the date and time and the immigration booth number or inspector that stamped you in which they can reference against your flight stub and the airline passenger list (maybe).

It may cost you a fee to replace your arrival card (or maybe not depending on how immigration feels at the time), but it will be worth it.

[ubonjoe]

I think you are over doing it a bit in your post. The TM6 is not that big a deal.

I was recently at immigration and next to me at the counter was a guy that didn't have his TM6 in his passport and before he found it the officer already had a new one in her hand for him.

[malathione]

Where are you at now.

Normally your local immigration office will give you a new one. But they may want a police report.

When departing the airline will give you one to fill out.

If that was directed at me, I'm in Bkk. I'll need it when I go in for reporting and, yeah, wanted to avoid the possibility of police report by heading to the airport and getting a replacement. Except, I don't know where exactly at Suvarnabhumi I need to go.

[ubonjoe]

Not sure you would get it done at Suv.

Police report is easy to get.

Or just go to immigration and try.

[malathione]

Not sure you would get it done at Suv.

Police report is easy to get.

Or just go to immigration and try.

Appreciate it, Joe. I guess I'll just go file a police report if that's easy. Don't want to get to Chaeng and then come back to get a police report.

[chrisinth]

As soon as I get something new in my Passport I spend 1/2 a baht to photo copy it, and when I get home scan that new page or TM6 card and add to the other scanned pages, delete the old TM6 scan, so always have a full up to date scan/copy of Passport.. Friend has a USB drive and goes into a print shop and has a scan put into his USB drive..

Always best to keep a full scan/copy of Passport

Another option is to scan and then email yourself a copy, you can then access it from any part of the world if there's a need.

Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app

Is not a possible danger with this approach that anyone who managed to hack into your email account could potentially steal your identity?

You have a lot less chance of having your email 'hacked' than losing a thumb-drive with a scanned copy on it, or the hard drive of your backup drive becoming corrupted. However, it is a possibility.

Another way to do it is to scan your details and upload to a free (or paid for; increased security) file transfer service. Google drive, Dropbox or 4shared spring to mind as I use all three. Accessible to yourself or anyone you give permission to anywhere in the world, just need the connection.