Departure Card

[afzal]

Thai Visa Community always helps me alot, thank you so much.

May i know is my visa departure card is very important?

[ubonjoe]

Yes your TM6 departure card is important.

If you want to do about anything at an immigration office you will need it and a copy of it.

Even when checking into a hotel they will expect to see it.

[elviajero]

Yes you need to keep it in your passport. If you lose it don't worry as it can be replaced.

[JeffreyO]

When I first came here i was unaware that it was required to do an extension of my original single-entry tourist visa. The immigration officers kept telling me that I needed to bring it. After a while they eventually processed my extension but it wasn't without a little hesitation on their part.

That being said, it's important enough that you should bring it for anything related to immigration, be it Division 1 or airport/borders. If you lose it, as one member said, it can be replaced however you again will probably run into resistance while replacing it.

[lungbing]

Why not just leave it where it probably was; stapled into your passport.

[Thanyaburi Mac]

Agreed, I leave my Departure Card stapled in the passport, but I also keep a copy or scan of it at home plus note the TM number on my calendar, just in case the card is lost. It does name replacement a whole lot easier if you do have a copy. The Immigration officer, at departure, for example, rather than going to your local Immigration office, can then just pull out a blank Departure Card and note the old TM number on it.

Mac

[JeffreyO]

My initial card wasn't stapled. All others have been since hten. I'd imagine it depends on the officer processing your entry.