tneve1 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 It's been a few years since I've been to Thailand and I wanted to know if they have implemented fingerprint scanning yet. I tried to find out on the WWW but all the information I've found was ancient and confusing at best. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chou Anou Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 They might do it somewhere, but I always enter at Suvarnnabhumi, and I've never been scanned once. The only place I've ever had my fingerprints scanned in SEAsia is Cambodia, for a few years, but they seem to have stopped doing it now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farang hunter Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 what you afraid of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanyaburi Mac Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Not at Nong Khai, at least in February 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Salerno Posted May 2, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2017 31 minutes ago, Chou Anou said: They might do it somewhere, but I always enter at Suvarnnabhumi, and I've never been scanned once. The only place I've ever had my fingerprints scanned in SEAsia is Cambodia, for a few years, but they seem to have stopped doing it now. They've been doing it at KL for a few years now too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1Str8 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 It's not implemented yet, only at certain places such as the idc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maprao Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 what you afraid of?[emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23] +1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBOP Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya46 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 7 hours ago, Chou Anou said: The only place I've ever had my fingerprints scanned in SEAsia is Cambodia, for a few years, but they seem to have stopped doing it now. They took our fingerprints in Phnom Penh airport in February this year, so they didn't stop. Never get them taken in Thailand yet, and mainly using both Bangkok airports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartman Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Just now, Farang hunter said: what you afraid of? Dodgy Passport being sussed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 why would you want to know this info ... ? computer records are kept at all IO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chou Anou Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 13 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said: They took our fingerprints in Phnom Penh airport in February this year, so they didn't stop. Never get them taken in Thailand yet, and mainly using both Bangkok airports. Hmm, interesting...I go every December or January, and they haven't done it for several years now. Maybe it's up to the individual immigration officers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattd Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Singapore has just started with Thumb prints, was there in February this year and they took them only outwards, return trip last week and took both inwards and outwards. Interestingly, when I departed from Thailand on 26/04 and when I returned on 28/04 both of the immigration officers did not appear to take the photo whilst doing the clearances, possibly did, but certainly did not see the camera move and nor was I asked to look at the camera on either occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackThompson Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Thumb only at Ban Laem - major crossing for Cambodian workers, but no exceptions for Farangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarSeas Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I was in and out of both Bangkok airports four times in late February this year and saw no such thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Miller Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Hong Kong and Taiwan, yes. Suvarnahbumi no, as of one week ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordblackader Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Chiang Mai, no, been through international twice this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bloggs Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Thailand No, Malaysia yes, well was 2 weeks ago when I crossed from Hat Yai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midas Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Fingerprint technology will rapidly become obsolete at airports because eye scans are considerably more efficient http://fortune.com/2017/03/11/tascent-eye-scanning-airport-security/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riceyummm Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 12 hours ago, Salerno said: They've been doing it at KL for a few years now too. Same at Penang, very fast service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarSeas Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 16 minutes ago, midas said: Fingerprint technology will rapidly become obsolete at airports because eye scans are considerably more efficient http://fortune.com/2017/03/11/tascent-eye-scanning-airport-security/ Exactly. Biometric data is a near-future reality and facial recognition already plays a huge part in the passenger screening process at some airports. By comparison, fingerprinting is decidedly antiquated. Combined with the 'smart passport' that contains a chip (even my 10 year old book is chipped) then in a few years no human will even need to look at a travelers physical passport book. In Australia, SmartGate is leading the way in this level of security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SmartGate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 27 minutes ago, FarSeas said: Exactly. Biometric data is a near-future reality and facial recognition already plays a huge part in the passenger screening process at some airports. By comparison, fingerprinting is decidedly antiquated. Combined with the 'smart passport' that contains a chip (even my 10 year old book is chipped) then in a few years no human will even need to look at a travelers physical passport book. In Australia, SmartGate is leading the way in this level of security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SmartGate Maybe it has little to do with Immigration but more connected with crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novo58 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 JUst flew back into the kingdon TODAY ( 3/5/17). No fingerprint scanning ....in fact my arrival at 6am took me just 5 mins to clear immigration ...shortest queue I have ever seen. On a side note ...when leaving Australia for this return to Thailand, I was handed a departure card to fill in at check-in desk. Went to Aussie outgoing immigration and it was all done using a smart gate ......facial recognition......and NO-ONE collected the departure card.----just ONE immigration officer monitoring the gates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarSeas Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Bazle said: Maybe it has little to do with Immigration but more connected with crime. Illegal immigration is a crime. But its really about universal data collection, profiling and monitoring. It's really quite sinister how everything is connected. A friend of mine (in Australia we're talking here) who is on Centrelink (ie social security benefits) had his payments stopped because he briefly needed to leave the country. Do you know how long it took for the Social Services department to alert him via to this suspension? 18 hours after he went through the gates at Sydney airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilbaz Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 1 hour ago, FarSeas said: Illegal immigration is a crime. But its really about universal data collection, profiling and monitoring. It's really quite sinister how everything is connected. A friend of mine (in Australia we're talking here) who is on Centrelink (ie social security benefits) had his payments stopped because he briefly needed to leave the country. Do you know how long it took for the Social Services department to alert him via to this suspension? 18 hours after he went through the gates at Sydney airport. I'm well aware that the OZ immi computers are linked to Centrelink and Medicare. But what benefits was he on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarSeas Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 13 hours ago, Evilbaz said: I'm well aware that the OZ immi computers are linked to Centrelink and Medicare. But what benefits was he on? He was on a job seeker benefit - by the letter of the law, payments *do* get suspended if you leave the country, and re-instated when you return. So there was nothing inherently unfair about what I described, my statement was merely to illustrate the 'connectedness' of everything, including border control The level of data collecting and cross matching that is happening goes as deep as one may imagine, which makes me think that the implementation of fingerprint data is a bit behind the times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 On 2017-05-02 at 8:00 PM, Farang hunter said: what you afraid of? Maybe he has stolen somebody else fingers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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