According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand's website:
Long-term or permanent foreign residents in Thailand are advised to select “Thailand” under “Country of Residence,” which will be available once the system is activated.
Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 15, 2025 12:33 pm
In the past for the paper TM6 I’m sure I’ve always used my last known UK address - I doubt they’ll be making a visit to check!!
True. Lots of people have said that it's up for debate as to whether any expat - except those who actually have got permanent residence (PR) status, can truly claim to be residents of Thailand and in any event you could always just put the country of issue for your passport.
That's if the TAT is wrong and Thailand doesn't become available as a choice before 28 April.
Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 15, 2025 12:33 pm
In the past for the paper TM6 I’m sure I’ve always used my last known UK address - I doubt they’ll be making a visit to check!!
True. Lots of people have said that it's up for debate as to whether any expat - except those who actually have got permanent residence (PR) status, can truly claim to be residents of Thailand and in any event you could always just put the country of issue for your passport.
That's if the TAT is wrong and Thailand doesn't become available as a choice before 28 April.
I don't see this. If you have only lived in Thailand for say 20 years then you are only a resident in Thailand. We are anyway not talking about the legal definition of domicile so visa status should be completely irrelevant. I even claim Thailand to be my place of domicile also, having no financial or residential connections anywhere else for many years (UK HMRC could kiss my royal **** if they tried to tell me otherwise; your passport is not final proof of your domicile).
The website 'will show Thailand as an option when it goes live'? WTF. what a steaming pile of Immigration manure. Digitally speaking TIT though, and I can believe it. Heath-Robinson himself would applaud.
I left on one of the first days that they introduced the automated departure process and was surprised that it was up and running without problems so it might work.
I'll be coming back soon as well so I hope it does!
I imagine that it'll all depend on the website to get you the entry code because if that works, getting something to read a QR code shouldn't be that difficult.
Well, the first stage is complete and I've got my arrival/departure card QR code by email.
The process was pretty easy.
I was stumped when trying to enter firstly my reentry permit number and then visa extension number under "visa number" as both were refused because the number sequences weren't recognised. I then left it blank and was allowed to proceed.
I was allowed to put my country of residence as Thailand.
I didn't know what to put for departure information so just left it blank and that was ok.
Got the QR code immediately.
Of course, I'll find out how the gaps in my form may affect my passage through imm and just how easy or chaotic the whole experience will be in a few days.
lomuamart wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:50 pm
Well, the first stage is complete and I've got my arrival/departure card QR code by email.
The process was pretty easy.
I was stumped when trying to enter firstly my reentry permit number and then visa extension number under "visa number" as both were refused because the number sequences weren't recognised. I then left it blank and was allowed to proceed.
I was allowed to put my country of residence as Thailand.
I didn't know what to put for departure information so just left it blank and that was ok.
Got the QR code immediately.
Of course, I'll find out how the gaps in my form may affect my passage through imm and just how easy or chaotic the whole experience will be in a few days.
I'm glad to report that things went very smoothly through imm today. I'm sure things were helped by the airport being quite quiet and that they had lots of desks open. Nevertheless, the digital arrival card caused no delays.
I saw quite a few people turned away at desks because they didn't have the digital card. For them, it was don't pass Go and don't get an entry stamp. They were being directed to around the Thai passport area to get things sorted out. Of course, they'd have had to queue up again in the main line.
I noticed that a lot of people had the QR code printed out and I thought for a while that maybe that was what Imm wanted. However, I just handed my passport and phone over, the lady scanned the code and I was stamped in normally.
All-in-all, it was painless and caused no delays at all. Took me one hour from stepping off the plane to getting into my taxi.
