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Old Jul 6, 2022, 11:38 pm
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the TM6 form (arrival card is now officially temporary suspended as from 2. July 2022
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Old Jul 7, 2022, 1:08 am
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I wonder how temporary this suspension will be
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Old Jul 7, 2022, 2:33 am
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Originally Posted by angetenar
I wonder how temporary this suspension will be
Until it is reinstated...
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Old Jul 8, 2022, 1:58 am
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I arrived on July 4. TG handed out the card during the flight, but the Immigration officer did not want it.
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Old Jul 10, 2022, 9:21 am
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Originally Posted by goodeats21
I arrived on July 4. TG handed out the card during the flight, but the Immigration officer did not want it.
Oh. So that's what happened. I also arrived on the 4th and when I went to my hotel and checked my passport I saw the arrival card left behind in my passport. I thought the officer forgot it.
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Old Jul 14, 2022, 7:27 pm
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FYI - I left Thailand a few days early unfortunately, but no problem going through security. No TM6 asked for, nor required. Just passport and ticket, took fingerprints from both hands and photo and passed my passport/ticket back to me.
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Old Sep 5, 2022, 6:39 am
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Arrived today. On the plane the flight attendant said no longer requires. Saw some others in the immigration line that had them but perhaps they also had visa on arrival rather than waiver. Felt odd but nobody asked for the form.
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Old Sep 5, 2022, 6:50 am
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Originally Posted by yosithezet
Arrived today. On the plane the flight attendant said no longer requires. Saw some others in the immigration line that had them but perhaps they also had visa on arrival rather than waiver. Felt odd but nobody asked for the form.
Has worked perfectly well for months now without the arrival cards.
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Old Sep 6, 2022, 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by SKT-DK
Has worked perfectly well for months now without the arrival cards.
Agreed. Have come in twice now without the card and it works fine.

Quite the change in a fairly short amount of time. Going from ASQs and Thai Passes and Insurance Policies to the current situation, where I just hand my passport over, scan my fingerprints, and get stamped in.
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Old Sep 6, 2022, 7:08 pm
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Originally Posted by goodeats21
Agreed. Have come in twice now without the card and it works fine.

Quite the change in a fairly short amount of time. Going from ASQs and Thai Passes and Insurance Policies to the current situation, where I just hand my passport over, scan my fingerprints, and get stamped in.
Yes, it seems we are back to normal at BKK. I recently arrived at 11 pm. ANA flight on time, no wait at immigration, I had my vaccine card ready, but not needed, bags arrived promptly at baggage carrousel. No baggage nightmares like we are seeing in Europe. 😊
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Old Sep 7, 2022, 9:33 pm
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Yes, it seems we are back to normal at BKK. I recently arrived at 11 pm. ANA flight on time, no wait at immigration, I had my vaccine card ready, but not needed, bags arrived promptly at baggage carrousel. No baggage nightmares like we are seeing in Europe. 😊
If no arrival card, it's better than normal :-)
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Old Oct 14, 2022, 1:41 am
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If no arrival card, it's better than normal :-)
Except there is no way for the government to contact you to tell you that you've won the lottery.
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Old Oct 14, 2022, 6:21 am
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there is actually still TM30 (for normal tourists filled out online by hotels), which is more accurate about whereabouts of foreigners...big brother is still watching you...the info about whereabouts in the arrival card were redundant and probably not even key into the system...
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Old Apr 9, 2024, 3:15 am
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Looks like they have just extended the suspension until 15 October.
https://www.nationthailand.com/thail...urism/40037109

I wonder what the reasoning for not making it permanent is.
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Old Apr 9, 2024, 2:05 pm
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Originally Posted by SKT-DK
Looks like they have just extended the suspension until 15 October.
https://www.nationthailand.com/thail...urism/40037109

I wonder what the reasoning for not making it permanent is.
Changing the law. It is not easy to get to change the law in the Parliament. It has to go thru so many process unlike a new law.
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