What are the updates regarding the THIM app for entering Thailand and its impact on the visa process?

As I understand it the only benefit currently is if you’re regularly traveling in/out of thailand the app will store some information from your previous entry therefore saving maybe a couple minutes in completing the digital data on your next entry

I just did it on the new app, THIM

Working but beta

Just use the normal website until they sort out the bugs/issues from that app..... keep it simple for the time being!

My question the app only asks for the hotel you're staying in but I'm staying in multiple locations as I'm driving south from Bangkok then back for 4 weeks that's about 7 or 8 locations and hotels I think 🤔

I have just downloaded it and put in my personal. App says it will remind me 72 hour before arriving, so I can do the TDAC. And I think you only have to use the app.

It is in effect but TDAC can still be used.

I read that it is not starting until October, on a different post asking about Timmy.

One thing that could be considered, and perhaps debated, regarding any privacy concerns.

Any mobile application downloaded to your private phone has the potential to access location data. Under Thailand's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), a detailed privacy policy should be publicly available, however I was unable to locate an independently accessible copy of THIM's full privacy policy for review.

I understand Vietnam has already instigated a tracking concept for foreign travellers.

As a side note, it is worth being aware that on Android for instance (and similarly on iPhone no doubt) there are effectively two levels at which location permissions can be examined and managed.

The first is the standard front-end approach: within your phone's Settings, you can control and restrict location access per app - this is user-managed and straightforward.

The second is Android's Developer Options, a hidden diagnostic mode accessible by tapping Build Number (found under Settings → About Phone) seven times. Once enabled, this provides access to additional system-level tools useful for auditing app behaviour, network activity, and process monitoring - though it is worth noting that Developer Options does not override or bypass what an app may transmit to its back-end servers. Location data proxies such as IP-based geolocation, cell tower data or data already submitted through the app (such as your declared accommodation address) remain outside user control regardless of permission settings.

The front-end permissions are the practical tool available to most users. The deeper concern - what the app does with data once it reaches the developer's servers - is where the yet found privacy policy becomes the critical missing piece

Couldn't download from PLAYSTORE on Samsung or my tablet, although in the description it says from October 26

NO. Not going until October I believe

It does not replace the TDAC but just another way to submit the TDAC for now.

The only positive thing could be that your personal data is saved in the app and you don’t have to fill it in every time you submit the TDAC.

Why not do both?

no and no

Has anyone looked at this? I'm wondering if it stores your main info, so don't need to imput everything, every time?

We will know that in September or October 2026!

Yes.

No.

I got email to complete my health declaration 72 hours before arriving .

No

No