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What country and flight number should I put on my TDAC when transiting through Dubai?
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Right... filling out my tdac and it ask country in which i boarded and flight number. Would that be dubai and the dubai flight number or the one from Newcastle as that's my starting point.....
Answer summary
When filling out the TDAC (Thailand Declaration Form), you should indicate your original boarding point as the country from where you first boarded the flight, in this case, Newcastle, UK. The flight number you should enter is the one for your connecting flight from Dubai to Bangkok. This guidance aligns with the FAQ provided by TDAC and has been corroborated by various travelers' experiences, especially if you remained airside during the transit in Dubai.
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Steve **********
You’re from every place you have ever been. Does that help? (ducking and running
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Gordon ***********
Port of Origin... not the one you transit through. And the flight number you arrive on.
...so thats Newcastle + your dubai-bkk flight number
...so thats Newcastle + your dubai-bkk flight number
SH *****
Lot of people didnt have common sense nowdays
Richie *******
Newcastle 💯%
Lynnette *******
Someone already posted that the Q&A on the TDAC says best to put departure country airport (like UK) not the transit one, but the flight number is the one for the plane you get off.
Stuart ************
Can you only apply for this 3 days before you travel?..or can it be done several months before you go?
Lynnette *******
@Stuart ***********
it clearly says up to 3 days before you land. Nowhere does it say you can do it before that.Pdroman *******
I’m the same flying from Manchester stop over and change plane what flight number should I put ?
Phill *****
OPYea this is what I'm doing. So you put departure from Manchester but the flight number of the plane landing in bangkok.
Pdroman *******
@Phill ****
thanks mate when you flying ?Phill *****
OP@Pdroman ******
16th. 🙏Lynnette *******
@Pdroman ******
they want the flight number you arrive on. It's the plane you'll step off.You can put start of journey "departure" airport.
Pdroman *******
@Lynnette ******
Manchester first flight then 2 hour layover DubaiLynnette *******
@Pdroman ******
departure is Manchester. It's where you depart from. According to TDAC help page.Pdroman *******
@Lynnette ******
just layover in DubaiLynnette *******
@Pdroman ******
it's on the TDAC website QA. Where you start your journey, your departure airport. If you're departing from Manchester you put that. The flight number is the one get for plane you get off.Pdroman *******
@Lynnette ******
so I put Dubai and not Manchester ?Lynnette *******
@Pdroman ******
are you starting your journey in Dubai? Or Manchester?Lynnette *******
@Pdroman ******
where you start your journey.
Shaun *******
Dubai.
James ******
Up to you
Victoria **********
Amazes me how some people manage to even get on the Internet if they have to ask stupid questions like this.
Andy **********
U.k. ! .👍
Alan *****
It’s the uk
Michael *******
This should be called thailand advise for dummies 🙄😂
Phil ********
What does it say on the boarding card that you will hand to the immigration officer?
Newcastle?
Dubai?
It's Dubai so you put Dubai on TDAC.
Newcastle?
Dubai?
It's Dubai so you put Dubai on TDAC.
Harry ********
Dubai
Graeme ******
I'm not sure i would get terribly excited about this, it's the same question they asked when the landing card was issued many years ago. I know when I fly out of Manchester I will use UK as my departure country even though I pass through Doha on my way to Bangkok. If you look at the TDAC for UK people there is also a separate Scotland option!!! So you can choose!!! Also they have choice of cities where you live back in the UK, the options here are all mixed up!! You have a choice of cities and counties!!! So the system isn't perfect so make a choice and enjoy thailand
Frankie *******
The plane that arrives in bangkok
Kevin **********
The flight from Newcastle has a number, it goes to Dubai not Bangkok and it may confuse the system so use the flight number from Dubai.
If you transited through Dubai without going through passport control, you originally boarded in Newcastle. If you went through passport control and had a stopover, then you boarded in Dubai.
The reason for this is that if you are refused entry, you are returned to the last country that admitted you in rather than your country of citizenship. Eg. a Nigerian arriving in Sydney on a direct flight from New Zealand who gets refused immigration clearance gets sent back to NZ. If he arrives from Lagos on a flight with a transit in Dubai, he goes back to Lagos. If he had a Dubai stopover, he would go to Dubai. If he gets refused entry there, immigration would require Emirates to take him back to Nigeria or a third county willing to admit him.
There are protocols and agreements in place for all this.
If you transited through Dubai without going through passport control, you originally boarded in Newcastle. If you went through passport control and had a stopover, then you boarded in Dubai.
The reason for this is that if you are refused entry, you are returned to the last country that admitted you in rather than your country of citizenship. Eg. a Nigerian arriving in Sydney on a direct flight from New Zealand who gets refused immigration clearance gets sent back to NZ. If he arrives from Lagos on a flight with a transit in Dubai, he goes back to Lagos. If he had a Dubai stopover, he would go to Dubai. If he gets refused entry there, immigration would require Emirates to take him back to Nigeria or a third county willing to admit him.
There are protocols and agreements in place for all this.
Wayan ***********
@Kevin *********
How does a Nigerian get a name like "Kevin O'Connor"?
Henry *********
I put UK not UAE as we just switched planes in Dubai. It was fine. They don't even look at the TDAC at Passport control.
Richard ********
@Henry ********
Believe it or not, but that device sitting on the officer's desk is amazingly connected to a network. Your passport gets scanned and all your data is displayed.Try going through without filling in a TDAC.
Henry *********
I know. I arrived on 1 May. However, the field for the country of boarding is not important.
Damo ***********
You only had 2 choices… some say Dubai and some Newcastle.
1. Are you glad you asked here?
2. Which of these strangers are you going to believe?
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1. Are you glad you asked here?
2. Which of these strangers are you going to believe?
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Lynnette *******
@Damo **********
go by the TDAC help page that says departing country where you first board. That's the country you're coming from.
Aneek *****
Dubai ain’t a country 😅
Marney ********
Newcastle
Kevin ******
Original point of boarding
Jonny ********
Uk m8 ie Newcastle
Mee ******
Newcastle 100 percent
Dennis **********
Your departure country is where you first boarded the plane and your flight No is the one you land in Thailand so it will be Newcastle
Yvonne ********
If you watch Live Love Thailand's latest video, it will answer all kinds of questions like these. Your answer here is that, as long as you didn't leave the airport on your connecting flight, you always put where you've boarded initially, which is Newcastle. It doesn't matter how many connecting flights you have, you don't them down on the TDAC.
Gary ***********
If you stayed airside in Dubai you never actually entered the country so it's original boarding place
Bent *************
@Gary **********
Dubai is NOT a country!Bent *************
If you travel from Paris you write France.
If you travel from Dubai you write UAE (United Arab Emirates)
If you travel from Dubai you write UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Gary ***********
@Bent ************
I didn't say which country 😉 I could have said if you transit in Paris you haven't entered the country, I'm not referring to Paris as a country 🤣Lynnette *******
I'm putting UK, which is where I board for the start of my journey on one booking reference. I also printed my e-ticket. As the airline requested that. I decided putting the transit airport looked like I came from that country, so not going to do it that way.
Paul *********
Dubai
Mike **********
According the FAQ of TDAC in case of a flight with transit the boarding country is that from Newcastle but flight number is that from dubai
See the following video
See the following video
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Lynnette *******
@Mike *********
yes, that's my plan.
Juliet *******
Il be doing mine later this year why not the flight you start on from uk before doing Dubai flight just curious thankyou
Lynnette *******
@Juliet ******
others may prefer to say they are coming from "Dubai/Doha/Delhi' despite coming from UK and that might be accepted too, but I've chosen my departure as the country I'm departing from on my ticket.
Richard *****
@Lynnette ******
up to you. It will be accepted as IM don’t know…until something goes wrong somewhere!Lynnette *******
@Richard ****
I have a ticket says I depart from UK. The TDAC page for Q&A says to put country you depart. I've done it and submitted. It's been accepted and given me a qr code.Richard *****
@Juliet ******
you actually start your journey to Thailand on the last leg. They want to know which flight you arrive on not the starting point in some other country.Lynnette *******
@Richard ****
that's not what the TDAC site says. It says country you are departing from ie where you are coming from. . Anyway, bear in mind if you put a transit airport as a country you've come from, there could be implications if it's on the yellow fever list. I've followed the TDAC advice and put the country I'm coming from, where I board my flight as per my ticket reference, as UK. The flight number is only for the plane you got off. My TDAC has been accepted and received the QR code in seconds. 😊Richard *****
@Lynnette ******
it has always been the country of last departure not origination for immigration purposes!
Ron ******
@Juliet ******
Because it’s asking for the flight number you are arriving in Thailand on and where that flight originated.Lynnette *******
@Juliet ******
I'm doing mine UK to Phuket. Ignoring the transit airport as I never started my journey there.Juliet *******
@Lynnette ******
thanks makes sense xLynnette *******
@Thaimer *****
I have followed the TDAC info/advice. You do as you wish.
Thaimer ******
@Lynnette ******
if you flight is EKxxx Dubai - Bangkok you boarded that flight in UAE, not UK. Not a rocket scienceLynnette *******
@Thaimer *****
I have already done my TDAC. Country I start my journey and board for my flight to Phuket is UK. I won't be entering any other country as transit is airside. That has been accepted. The flight number is for the flight I get off, on my arrival. Took 8 minutes. Received the form with the QR code instantly as soon as I clicked submit, and printed it.Lynnette *******
@Thaimer *****
that's not on the TDAC question and answer info. They say the country you embark on your journey i.e the country you are coming from. I'm not putting that my journey starts in Delhi when I've not been in the country. My flight originated in UK, so that's my departure point.Thaimer ******
@Lynnette ******
wrong. You need to write country from where your flight to Thailand departed, so last one.If flight was London - Doha - Bangkok you need to select Qatar and write flight number from Doha to Bangkok.
Lynnette *******
@Juliet ******
someone just posted that on the DTAC page Q&A it says where you board at start of trip.
Phil ******
Dubai mate
Gordon ********
@Phil *****
HiNope. The purpose of the question is for data on visitor ORIGIN. If you put Dubai you deteriorate the data.
Phil ******
@Gordon *******
go look at the TDAC video. Sure you show the UK as country of residence but you show the flt number of Dubai-BangkokGordon ********
@Phil *****
Correct 👍
Robert *********
@Phil *****
only if you actually stopped in Dubai and went there, if you just transited through you put UK
Steve *******
@Robert ********
Of course they stopped in Dubai, that's why they asked. Or did you just think they circled Dubai a couple of times but didn't land? They put the Dubai-Bangkok flight number into the arrival card
Moo **********
@Steve ******
and you are obviously not a rocket scientist. 😅🤣😂Steve *******
@Moo *********
It's 2 separate flights. The arrival flight into Bangkok, is the Dubai-Bangkok flight.It's not rocket science 😂
Moo **********
@Steve ******
I expect it's for statistics. They are interested in the UK - Bangkok flight. Via Dubai is incidental.Steve *******
@Moo *********
They still put the Dubai-Bangkok flight whether they technically entered Dubai or not. What good would the UK- Dubai flight be to Thai Immigration?Moo **********
@Steve ******
if they don't go thru Dubai immigration, they don't technically enter Dubai. That's what Robert was getting at.Phil ******
@Robert ********
go look at the TDAC video. Sure you show the UK as country of residence but you show the flt number of Dubai-BangkokPhill *****
OP@Phil *****
thank you sir. 🙏Activity
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