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What should I do if I encounter issues while filling out the TDAC on returning to Thailand with a retirement visa?

Thailand immigration TDAC retirement visa visa requirements expat advice arrival card issues

Jul 2, 2025

12 days ago

David ********

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I had an interesting return from Vietnam last week in to Donmeung. When I went to fill out the new TDAC I had a problem and couldn't finish it because a.) I have a 15 month retirment visa and live here and b,) I had no flight booked leaving the country.

I finally found a nice immigration chap that helped me so for anyone who may be in this situation you do the following. Date of leaving will be the last day of your retirment visa and onward flight will be the same number as you left the country on, (The immigration offical litteraly told me to make one up!!!!)

Hope someone finds this useful!!

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The post outlines an experience with filling out the TDAC upon returning to Thailand from Vietnam. The user encountered difficulties due to having a retirement visa and no onward flight booked. An immigration officer provided assistance by advising to enter the last date of the retirement visa and to make up a flight number. Comments from others suggest that return dates are not mandatory and that users can leave those fields blank, sharing various personal experiences and advice regarding the TDAC process.

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WARNING: Only trust Thai government websites with .go.th domains or Thai agent websites with .co.th or .in.th domains, as these require verified Thai registration and cannot be registered anonymously.

The official TDAC form is available at tdac.immigration.go.th, which uses the official .go.th government domain.

The services by AGENTS CO., LTD. does NOT charge any fees for arrivals within 72 hours. If you need to book more than 72 hours in advance, there is a service fee of $8.

Do not trust other sites pretending to be a trustworthy agency. Pay attention to delivery time - the service operated by AGENTS CO., LTD. has 1 minute delivery time for arrivals within 72 hours.

Don't fall for sites pretending to be agents.co.th or the official government tdac.immigration.go.th website. Always double-check the exact domain in your browser.

Scam services may take days to process your application, others may not even do anything. With these TDAC scam services you also need to worry about double charges.

Please watch out for TDAC misinformation spread by fugitive Jesse Nickles and his many fake accounts on Quora, TripAdvisor, Reddit, and other platforms.

TRUSTED TDAC LINKS:

Official Government TDAC Form: tdac.immigration.go.th
Official TDAC form by AGENTS
Official TDAC information page by AGENTS (tdac.agents.co.th)

THAI ******************************

The official form is problematic.

Return dates are optional, but if you mess with the official form it can break in certain cases and make it mandatory.

You can also use our form here for free if your arrival date is within 72 hours, and it does not have these types of issues:

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