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Will I go through immigration at Suvarnabhumi or Surat Thani for my flight from Vietnam?

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I am flying from Da Nang, Vietnam to Surat Thani. With a 2 hour layover at Suvarnabhumi.

I have always gone through immigration at Suvarnabhumi, but that doesn’t seem like enough time.

The visa registration wants me to specify the arrival port and flight number. Does anyone know will I go through immigration in Surat Thani and should list the flight that brings me there. Or should I be planning to list the Suvarnabhumi flight?

Thanks for your help 🙏 krap
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The user is seeking clarification on immigration procedures while traveling from Da Nang, Vietnam to Surat Thani with a 2-hour layover at Suvarnabhumi Airport. They are unsure whether to go through immigration in Suvarnabhumi or Surat Thani and which flight number to specify on their visa registration. Comments from the community suggest that the user will likely go through immigration in Bangkok, as Surat Thani is a domestic flight thereafter. Several users also note that a 2-hour layover should be adequate, provided the baggage is checked through, and recommend checking procedures with the airline.
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Phil ******
Phil ******
@Christopher ******
i don't think you have enough time
Frankie *******
Frankie *******
go online n apply the TDAC arrival card it's free just to be safe.
Nongnuch ********
Nongnuch ********
Christopher Hicks

If your baggage gets checked through, and your flight to Surat Thani leaves from the same airport (BKK or DMK),

then you will ENTER Thailand at the airport at special Immigration booths in the TRANSIT AREA while you walk from the international arrival terminal, to the domestic terminal

And that’s the booth where to show the TDAC

In Surat Thani, it is only your baggage which still needs to pass through customs

*** in case your baggage doesn’t get checked through, you need to enter Thailand through the “normal” Immigration, pick up your baggage from the caroussell and check in to the domestic flight
Christopher *******
Christopher *******
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@Nongnuch *******
no checked baggage. Thanks 🙏
Nongnuch ********
Nongnuch ********
@Christopher ******
cool, then you will remain in the transit area and walk from the international terminal to the domestic terminal, and along this route you will pass the special Immigration booths
Christopher *******
Christopher *******
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@Nongnuch *******
wow!! Thank you 🙏
Marnix *********
Marnix *********
2 hour is plenty of time.if you fly the same airline you can even ask to label your bagage to surathani .on arrival just follow the signs for domestic connecting flights ,it might not show surrathani ,but it is your gateway to your next flight .it is about 200 meter after the normal pasport control,still before pasport control .safe journey
Christopher *******
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@Marnix ********
thanks for the detail information. I have many memories of running through that airport looking for the next flight, always been successful before ha
Simon *******
Simon *******
You do the Tdac from Vietnam to Bangkok the next flight is internal no need for a tdac
Christopher *******
Christopher *******
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@Simon ******
tdac? I am not sure what that means
Nongnuch ********
Nongnuch ********
@Christopher ******
Thailand Digital Arrival Card - - - done online. EVERY foreigner arriving in Thailand needs to have a TDAC online form filled out and submitted before he can enter Thailand . . WATCH OUT there are scammer fake sites who will ask for money. The official Thai TDAC is for free
Christopher *******
Christopher *******
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@Nongnuch *******
how did you make that blue?! Ha yeah same
Nongnuch ********
Nongnuch ********
@Christopher ******
ah okay, I missed that. You wrote
@Suvarnabhumi ********
so it's the same airport for both flights
Christopher *******
Christopher *******
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@Nongnuch *******
yes all the same bro. Post says the name
Nongnuch ********
Nongnuch ********
@Christopher ******
the BIG question here remains: At WHICH airport in Bangkok does your flight from Vietnam arrive, and at WHICH airport does your flight to Surat Thani depart ? I HOPE it is the SAME airport! DMK or BKK, one of those two
Christopher *******
Christopher *******
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@Nongnuch *******
🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ I guess it’s been that long since I had to exit and return. Not on the plane anymore? Thank you!!!
Nongnuch ********
Nongnuch ********
@Christopher ******
the DTV has nothing to do with the TDAC. The DTV is the visa you enter on. The TDAC is the mandatory "arrival card" which EVERY foreigner arriving in Thailand has to fill out and submit
Christopher *******
Christopher *******
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@Nongnuch *******
I am getting a DTV 🙏
Oleksandra **********
Oleksandra **********
Most probably you will go through immigration in Bangkok, because after that, it's a domestic flight that doesn't require the visa control.

I flew many times to Chiang Mai via Bangkok, and we always went through Immigration in BKK.
Christopher *******
Christopher *******
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@Oleksandra *********
no checked bags. Just carry on
Nongnuch ********
Nongnuch ********
@Oleksandra *********
yes you did but it matters if you went through immigration along the walk through the transit area, or if you entered Thailand through the "normal" Immigration booths that are in front of the baggage belts. If your baggage got checked through, you most obviously used the special Immigration booths between the international and the domestic terminal
Christopher *******
Christopher *******
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@Oleksandra *********
I was thinking same
Michael ********
Michael ********
Check with the airline which airport you have to do immigration.
Christopher *******
Christopher *******
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@Michael *******
does Surat Thani have an immigration check point?
Nongnuch ********
Nongnuch ********
@Christopher ******
yes it does because it is an international airport. But if you are arriving by a flight from a Bangkok Airport, your port of entry will be Bangkok
Christopher *******
Christopher *******
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@Nongnuch *******
awesome! Thank

You 🙏

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