Sharing my experience in case others are worried.

My arrival in Thailand is scheduled for May 1st. Initial concerns regarding the Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) application proved unfounded. The process was completed in under five minutes; the application was simple and straightforward. The email confirmation/QR code were received immediately, with a convenient download option also provided after submission. The entire experience was seamless and straightforward.

Richard Barrow reports...

"If you are arriving in Thailand on 1 May, you can now submit your digital arrival card (tdac.immigration.go.th). You can complete it on your smartphone even while waiting in the immigration queue. No smartphone? No problem. Use one of the TDAC kiosks provided at the airport."

Hi! My mom and son are traveling here on May 12. Do you know if the 300 baht tourist tax is in place now? Do you know how they accept payment if it is in place? I tried to google, but was not getting a straight answer.

TDAC - OK so my reading of it is that from May 1st you must submit an online TDAC, this can be done no sooner than three days before arrival but can be done any time within 3 days of arrival, so you could literally get off the plane in Thailand and make your submission before you get to passport control / immigration. As long as you get your email confirmation of TDAC before you get in front of the IO you are good to go? Is that the correct interpretation of it? TIA

I will be arriving in Thailand on 3rd of May- leaving U.K 2nd of May. Unfortunately, after studying many posts regarding new TDAC visa I still do not know weather to apply more than 3 days or less than 3 days before arrival. Please clarify many thanks.

Immigration Bureau post the information. Please know that no one knows more than this and what you can see from the online system currently.

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I fly to bkk on 8th may can someone explain what I have to do to enter either online or at the airport with new restrictions coming in thanks

Here is the link to the TDAC which all foreigners will have to fill in before arrival on May 1st.

**ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS

TDAC (Thailand Digital Arrival Card) **

It would appear that the Thailand Digital Arrival Card (the system that replaces the old TM6 paper arrival/departure cards) has an operational website..

It would also appear in the user manual that this is for EVERY foreign traveler who enters thailand by air or land.

Here's the link;

[members only]

They have good video about how it works and the user guide is also easy to understand.

Other than the earlier announcement saying it would start May 1 there has been no update

Just wanted people to know it appears to be 'up and running' 🙂

I am NOT telling people to start using it, just that it would appear it's actually going to roll out (hopefully when they say May 1)

Arrival post,

Got approved for the DTV visa two months ago, arrived a month later than my original intended arrival date. Immigration officer seemed happy that I had a visa, and said that most people aren’t getting appropriate visas at the moment. (I believe people have to apply for a visa exemption on arrival pre departure now, but a lot of people aren’t) stamped me in and said after 180 days to leave Thailand, and then come back for a new stamp. Whole process took 2-3 minutes, didn’t ask for any documentation etc. just had a print out of my visa. 🙂