Also, airline staff wouldn't know anything about Thai immigration. They might have confused residency with citizenship, but as you should know by now, these kind of things exempt only citizens..even permanent residents have to fill them out unless every other foreigner is exempt. With this new online form, every foreigner will need to fill one out on each and every entry and once the foreigner tax of 300 Baht per entry goes into force, there won't be any exemptions either.
Thailand views all foreigners as tourists that can be exploited with no rights whatsoever.
That's not true. You must be confusing things. No foreigner has ever been exempt over another foreigner. Either you had to fill one out or you didn't but not due to your visa status but because they had exempted everyone by then. You're probably remembering the details incorrectly. They suspended the forms for airport arrivals in 2022 and for Thais back in 2017.
Well, if their requirements become unreasonable, foreigners will leave and those who have trips planned will cancel them, then Thailand will start crying again as happened last time during 2023 when they tried to introduce a vaccine mandate, which was quickly reversed within 24 hours but only because farang were complaining.
I'm replying to what he wrote because I've actually looked at the new online form and filled it out and thus I know for a fact that ALL foreigners, regardless of visa type have to choose a foreign country as their country of residence.
Well, this form is further confirmation that there is a growing rift between foreigners and locals. Integration will be even more difficult as there is now going to be additional paperwork associated with each and every entry into the Kingdom that locals don't need to worry about.
Then the ETA (not applicable for visa holders) and the 300 Baht foreigner tax. These two will come soon...