đčđ NY APP FĂR IMMIGRATION – Thailand vill flytta immigration till mobilen TĂ€nk dig att du slipper Ă„ka till nĂ€rmaste immigration för att förlĂ€nga ditt uppehĂ„llstillstĂ„nd. IstĂ€llet öppnar du en app, skannar ditt pass och gör det hemma i soffan. Det Ă€r visionen bakom Thailands nya system THIM – Thailand Immigration Management System – och appen med samma namn. I dag Ă€r funktionerna i THIM begrĂ€nsade. Du kan egentligen bara registrera din digitala profil, och TDAC Ă€r fortfarande obligatoriskt. Det Ă€r planen för framtiden som gör THIM intressant. MĂ„let Ă€r att vi ska kunna sköta stora delar av vĂ„ra immigrationsĂ€renden direkt i mobilen istĂ€llet för att besöka ett immigrationskontor. En dröm för resenĂ€rer. Appen Ă€r dessutom betydligt mer anvĂ€ndarvĂ€nlig Ă€n tidigare plattformar som inreseformulĂ€ret TDAC och Thai E-visa. ▪️ Uppgifterna sparas Idag mĂ„ste du fylla i passnummer, adress och reseuppgifter vid varje inresa. I THIM sparas uppgifterna. Du behöver bara uppdatera sĂ„dant som förĂ€ndrats. ▪️ Grupper kan registreras Idag mĂ„ste varje person göra en egen TDAC. I THIM kan familjer och grupper registrera sig samtidigt. ▪️Passet lĂ€ses av I dag mĂ„ste du skicka ett foto pĂ„ ditt pass. THIM anvĂ€nder telefonens kamera och AI-teknik för att lĂ€sa av passets information. Enligt utvecklarna ska registreringen kunna genomföras pĂ„ mindre Ă€n tvĂ„ minuter. Jag har sjĂ€lv testat THIM. Registreringen gick mycket snabbt och utan problem och appen kĂ€nns betydligt mer modern Ă€n TDAC och E-visa. Men den verkliga nyheten handlar om vad Thailand planerar att göra med THIM. Steg ett innebĂ€r att anvĂ€nda THIM vid inresor. Landet tar emot över 30 miljoner internationella besökare om Ă„ret och köerna till passkontrollen blir bara lĂ€ngre för varje Ă„r eftersom kontrollen skĂ€rps. I THIM Ă€r passuppgifter, TDAC och visum sammankopplade. Det gör det enklare för Thailand att granska oss vid inresor och kommer att korta köerna till passkontrollerna pĂ„ flygplatserna. Men den stora förĂ€ndringen Ă€r det som kommer i steg 2 – pĂ„ immigrationskontoren. De hanterar stora mĂ€ngder rutinĂ€renden, vilket skapar onödiga köer Ă€ven dĂ€r. Tanken Ă€r att flytta dessa till mobilen och THIM. Planen Ă€r att vi ska kunna göra detta i mobilen i framtiden: • visum- och uppehĂ„llsförlĂ€ngningar • 90-dagarsrapporter • boka tid hos immigration • Skaffa Certificate of Residence • anvĂ€nda automatiska e-gates pĂ„ flygplatser NĂ€r THIM Ă€r helt utbyggt och nĂ€r dessa tjĂ€nster kan lanseras Ă€r inte klart. Men det kommer att innebĂ€ra en stor förenkling ocksĂ„ för resenĂ€rer. Samtidigt vĂ€cker systemet frĂ„gor om integritet och dataskydd. THIM hanterar passuppgifter, biometrisk information, immigrationsdata och resehistorik. Myndigheterna uppger att informationen lagras inom Thailand enligt landets dataskyddsregler. Men det Ă€r oklart hur lĂ€nge de lagras, vilka myndigheter som fĂ„r tillgĂ„ng till dem och hur de skyddas för intrĂ„ng och lĂ€ckor. Det Ă€r mycket information om oss utlĂ€nningar samlat pĂ„ ett stĂ€lle och thailĂ€ndska digitala system har en historia av att inte alltid vara fullt skyddade. Det bör myndigheterna ha i minne innan systemet lanseras fullt ut. #thailand #Thim #immigration
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Digital Identity Co Ltd and the Thai Immigration Bureau have partnered to develop the Thailand Immigration Management System (THIM), the country's first web and mobile platform for this sector.
The app is designed to modernise immigration services for Thailand, which receives roughly 30 million foreign visitors a year, with Bangkok ranked the world's most-visited city by international arrivals in 2025.
THIM is scheduled to launch on Oct 1, developed by Digital Identity and leveraging AWS cloud services.
The Immigration Bureau envisions THIM becoming a "super app" for foreigners in Thailand, reducing paperwork for expats and long-stay workers while paving the way for
automated airport channels for tourists.
"THIM positions Thailand at the forefront of Southeast Asia's digital immigration transformation through a national mobile platform," said Pol Maj Gen Pratya Prasarnsuk, deputy commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, at the AWS Summit Bangkok yesterday.
The bureau previously relied on manual blue slips and outsourced data entry. Last year it introduced the web-based Thailand Digital Arrival Card, which processed more than 10 million travellers.
However, frequent visitors complained they had to re-enter all 20 fields for every trip.
With THIM, travellers complete their full profile only once. On future visits, they need to update just a few details, such as the flight number and return date.
The bureau said the process can reduce arrival card completion time to about three minutes.
The app is available now for pilot downloads and uses an electronic know your customer (KYC) process to verify user information against passport details.
Travellers do not need to show a QR code at immigration counters, according to the bureau. Their data syncs directly with the bureau's system, allowing officers to confirm the completed digital form when they scan a physical passport.
The app supports English, Russian, Japanese and Chinese, with plans to expand to 15 languages.
In the future, the bureau wants THIM to become a comprehensive digital platform for all foreigners living in Thailand, featuring appointment booking, electronic extension services, online pre-submission of documents, status change applications and issuance of transaction-related certification documents.
For expats, THIM can support mandatory 90-day reporting and official electronic document requests, reducing visits to provincial immigration offices. Long-term visa holders, including those under Board of Investment or diplomatic status, may be able to access automated airport channels through facial recognition technology that compares real-time mobile photos with identity data stored in passport chips.
"We plan to work with private companies to offer exclusive privileges, benefits and freebies to tourists," said Pol Maj Gen Pratya.
Natakorn Tanachaihirun, chief executive of Digital Identity, added that "the border is Thailand's front door".
THIM's architecture uses AWS services such as artificial intelligence-powered optical character recognition for passport document verification, e-KYC workflows, compute orchestration, security and compliance.
Vatsun Thirapatarapong, country manager of AWS Thailand, said governments across Southeast Asia increasingly view digital infrastructure as "a strategic enabler of national competitiveness and citizen trust".
A crucial factor for the public sector is keeping personally identifiable information within the country.
AWS utilises a "sovereignty by design" approach, ensuring all data remains in Thailand and is strictly managed and controlled under Thai jurisdiction.

