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Excessive Wait Times Continue To Choke Immigration Checkpoints At Bangkok Airport

As we previously covered a few times, the immigration lineups at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport are often brutal, and there are instances where passengers wait for hours to be proc...

Reader Comment: Using The Electronic Entry Gates At Bangkok Airport As Singapore/Hong Hong Visitor

Today I got an email from a reader who wanted to inform us about the entry options using the e-gates at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport for Singaporean and Hong Kong citizens. In ad...

Thailand to open auto gates to 31 more nationalities at Bangkok airport

Thailand is set to extend automated passport gates to travelers with 31 more nationalities at Suvarnabhumi Airport by the end of August as part of measures to ease congestion at th...

Thailand Prepares To Widen Immigration E-Gate Immigration Access To 31 Additional Countries

Following increased immigration traffic at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, which we covered frequently over the past few months, Thailand is now making the immigration eGates widel...

Bangkok Airport Introduces New Baggage Regulations: Manual Inspections From October 16, 2026

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand, in combination with Airports of Thailand, has announced a new procedure for checked baggage that will soon allow for opening and manual in...

Thailand pilots optional immigration app

Thailand Immigration Bureau has opened pilot access to its immigration management app, Thailand…

Flying to South Korea? Brace for 80-minute wait at Incheon airport immigration

Foreign travellers arriving in South Korea through Incheon International Airport can expect a long wait at the immigration counters. The lengthy queues were apparent at Incheon Int...

Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation Zooms In On ฿74.9 Billion Bangkok Airport Contract Bidding Scandal

Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport managed by AOT is currently under scrutiny by the Department of Special Investigation over an alleged ฿74.9 Billion contract bidding scandal that imp...

Bangkok Airport Considers The Return Of Arrival Duty Free After New Profit Projections

Roughly two years ago, the operator of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, AOT, decided to wind down their arrival duty-free shops operated by King Power over a squabble with the gover...

Bangkok airport apologises after clash with Chinese tourists at boarding gate

Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport has apologised for “inappropriate behaviour” following backlash over an employee making a slant-eyed gesture towards reportedly disruptive Chinese na...

Immigration Dept gears up for F1 Bahrain GP visitor surge at Sepang

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 7 — The Immigration Department (JIM) will ensure that immigration procedures involving visas and re...

Airlines Rebuff Thai Governments Plan To Collect Tourist Tax Through Ticket Sales

The aviation industry operating flights in Thailand has decisively rebuffed the Thai government’s efforts to start collecting the proposed 300-500 Baht Tourism Levy through ticket...

Crazed Fans Spot Celebrity At Bangkok Airport, Leading To Chaos, Denied Boarding, Racism

It’s common for celebrities to travel on commercial planes, and more often than not, the public manages to act with some level of decorum. Well, a pair of celebrities were recently...

Taiwanese can still use eGates, Vaclav Havel Airport says

Thailand: Ethnic Karen Face Deportation to Myanmar

Click to expand Image An immigration detention center in Bangkok, Thailand, February 26,...

Dubai Airport Introduces Passport-Free Smart Gates, Cuts Immigration Time to 3.4 Seconds

Dubai International Airport has launched a new biometric Smart Gates system that allows eligible passengers to pass through immigration without presenting their passports at severa...

Pipe Burst Floods Bangkok Airport King Power Duty Free Shop With Filthy Water

On Friday morning, passengers reported a sudden pipe burst at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport that ended up flooding the King Power Duty Free cosmetics section. The water entered the...

Two airlines, one passport problem: Immigration explains the 10-year validity issue

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 13 — Only two airlines have so far been reported to be experiencing system issues when processing M...

Who can use the new e-gates of NAIA T1 and T3?

After a year of announcing that NAIA Terminal 1 and Terminal 3 will be getting facial recognition e-gates, these new e-gates are now on soft launch for both departures and arrivals...

Чемоданы туристов в Таиланде смогут вскрывать без их присутствия

С 16 октября 2026 года в аэропортах Таиланда вступят в силу обновленные процедуры проверки зарегистрированного багажа. В отдельных случаях сотрудники службы безопасности смогут отк...

New Thai rules require foreigners to provide fingerprints for background checks

Thailand's Criminal Records Division has introduced updated requirements that will impact foreign nationals completing official procedures in the country.

Immigration blames airline systems for long-validity passport headaches

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 12 — Difficulties experienced by holders of Malaysian International Passports (PMA) with validity p...

Thai Government Tweaks Immigration Rules For Visitors Yet Again, 15-Day Visa Waiver For Indians

Back in May, the Thai Government decided that the policy of visa-free entry for visitors will be reduced back to the original 30 days for most waiver-eligible countries, but now mo...

Airline employee arrested at Melbourne Airport for alleged drug importation offences

The 26-year-old Thai woman, working onboard an international flight, arrived at Melbourne Airport on June 25 this year.