Within the close to future, Malaysians travelling to Thailand by automotive or bike will now not must fill the nation’s arrival and departure playing cards, or T.M.6 type, as Thailand plans to abolish the requirement for Malaysians coming into the nation through its land border entry factors, the New Straits Instances stories.

In accordance with a Thai spokesman, the transfer to scrap the necessity to fill the T.M.6 type upon entry, which is presently a compulsory requirement, comes after a profitable trial omitting the method.

“As filling up the T.M.6 takes time and will trigger inconvenience for travellers from Malaysia, Thailand final yr exempted the necessity for filling the shape for six months till April 30 for Malaysians crossing the border via the Sadao checkpoint in Songkhla.”

“The initiative of exempting the T.M 6 requirement on the Sadao checkpoint has been profitable because the variety of Malaysians visiting the nation through the checkpoint has tripled from 10,000 to 30,000 on weekends. Seeing this, the Thai authorities is planning to exempt the T.M. 6 requirement in any respect land borders with Malaysia,” the spokesman mentioned.

The upcoming transfer additionally comes following a current dialogue on the matter between Thai prime minister Srettha Thavisin and prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Srettha had reportedly mentioned final yr that by abolishing the requirement for arrival and departure playing cards, extra vacationers from Malaysia would go to Thailand this yr. In 2023, the nation recorded over 4.6 million guests from Malaysia.

Final November, Anwar had requested that growth of the highway alignment challenge connecting the Bukit Kayu Hitam and Sadao immigration complexes on the Malaysia-Thailand border be sped up to make sure sooner and extra comfy visitors circulation on either side.

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