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Thailand Immigration Bureau Goes Digital to Cut Border Queues
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Thailand's Immigration Bureau is deploying a cloud-native mobile app to slash border wait times for 30 million annual visitors while tightening security.
Key facts
- Thailand's Immigration Bureau has launched a digital overhaul of its border entry process, unveiling a cloud-based mobile application designed to reduce arrival registration to under three minutes — without sacrificing the security
- The announcement was made at AWS Summit 2026 in Bangkok on Thursday and came with an explicit assurance from senior officials that faster processing would not come at the expense of border security.
- Until mid-2025, that process relied on paper-based forms — costly in both budget and time
- Thailand's immigration system serves approximately 30 million international tourists annually, and it is our responsibility to ensure that every traveller's experience at our borders reflects the modern, welcoming nation we are,"
Summary
Thailand's Immigration Bureau has launched a digital overhaul of its border entry process, unveiling a cloud-based mobile application designed to reduce arrival registration to under three minutes — without sacrificing the security screening that the bureau considers non-negotiable.
The Thailand Immigration Management System, known as THIM, was developed by Digital Identity Co., Ltd in partnership with the Immigration Bureau and is built on Amazon Web Services infrastructure hosted within the AWS Asia Pacific (Bangkok) Region.