Can I extend my OA visa for another 12 months upon re-entering Thailand with a new health insurance certificate?

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Nov 22, 2024

a day ago

ORIGINAL POSTER

Hello. Great service. Thanks. I have an OA visa from my home country. I will be re-entering Thailand about 7 days before expiration. I wanted to confirm that with a new 12 month health insurance certificate they will extend the visa by 12 months at the airport as I re-enter? 

Appreciate the help.

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TLDR : Answer Summary

If you re-enter Thailand with a new 12-month health insurance certificate, your OA visa can be extended by 12 months at the airport. However, be aware that you will lose your multi-entry status when the initial validity period expires.

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Wolf ******

Yes, you will get stamped in until the end of your health insurance validity (max 12 months).

Keep in mind, that you will not have anymore your multi-entry; the multi-entry ends with the end of the initial validity-time.

a day ago

Matt *******

ORIGINAL POSTER

can I transfer to the 65,000 baht per month deposit scheme for the second year?

21 hours ago

Graham ******

@Matt ******

Probably not (as stated ask your Immigration Office) as your first Extension of Stay usually requires 800k in a Thai bank unless your Embassy still does the income affidavit

13 hours ago

James ********

@Matt ******

Ask your local Thai Immigration office what their requirements for the further extension of the OA visa inside Thailand. Then you will know.

18 hours ago

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James ********

Matt *******

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@Wolf *****

thanks. So I need to buy an exit permit when I leave next?

a day ago

James ********

@Matt ******

Correct ✅

18 hours ago

Matt *******

ORIGINAL POSTER

Thank you very much everyone

21 hours ago

Tod *********

@Matt ******

RIGHT after you come back and get that "second year" IF you're going to leave again you need to buy a re-entry permit at the immigration office or the airport you fly out of BEFORE you leave or your stamp will cancel.

The VISA had a multiple re-entry built into it but once that expires you would have to buy a re-entry permit to exit/re-enter and not cancel that "second year" stamp

a day ago

Matt *******

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@Tod ********

thanks. can I transfer to the 65,000 baht per month deposit scheme for the second year? Do I still need to maintain a minimum balance of 400,000 baht?

21 hours ago

Greg ***********

@Matt ******

Matt Doran you do not need to present a financial proof going into the "second" year of a Non-O/A visa

However if you plan to apply for the "1-year Extension of Stay" based on retirement near the end of your “second year”, you will need either a proof of 800.000.- THB in your bank account, seasoned for two months on the day of your application, or a bank statement that proves you have transferred from abroad a minimum of 65.000.- THB for 12 consecutive months, month for month.

And with the application to the 1-year Extension from out of a former Non-O/A visa, your foreign health insurance will not be accepted any more by Immigration. You will need a yearly Thai private health insurance, contracted with one of those Thai insurance companies that are listed on the "tgia-list of insurances"

20 hours ago

Matt *******

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@Greg **********

thanks Greg. If I go with the 65,000 per month for my second year - do I still need a minimum balance of 400,000 baht for that year?

20 hours ago

Greg ***********

"If I go with the 65,000 per month for my second year - do I still need a minimum balance of 400,000 baht for that year?" . . . . . . you DON'T NEED a financial proof for the "second year" out of a former Non-Imm-O/A visa. You will only need the financial proof when you apply for the 1-year Extension of Stay Permit

20 hours ago

Matt *******

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@Greg **********

thanks Greg. This is what I am asking - when I apply for the 1 year extension of stay permit - after the two years on the original OA - do I need to show a balance of 400,000 baht for the second year and can I use the 65,000 baht transfer method for the second year of my OA to qualify for extension of stay?

18 hours ago

Tod *********

@Matt ******

Okay, the answer to your question (which you asked twice) is YES

You need to meet the seasoning requirements of the extension you're on NOW which you got by banked money, <- which means you need to keep the 800K baht in the account for 3 months after the extension was granted

AND

you then can't let the balance go below 400K the rest of the year (until you apply for the following year's extension)

ALSO

You have to transfer in to the country from abroad a minimum of 65K baht a month, each month every month for the previous 12 months before you apply for the new yearly extension based on monthly income method

17 hours ago

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Tod *********

Wolf ******

@Matt ******

if you leave now and you re-enter before the end of the validity of your initial non O-A visa, you dont need a re-entry stamp (you will be stamped in for another 12 months or end of insurance validity).

If than after you leave Thaïland, you must buy a re-enter stamp to keep alive your visa.

a day ago

James ********

@Wolf *****

correct ✅

18 hours ago

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James ********

Lloyd ********

correct

a day ago

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Lloyd ********