Do I need health insurance for 365 days for an O-A visa if staying only 8 months in Thailand?

Jan 5, 2020
5 years ago
Robert *******
ORIGINAL POSTER
As application for a new visa has not much to do with a report about entry at Phuket airport, I move the question:

Seni Triller can anybody tell me , when I want to make OA visa in Germany and I only want to stay 8 month in Thailand do I need health insurance for 365 days or only for 8 month? Thanks😍
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TLDR : Answer Summary
To apply for an O-A visa in Germany, you must provide health insurance that covers the entire 12-month validity of the visa, regardless of your actual stay of only 8 months. The Thai Embassy in Berlin specifies that the health insurance must cover the entire duration of the visa.
Gregor **********
@John *********
is right: the Berlin embassy hands out O/A visa with the "common" validity of 12 months. And so the health insurance has to cover the 12 months. They do not care about how long you want to stay within the the admitted 12 months. If you only plan an 8 month stay, this is totally up to you, but for the application of the O/A you need proof of an insurance that covers one year. Visa are not subject of a lottery system or like a game of Bingo or on Santa's wish list. They are handed out once the requirements are fulfilled
Gregor **********
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@James *******
had the perfect solution for you: apply for the Multi Entry Tourist Visa. It gives you 3 times 60 days of stay and if you plan your last exit and re-entry right, you can get 8 months out of it. In case you are short of a few days or a week, you can then still do an exit & re-entry and obtain a 30 day visa exempt so that brings you to a total of 9 months
Seni *********
😍 thanks this was the answer I needed😍
James ********
Seni why not obtain the METV rather than the O-A ?

Much simpler and no health insurance required for it. And with planning will give you 6-9 months in Thailand.

TOURIST VISA M: (60-Tage-Aufenthalt pro Einreise, Gültigkeit 6 Monate, mehrfache Einreise)

vollständig ausgefüllter Visaantrag: die genaue Adresse von mind. einer Unterkunft (genaue Angabe von Hausnummer, Straße, PLZ und Ort) sowie ein Bürge bzw. eine Kontaktperson in Deutschland müssen unbedingt angegeben werden)

Reisepass im Original

Kopie der ersten Seite des Reisepasses

1 biometrisches Passfoto (aufgenommen in den letzten 6 Monaten)

Kopie der Flugbestätigung (Hinflug +Rück- oder Weiterflug, Bus- oder Zugticket in das Nachbarland, Hotelbuchung im Nachbarland oder Visum für das Nachbarland)

Arbeitsbescheinigung des Arbeitgebers/ Immatrikulationsbescheinigung/ finanzielle Bürgschaftserklärung + Ausweiskopie einer dritten Person (wenn der Antragsteller nicht beschäftigt ist)

Hotelbuchung von mind. einem Aufenthaltsort

Vermögensnachweis: Kontoauszüge der letzten 3 Monaten mit jeweils einem Mindestbetrag von 5.000,00 €

175 € Visagebühr

für Kinder im Alter von bis zu 15 Jahren muss zusätzlich eine Kopie der Geburtsurkunde sowie eine Kopie der Reisepässe der Eltern eingereicht werden

Die Königlich Thailändische Botschaft behält sich das Recht vor, bei Bedarf zusätzliche Dokumente anzufordern
Seni *********
thanks😍 think this will from now on the best visa for me... because only stay 8 month in Thailand. the last 5 years I had . OA ...
James ********
Then that is an exception not seen before anywhere
John **********
Do they issue an 8 month visa? I doubt it. If your oa visa is issued for 12 months then you will need the equivalent length of insurance
Ron *******
@James *******
then maybe they only issue the visa with a validity date of the period of insurance? On the other hand, how would you buy health insurance for say 4 months? You certainly wouldn't be able to purchase it in the UK
Robert *******
ORIGINAL POSTER
And the Thai Embassy in Berlin mention it very nice on their website, insurance only needed: Health insurance must cover the entire length of stay in Thailand

NEU ab 31.10.2019: Auslandskrankenversicherungsnachweis:

Krankenversicherung muss die gesamte Dauer des Aufenthalts in Thailand decken

on this page
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Ron *******
You need 12 months insurance to even get the visa unless Germany have some special deal on in the January sales of cut price 8 month O-A visas
James ********
It must be a ONE year policy to obtain the O-A visa.
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