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Do I need health insurance to live in Thailand on a Non-O marriage visa?

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Dec 22, 2022
2 years ago
Kim *********
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hi group I want to live permanently in Thailand next year with my Thai wife. I plan to go there with a non o visa based on marriage. I will have 400.000 baht in my Thai account. My problem is the required health insurance which is very expensive for me. Any possibility to avoid this? I have a friend who has lived with his Thai wife for many years and he gets his permission to stay renewed every year without health insurance - an agent take care of that.
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The user seeks to live permanently in Thailand with their Thai wife on a Non-O visa based on their marriage but is concerned about the expensive health insurance requirement. Community responses clarify that there is no mandatory health insurance requirement for the Non-O visa based on marriage, although having it is advised. It is mentioned that insurance is typically required for a Non-OA visa, which is different and requires coverage for the entire duration.
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Carsten *********
You pay for insurance with the hope you will never need it.

Its 100.000+ a day for ICU if you, god forbid, had an accident

:)
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Jaco ***************
Morning check your Messenger I just PM you
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Saran ***************
Health insurance requirement is only for a retirement visa at the moment (non-OA)

For a marriage visa (Non-O based on marriage), you don't need it.

Here's some more info about it.

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Kim *********
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@Saran **************
 thank you very much - interesting and many good links 👍
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Daniel ************
no insurance needed
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Tiw *******
my husband never use health insurance..

Which province you will stay when you arrive Thailand
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Kim *********
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@Tiw ******
 Udon Thani
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Peter *********
Says I plan to go on a Non o visa so think he's going on a Non oa which requires insurance ???
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Stuart *********
@Peter ********
 Non OA is a different “animal” altogether. Can only be got in your home country and needs mandatory insurance, police checks and medical checks.
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Peter *********
@Stuart ********
 yeah mate he says I plan to go Thailand on a Non o which you cannot do think he. Is coming over on a oa visa thats why he needing insurance
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Peter *********
So to clarify you are getting the non o visa issued in thaiand yes ?
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Kim *********
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@Peter ********
 I will get the non o visa in my home country - go to Thailand and get permission to stay for 1 year then renew that permission after 1 year etc etc
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@Kim ********
 ok now understand and thats why you need insurance as you are getting visa in your home country. If you apply for non o in Thailand đŸ‡č🇭 you wouldn't require insurance but you would need 800k Thai baht in a thai bank 3 months for applying for it 😉
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Chris *******
@Peter ********
 no that is for retirement 800k NOT marriage 400k.

However depending on the embassy where the visa is obtained you may be required to have insurance to cover the initial visa 90 days.

The in-country extension will not require any Insurance.

This is becoming the norm with non-0 obtained outside of country.

Not to be confused with OA which requires Insurance to be valid the entire duration.
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Kim *********
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@Peter ********
 I ask about insurance regarding a non O - which has been answered - I see nothing unclear in my post
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Stuart *********
@Peter ********
 not sure what you mean. You can go to Thailand on a Non O based on marriage.
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Peter *********
@Stuart ********
 yeah not a clear post 🙄
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Marc *******
There is no need for a Insurance for a Non O based on M
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Mich ***********
Speak to your friend ask him how he does it.
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Kim *********
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@Mich **********
 i have done that and he uses an agent as I said
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Mich ***********
@Kim ********
 maybe use the same agent
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Kim *********
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@Mich **********
 yes and I write to them but no answer - but my question has been answered 👍
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Jawahar *********
You candi visa without any insurance
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Stuart *********
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@Bra****
 stated there is no requirement for medical insurance for a non O based on marriage (or extensions of such). Whilst it’s always good to have some it’s not mandatory.
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Christiaan *******
Always good to have medical insurance. Unexpected events happen when you least expect it.
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@Christiaan ******
 yes but on your terms not on x amount outpatient x amount in patient as reqiired by OA visa
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@Michael *******
 they push those, for higher commission.
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@Michael *******
 agreed, 100% with that.
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John ****************
Det kan du sagsten, men du spiller med dit eget liv.
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Kim *********
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@John ***************
 tak John det ved jeg godt - men vil koste ca 100.000 Baht stigende til 160.000 Baht pr Ă„r og det kan jeg ikke klare pt
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@Kim ********
 ja, men du kan fÄ en forsikring der dÊkker offe tlog hospitaler, det kan du fÄ din kone til at undersÞge, det er meget billigere. Har selv boet i thailand i mange Är, og der skal ikke ret meget til fÞr du selv skal betale 200k uden forsikring.
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Kim *********
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@John ***************
 tusind tak havde ikke tĂŠnkt man kan fĂ„ forsikring til offentlige hospitaler - det mĂ„ vĂŠre sĂ„dan en jeg skal have 👍
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@Kim ********
 mener det er 1500 thb om mÄned og man kan kun komme pÄ offentlig hospital, og det er mindre belÞb den dÊkker men fÄr du en lungebetÊndelse eller ligende sÄ skal du ikke selv betale, jeg har haft lungebetÊndlese i thailand, havede jeg ikke forsikring kostede det 215.000.... og der er mange offentlig hospitaler der er ok
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Brandon ************
I don't know who told you there's a requirement for health insurance on a marriage visa extension, but there isn't. Maybe the agent said it just to keep business?
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Kim *********
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@Brandon ***********
 I don't remember where I saw this but I saw it on different web sites - good to know it is not an requirement - and was just told in this group that I could get insurance for public hospitals much cheaper than the prices I have seen
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