Is an OA visa valid from the issue date or from the date of arrival in Thailand?

I believe that the OP has the answers needed for her question about the OA visa.

Thanks all for your helpful replies.

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just to clarify. On OA visa, I can enter as many times as I want. If I exit and enter Thailand just before the one year is over, I will be stamped for in an additional year? With insurance proof of course for the 2nd year?

Non-Immigrant OA visa is valid for 1 year from being issued at the embassy/consulate. That means you have one year to "use" that visa to enter Thailand to be stamped in for 365 days (or until your insurance validity if it comes earlier). You can enter Thailand as many times as you want.

You can enter Thailand within the validity of that visa sticker (even if you enter on the very last day on your visa sticker), and you will be stamped in for 365 days or insurance validity. This is how others manage to stay for almost two years from one Non-OA visa.