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Is health insurance mandatory for the Non-Immigrant O retirement visa in Thailand?

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Hello. For the visa non immigrant O retirement (less than 1 year), i can see the online application requests some health insurance evidence. Is it mandatory ? I remember I didnt provide such input last year when i applied for the same visa. Thank you
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For the Non-Immigrant O visa (retirement category), health insurance is not required upon application, unlike the Non-OA visa which does require proof of health insurance. It's important to check specific embassy requirements, as they may occasionally request insurance documentation.
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Except when the NZ Thai Embassy ask for it
Dora *******
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Not required for non O
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Ant ***********
Non-O requires no up front health insurance

Non-OA does
John **********
John **********
It sounds like you are looking at the Non-OA visa, the Non-O visa is less than 90 days

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