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Should I apply for an OA visa in Australia or get a Tourist Visa and then apply for an OA in Thailand?

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Nov 15, 2021

4 years ago

Ron *******

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Hi everyone

I am going to Thailand soon and would like to know

Do I get an OA visa in Australia or do I get s Tourist Visa then get my OA in Thailand

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The OA visa can only be obtained in your home country, which is Australia in this case. An alternative suggested is to first secure a single-entry tourist visa to Thailand, open a Thai bank account, transfer 800,000 baht, and then apply for a Non-O visa and subsequently an OA extension, thus avoiding certain financial and insurance requirements.

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4 years ago

Tod *********

Your best bet is to get a single entry tourist visa come here, get your thai bank account opened get your 800K baht transferred in, go apply first for a 90 day Non-O visa at your immigration office for 2000baht and then after your money has been in the bank account for 2 months and you have a month left on that 90 day stamp you got from the Non-O apply for the year extension for 1900baht.

That course of action means you don't need the mandatory health insurance for 3 million baht and you don't need to meet the 1.2 million baht financial requirements to get an O-A visa in your country

4 years ago

Luis ***********

@Tod ********

what is the best way to assure that the deposit will be shown as a foreign transfer not a domestic? Is one bank better or all the same?

4 years ago

Benjamin ******

@Luis **********

The best way is to use a SWIFT transfer system. Contact the banks for further information.

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4 years ago

Stuart *********

@Luis **********

A bank to bank transfer and not using a company like Wise to do the transfer for you. Many times using Wise (or others) it’ll show as a domestic transfer.

4 years ago

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Tod *********

Keep in mind to get the initital 90 day Non-O visa based on retirement inside the country the 800K baht has to be transferred in to a thai bank account in your name only from abroad. It HAS to show it came from overseas and was not a cash deposit or a domestic transfer.

It's only when you go to get the year extension using the 800K baht banked money method that there is no proof of funds origin.

4 years ago

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Tod *********

Lloyd ********

You can only get an O-A in your home country.

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Lloyd ********

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