What are the current health insurance requirements for the NON-IMM OA retirement visa in Thailand?

@Dick *******

, I went with an elderly friend a few weeks ago with an OA extension and the insurance and they made him hold up the paper that states it goes to 3 million baht and took a photo of him holding it so that next year he can't say "I didn't know" 😮

This paper

@Tod ********

this is what I did I think it’s his best option in the long run

@Alain *********

or come in visa exempt, on a 30 day stamp and go apply first for the 90 day Non-O visa for 2000baht and then two months later for the year extension for 1900baht at the immigration office

you need to have the 800K baht transferred in from abroad into a thai bank account in your name only to get the 90 day Non-O and then it has to be in the account for 2 months to get the year extension

@Alain *********

get a 90 day Non-O visa from abroad, come in, meet the requirements inside the country and then apply for the year extension at the immigration office. I outlined that already.

@Alain *********

nope you are confusing two different things

You either get the 90 day single entry Non-O visa, come in get stamped in for 3 months, THEN you bank the 800K baht in a thai bank account in your name only for 2 months and go to the immigration office and apply for a yearly extension for 1900baht.

OR

You buy the year multi-entry Non-O visa and you bounce out and in every 90 days for the validity of the visa

@Alain *********

we seem to be having a disconnect or something 😕

This is NOT brain science or rocket surgery

You have 2 choices

exit the country and get the Non-O visa from a thai consulate BEFORE you come back (when you'll get stamped in for 90 days)

OR

you exit/re-enter without any visa (come in on a free visa exempt entry) and apply for the Non-O visa at the immigration office as soon as you get back.

The year extension process on either option is the same you need to show the 800K baht has been in a thai bank account in your name only for 2 months before you apply for the year extension

@Alain *********

totally dependent on the consulate so start going to their websites and looking at the requirements 😕

To be honest, there's no need spinning your wheels trying to find a consulate that will do it and where you meet the requirements

You're on an OA now, just exit/re-enter on a visa exempt entry. Then get the bank letter, the updated bank book, the correct documents and go apply at the immigration office for the 90 day Non-O visa. Most offices require you have 15 days or more left on your entry stamp. SO if you come in on a 30 day visa exempt you need to get your shit together and go apply pretty fast, but it's totally doable especially seeing as you've already got the funds, etc and are ready in that regard

@Alain *********

as you are on an OA I think if you go the "get the 90 day Non-O inside the country they won't have any issues showing your bank account now that has the 800K in it at the immigration office.

@Alain *********

a year long multi-entry Non-O visa that you get from a thai consulate before you come here is good for a 90 day entry stamp, that's it,

when that 90 days runs out, you go to the border, stamp out of thailand, stamp in&out of another country and stamp right back into thailand to get another 90 day entry stamp. You do that for the validity of the visa (12 months from the date it's issued) IF you time your bouncing correctly and you do one final bounce out/back before the visa itself expires you get one last 3 month entry giving you almost 15 months stay (in 3 month increments) on a visa that is valid for a year