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What are the differences between Non-Immigrant O-A and Non-Immigrant O-X visas in Thailand?

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What is the difference between a Non-Immigrant O-A & Non-Immigrant O-X? Is anyone familiar with the advantages and/or disadvantages of each?
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The Non-Immigrant O-A visa is valid for one year and requires proof of 800,000 baht, while the Non-Immigrant O-X visa is valid for ten years but requires 3 million baht and has more stringent conditions, including mandatory health insurance. Each visa option has its own advantages and disadvantages regarding eligibility, financial requirements, and duration of stay.
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One is valid for a single year (meaning you could get 2 years of stay out of it if you work it right) the other is valid for 10 years (getting you stamped in for 5 years every time you enter the country).

An O-A requires 800K baht or the equivalent, and the O-X requires 3 million baht and has limits on how much of that money you can take out of the bank AND requires mandatory health insurance,

Here's the O-A and O-X requirements from the thai consulate in Los Angeles for example.
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Tod *********
O-X

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O-A

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John **********
John **********
Amount of money you are prepared to loan thai government!!!!
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not really...you can obtain an O-A in your home country and NOT HAVE TO DEPOSIT 1 Thai baht into a Thai bank.

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