What are the requirements and limitations of the Non-Immigrant O-A visa for Thailand?

Oh if only it were that easy!

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said, 2 years is the max you can get out of the visa before you repeat the OA process again

I have OA

- must move 800K to Thai bank after arrive, must be seasoned in Thailand bank before one year Renewel.

- must do 90day reporting, in person each time address changes, on line reporting ok if stay same place. 90day counted from latest entry to Thailand. Penalties if late so best do a week early.

- renew annually in Thailand at nearest immigration.

- immigration pretty quick and easy in smaller cities, but crazy lineups in places near Bangkok so beat allocate at least a day. My first 90day took 1.5days in Joetiem, as I also set up my banking

- recommend get account at two banks in Thailand in case one banks services not available sometimes. Also keep 3-5000baht in cash as sometimes can't access ATM, or Pay by QR not work in mountains.

- do set up pay by QR on bank app as used everywhere in Thailand, even food stalls

- do set up an online phone number in home country well BEFORE LEAVING for doing home bank verification, etc. Put as second number in online accounts. This just makes using home bank so much easier (transfers, Wise, Income tax, etc,). Ask your fellow countrymen which service best for your country. Something like Tossable Digits.

Also, once you get settled into Thailand with a non-immigrant Visa you can open, you can open bank accounts and use the banking applications on your smart phone which is becoming the most common way to pay.

Opening bank accounts is becoming very difficult for tourist visa holders not non-immigrant visa holders.

Do you have a German passport?

𝗗𝗼 𝗜 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆?

Nope, you're more than a little mixed up on how the OA visa works 😕

It's a year long, multi-entry visa you get from a thai consulate in your country before you come here.

You are correct it requires you showing proof of funds (in that country is fine), having 100K USD mandatory medical insurance (with the printed certificate showing you're covered) requires a back ground check and a medical certificate.

Now that visa is good for unlimited entries for the year it's valid for, each entry getting you stamped in for a year OR as long as your mandatory insurance is valid for (up to one year).

Most people get TWO years of stay out of a visa valid for a year by doing this;

Just before the visa itself expires (not the year entry stamp you're here on) you get a new year mandatory 100K USD insurance, you exit/re-enter thailand and you will get stamped in for a whole new year (or as long as your insurance is valid for up to a year)

You would need to buy a re-entry permit if you wanted to exit/re-enter that second year because the original re-entry that was sold with the visa runs out when the visa does

𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮.

After that you either bank the money and get an in country yearly extension at the immigration office OR you wing your way back to your country and buy another Non-OA visa to start the 2 years of stay over again.