What are the requirements for extending a Non-Immigrant O/A visa in Thailand?

Non-Immigrant O/A Visa Visa Extension Health Insurance Requirements Bangkok Immigration Retirement Visa Thai Bank Requirements

Jan 6, 2021

4 years ago

Michael **********

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English, 58yrs, end of second year of my original Non-Immigrant O/A visa,

I have 800,000 baht matured in a Thai bank,

No health insurance, living in Bangkok, 

Hi all,  Please could someone point me in the correct directions to extend my Non-Immigrant O/A visa,

Im sorry I’m sure this question must of been ask before but I been going around in circles all morning on the internet getting confused with retirement and non-immigrant O visas,

What requirements do I need and what form should I be downloading please,

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TLDR : Answer Summary

To extend your Non-Immigrant O/A visa in Thailand, you need to ensure you have active health insurance from one of the approved Thai insurance companies, as this is now a requirement for extensions. You can apply for the extension 45 days before your visa expires. Make sure your health insurance is active on the day of application, as well as in the immigration database, or you may face a denial of your extension.

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Bob **********

You need health insurance

4 years ago

Marty *********

You can apply for your 1 year extension of stay in Bangkok 45 days early. Take advantage of being able to go early to give yourself time to sort out any problems that arise. However, since you are getting insurance for the first time you may lose days/weeks from your year because they will only extend until the end of your insurance.

4 years ago

Marty *********

Be aware that you must have the health insurance active and in the database on the day you apply, not the day your visa expires or the last day of your permission to stay.

4 years ago

Christian *******

Not true, I do my extension 15 December, visa expires

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, health insurance (LMG) is in database

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but begin only

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so insurance match perfectly with extension,, new extension from

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/21 (Jomtien) and insurance

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/20 to

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/21

4 years ago

Marty *********

@Christian ******

I got my 3rd 1 year extension in Oct in Bangkok. My previous extension ended Nov 18th. I had my new Pacific Cross insurance policy also begin on Nov 18th. This was the first time I had to use my insurance to get an extension. In Oct the Immigration officer told me to return on Nov 18th to complete my application. Confused, I returned home and related my story to this FB group and Tod Daniels confirmed that I had to have my insurance in the database on the day I applied. Not the day my extension expired.

Immigration assumed, since this was my first time, that I didn't have insurance already (I did). They never looked in the database. They just told me to return on Nov 18th. They made a mistake there. I made a mistake not understanding that I needed to have insurance the day I applied so I didn't insist on them looking at the database. I returned 2 days later with the insurance certificates for my current active insurance and the new policy that began on Nov 18th. They then processed my application.

This may be a case of different offices applying different rules or my particular Immigration officer.

4 years ago

Christian *******

@Marty ********

Ok in Jomtien not same , insurance in database the day of application but insurance match perfectly with the dates of extension 👍

4 years ago

Marty *********

@Christian ******

It is really only a problem for people using insurance the first time when they apply for an extension. The assumption being they don't already have insurance (like I did). This being the first year that insurance was required this probably happened a lot during this past year.

4 years ago

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Tod *********

You won't get any extension until you have the minimum required health insurance by one of the 15 approved thai insurance companies

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