What are the requirements for Non-OA visa holders during the first 12 months of living in Thailand?

@Eric *******

a Non-OA visa is a multiple entry visa so you can enter and return as much as you want without a re-entry permit as long as the visa remains valid

Eric Duggan you can stay one year to renew in country you’ll need the funds and another year of insurance border bounce before the expiry of the actual visa you’ll get stamped in for another year or as long as your insurance is good for

Eric Duggan You can get two years out of this visa by doing a border bounce just before the visa itself expires, on your final entry if you have extended your qualifying insurance you'll be stamped in for another year, or the length of your insurance. The multiple entry benefit will not carry over on that final stamp, but you can purchase a reentry permit or multiple reentry permit if you wish to leave and re-enter the country in that final year to keep your stamp alive.

Eric Duggan If you don't want to do that border bounce (leave Thailand and come back) for that extra free year, you can ask for a year extension about 30 days before y'r 'to leave stamp' runs out, BUT you have to have the health insurance and have the 800k฿ in a Thai bank as Graham mentions.

Eric Duggan if you go for the 1-year extension (meaning you do not go into the "second year" by doing the border bounce shortly before the visa validity expires), then you not only need the 800,000 THB in your Thai bank account since 2 months on the day you apply, but also need a tgia-listed Thai private health insurance (because Immigration will NOT accept a foreign insurance anymore from an extension onward). . . . . I would never start my retirement stay in Thailand on a Non-Imm-O/A Longstay Visa, I would choose to start with a Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa, because it doesn't require a mandatory health insurance (meaning, you keep your freedom of choice to insure yourself with whatever company you see fit)

Eric Duggan No, as it states, it is the stamp you get on entry with a permitted to stay until date.