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What documents are required for re-entry into Thailand on an OA visa?

Nov 29, 2025
5 months ago
Nick *******
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Good evening, my wife and I have been living in Thailand on OA visas since the beginning of July. Last night, my wife came back from a trip to Japan and was asked for evidence of insurance for her visa. Fortunately, I was waiting in the Arrivals area and sent her a pdf of the certificate. They also wanted to see the e-visa, which she had a copy of and a third document, which she doesn't remember.

I was surprised that they needed anything given the stamp in her passport and the fact that we did the first 90-day report shortly before she went to Japan, but can anyone tell us what the third document we need to produce at immigration is, please?

Thanks in advance m
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An expat living in Thailand on an OA visa was surprised to find that their spouse needed additional documentation upon returning from a trip to Japan. Specifically, they were asked for proof of health insurance and a third document, which could potentially be the TDAC electronic arrival card that confirms arrival information. Comments indicated that the requirements for OA visa holders include carrying valid health insurance proof and a completed TDAC form, reminding users that immigration checks all necessary documents at every entry.
Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC)

WARNING: Only trust Thai government websites with .go.th domains or Thai agent websites with .co.th or .in.th domains, as these require verified Thai registration and cannot be registered anonymously.

The official TDAC form is available at tdac.immigration.go.th, which uses the official .go.th government domain.

The services by AGENTS CO., LTD. does NOT charge any fees for arrivals within 72 hours. If you need to book more than 72 hours in advance, there is a service fee of $8.

Do not trust other sites pretending to be a trustworthy agency. Pay attention to delivery time - the service operated by AGENTS CO., LTD. has 1 minute delivery time for arrivals within 72 hours.

Don't fall for sites pretending to be agents.co.th or the official government tdac.immigration.go.th website. Always double-check the exact domain in your browser.

Scam services may take days to process your application, others may not even do anything. With these TDAC scam services you also need to worry about double charges.

Please watch out for TDAC misinformation spread by fugitive Jesse Nickles and his many fake accounts on Quora, TripAdvisor, Reddit, and other platforms.

TRUSTED TDAC LINKS:

Official Government TDAC Form: tdac.immigration.go.th
Official TDAC form by AGENTS
Official TDAC information page by AGENTS (tdac.in.th)

Tod *********
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You shouldn't have been

The stamp in her passport is an ENTRY stamp and it cancels when she stamped out of the country.

It's the PDF file print out of the eVisa that actually lets her get IN to the country and it should be noted on that PDF when her mandatory year insurance expires (meaning she wouldn't have needed that insurance paper which is always good to have anyway)

PRINT OUT the PDF files of your eVisas people <- that actually IS your visa to get in to thailand ๐Ÿ™‚

I think we have taken this post as far as we can. ...

Best of luck with your travels in the future

We are done . .. ...
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Jordee ******
โ€œWhy does this happen?

Because with an O-A visa, every time you enter the country Immigration carries out a new check of your insurance and documents. The stamp in your passport isnโ€™t enough; Immigration has to verify that you still meet the visa requirements on the day you enter Thailand.โ€
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Trav **********
So immigration are doing their job!!!!
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Anthony ******
Did she have the third document ?

This could have been the TDAC itโ€™s an electronic arrival card you must fill out on line with three days up to arrival, you get a confirmation email with a QR code, this automatically show on their systems if she hadnโ€™t done it they may have been asking for this.
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Nick *******
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That was my first question,
@Ant****
. I can only assume that she had it because sheโ€™s in the country. Sheโ€™s adamant that they didnโ€™t ask for or about the TDAC, but with the worry of having to ask me for the insurance certificate, whatever it was has escaped her.
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Jan ******************
That is precisely how a Non O-A visa operates. You are admitted for one year at a time as long as the visa itself remains valid, or until your health-insurance policy expires โ€” whichever occurs first. The 90-day report is entirely unrelated to entry regulations; it is simply an administrative reporting obligation triggered once you have physically remained in Thailand for 90 consecutive days.

For entry, the required documents are straightforward: your passport, your Non O-A visa, valid health-insurance coverage, and a completed TDAC electronic arrival card.
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John *******
@Jan *****************
No re-entry permit needed?????
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Jan ******************
@John ******
Only for the second year, when you are stamped in for a one-year permission to stay after the visa itself has expired.
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Vin *********
@Jan *****************
nope. And the insurance expiration date is on the visa. You do not have to carry proof on you.
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Jan ******************
@Vin ********
Well, thatโ€™s exactly how it works, and no โ€” the insurance date printed on the visa is not the operative factor at entry. Immigration routinely asks for updated proof of health insurance when stamping in on a Non O-A. Plenty of people renew their policies after obtaining the visa, which is why the original expiry date on the sticker is irrelevant in practice. If her insurance had been renewed, she would have been stamped in until the new policyโ€™s expiry until November โ€” not merely June/July. So letโ€™s not pretend that carrying proof โ€œisnโ€™t needed.โ€ It very much is, unless one enjoys unnecessary complications at the counter.
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Vin *********
@Jan *****************
no, they do not. I have an OA and have entered/exited many times. I have never been asked as the information is on the visa.
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Jan ******************
@Vin ********
So you only use your Non O-A visa for a single year โ€” even though it grants up to two years of permission to stay โ€” before applying for a new one each time? That could explain why youโ€™ve โ€œnever been asked.โ€
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Vin *********
@Jan *****************
2 years. 2 years of insurance. And no; I do not buy a new visa every 2 years. After 2 years, yearly extensions.
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Jan ******************
@Vin ********
Alright, that would explain it. If you managed to obtain a two-year compliant insurance policy at the time you applied โ€” and that full validity is actually printed on your visa โ€” then fine. But thatโ€™s hardly the norm. Most people only secure a one-year policy when applying and renew it later, which is exactly why immigration routinely checks updated proof upon entry.
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Ron ******
@Jan *****************
Just another reason to not bother with the OA.
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Nick *******
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The lady who dealt with her was adamant that she, and everyone else, needed all three,
@V**
, which struck me as odd given that Iโ€™d assumed there would be an electronic link to the voluminous amount of information we provided in June in support of our visa application, but in future, Iโ€™m keen to carry whatever is required, and I havenโ€™t been able to find anything on line that spells out precisely what that is. It wasnโ€™t, by the way, anything to do with bank accounts, so I canโ€™t think what else there is.
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Nick *******
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They didnโ€™t ask for the TDAC ,
@Jan ********
. There was something else that she has forgotten.
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James ********
I don't know what the third document requested by Thai Immigration was when your spouse arrived in Thailand by Air.

Usually it's proof of your CURRENT health insurance policy which is a requirement for the OA visa for retirement and shows the ending date of that policy.
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Nick *******
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That was one of the three,
@Ja***
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Nick **********
@James *******
tdac maybe?
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James ********
@Nick *********
Agreed... But she had completed the TDAC.
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Nick *******
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No, they didnโ€™t ask for that, apparently,
@Ni**
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Kevin ***********
Reentry permit?
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Ellie *******
@Kevin **********
, even IF a re-entry permit was required, itโ€™s not a separate โ€œdocumentโ€, itโ€™s a stamp in a passport.
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Kevin ***********
Aha. I always buy with the extension so I wasn't sure how it worked.
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Jan ******************
@Kevin **********
It is a multiple-entry visa with the right to re-enter still embedded in the visa itself during its validity period. However, it is correct that you will need a re-entry permit for the second year.
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James ********
Correct โœ…
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