What is the name of the visa associated with a TM7 extension application in Thailand and is health insurance required?

@Peter ********

a Non-Immigrant Type O-A visa has to be gotten in your country BEFORE you come here. You apply at a thai consulate, with a police background check, a medical certificate, you show proof of funds in your country and (since Oct 31st 2019) you meet the mandatory insurance requirement to get that visa.

It's good for a year from the date they issue it, it is unlimited entry and every entry gets you stamped in for a whole year while the visa is valid.

Meaning IF you exit/re-entry just before the visa itself expires you get stamped in for a whole new year (giving you two years of stay out of a visa that's valid for a year). Then you either go back to your country and buy a NEW Non-O-A visa, OR you apply for a yearly extension (just like you've done on your Non-O visa every year) and the only difference in the in country extensions between the two is that O-A visa extensions require the mandatory insurance while O visa extensions do not. They both have the same financial requirements to get the year extensions

You apply for an Extension of your temporary stay in the Kingdom, but the basis to do this is the last used visa in your passport.

Type of Visa and Category are mentioned on that visa