What Should I Do If My Health Insurance Is Not Accepted for Non-Immigrant O-A Renewal?

the thai versions of those companies are the ONLY ones who have access to the online data base (other than the immigration offices) AND if you are covered by them believe me they DO put you in the data base and it can be accessed like this

@Liz ***

Good Luck..Please let us know what happens.

@Liz ***

some extra baht to add on outpatient cover to your existing policy might do the trick but I suspect you will still only get a stamp until the end of your insurance so I'd ask about the possibility of aligning with your proposed extension dates as well

Does anyone know if proof of tricare is acceptable?

OR get OFF the O-A stamp you're on now, get a new Non-O visa and then the extension from it so you don't need insurance.

Thanks for the correction. Bad news for anyone who already has insurance overseas. Good news for Thai insurance companies.

or go home to country of passport and apply for new OA visa where your current insurance provider is ok and repeat every two years.

yes, as far as it concerns an old O/A. So any extensions of stay (meeting the requirements financially, like she does) out of an old O/A now are under scrutiny in Chiang Mai and need a tgia listed insurance? Well she should eventually do how she was advised, exit and let the O/A become invalid, enter with exempt visa and apply for the conversion to the Non-O

and for all subsequent renewals of an extension of stay (EOS) based on retirement out of an old O/A you will require the Thai insurance. It doesn't make sense but this is the rule. Only when the EOS is made out of a Non-Imm-O, there will be no insurance requirement (however it is always good and makes sense to have one for a longstay in Thailand!)

I don't think it has to be from the ones listed on the official approved Thai insurance providers. You can have insurance from any company so long as they meet the coverage requirements

You can't request a visa exempt entry - it's what you get when you come into Thailand without a visa (provided you're from certain countries). So right when your O-A visa is all used up, you should cross the border and when you return you'll get a visa exempt entry for 30 days. You must go right away to immigration and get the visa exempt entry converted to a "Non Immigrant O based on retirement" which will give you three months. Since you already have the required money in a Thai bank, it should be no problem. Then when the three months is up you apply for a 1 year extension. And you continue to do the 1 year extensions every year. Unlike the O-A, he Non-O is not multiple entry, however. You will have to get re-entry permits or a multiple re-entry permit in addition to the visa itself if you plan to leave Thailand at any point.

Of course, it's a bit annoying that you have to wait exactly for the date that your visa runs out before you can leave and get the visa exempt entry. The timing might not be convenient for you. I don't know if there's some way to cancel a retirement visa.

Then just wait till the last date of this Extension of Stay and than make the border run

@Liz ***

I believe if you don't have a re entry permit that O-A visa will be cancelled