I was looking at the Phuket Volunteers website and it is super-informative but I wanted to ask about 2 things:
1. If converting to Retirement visa from a Non-Imm B, 3-month letter invitation, the website suggests that I would not then need to get extra insurance for the 12-month retirement visa from one of the Thai long-stay insurance providers, but if I tried to convert from say a TR visa or a non-exempt visa, then I would. Is that true/still the case? I guess it is separate from the COVID insurance, correct? It could save money as I have great Cigna insurance coverage but since it's not on the Thai provider list I guess I couldn't use it?
1. Let's say I apply for the retirement visa from a visa-exempt and maybe during the one and only extension I can obtain with that, say around day 45 in country. The website suggests that a) I can't leave Thailand during the application approval process and the application process can take up to 30 days. Would I go on overstay since I couldn't extend the exempt visa a second time?
I hope that's not too confusing, I'm just trying to figure this all out! Thank you!