Yes. At least they did for us.

@Abel ********

Yep, that's the one

Yep. It was an STV (aka, the dead-end visa 🙂 ). I needed to get a special foreign insurance certificate from my company, and their coverage letter had to be very specific about coverage amounts. Took a little doing, but Cigna came through. Won't say it was easy, but glad there were options. But I'm with you, hoping requirements loosen as we go forward to encourage tourism. Now if they'll just allow the STVs to be converted in-country...it's just a push of a button on come computer somewhere, right??

FWIW, I got in on my initial STV earlier this yer, and back again later on a Non-O (with a dash home in between) using a foreign health insurance plan - Cigna Global. Well, maybe the fact that it's their global health insurance made the difference, dunno.

Yeap. We left, not having used all our STV time, and will be heading back shortly under a "retirement" visa. No issues getting that new visa.

Nope, never have been asked for the results. Find a doctor friend or relative who can knock it out for free 🙂

And unfortunately, even the visa companies have their hands tied on this one (I asked several, also having an STV).

Ahh, there it is. Thanks so much!

Thx Tod. We'll be getting that 90 day single entry Non-O visa back in the US, as we have to do a run back home for a bit (family business & can't convert our current visas in-country). We'll have that in our local Thai account before leaving to return home to be sure we don't hit any timing snags.

Question to clarify, since we're embarking down a similar path...must the 800K THB requirement be met for the INITIAL single entry Non-O visa, or just when the 1-year extension is filed? Just working out the timeline for all this. I know the money has to be in 2 months prior - just wondering whether that's prior to the single-entry non-O that gets you in, or prior to filing for the extension.