I heard today, you can leave and re-enter the country, which then automatically extends your OA for another year. Obviously would have to do quarantine in Phuket but if you’re double jabbed then no issue and would potentially sort your problem? Not an expert, happy to be corrected.
Ok, so much conflicting info I’m getting. So you’re saying that the O visa extension gets you a further 12 months (retirement) stay by just showing your passport??
David Broadfoot Problem here is, there are so many different explanations from so many different people that now I’m back to being confused.
So what you’re saying is…. If you enter on an O visa that doesn’t need insurance, medical check, police check, has smaller fee etc, when you apply for the extension, you still don’t need to have those requirements to get the extension?
Was also confused but I think I’ve made a decision.
While O visa has less requirements on intitial entry to Thailand, when the 90 days is up and you apply for an extension, you’ll have to gather all the same info as if you were to apply for an OA.
So, if you pass all the requirements for an OA, why not just do that in your own country and then you have a year before you need to go through it all again in Thailand for the extension.
, so thinking this through to utilise the 65k p/m option, I’m probably better off applying for an OA in UK. Once in Thailand I can transfer required monthly 65k and when 12 months is up and applying for the extension, I’ll have the necessary recorded money transfers. Does that work or is there something I haven’t thought of?
