Raul Gonzalez. You'd have to contact the insurance company to see if they do shorter policies

Alternatively you can get the clunky STV which is good for nine months. Comes with a lot of baggage, but long term you don't have to leave the country so you save on fares, tests, insurance.

Brett Milligan. The landlord is SUPPOSED to do it, but many don't, and unfortunately the tenant wears the fine if it's not done! It's a laborious process to do it at an immigration office, so I use the app.

You have to do it whenever you leave the province for more than 24 hours, although a few immigration offices don't worry about the inter-provincial travel. The TM30 is one of the biggest pains in the backside for expats, moreso even than the 90-day report

There's two which cover Covid and STV/OA requirements

Piero Colagrosso. As Brandon has said, every visa requires 90-day reporting, but living in Bangkok I do this by mail. I loathe with a passion going to immigration offices. The OA for me is a way out of this. I do any TM30 reporting using the app, and would do the same with 90-day reporting except the app/website are often temperamental, so I just post my 90-day report 15 days before it's due. Never had a problem. Five minute stroll to my local PO, about 85-90 baht in copying and postage and the job's done - compared to the hike out to that godforsaken shithole carpark at MTT to carry out a 5-minute task. It's a no-brainer!

Piero Colagrosso. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The embassies and consulates around the world come under their jurisdiction. Thai Immigration are a division of the Royal Thai Police. Two completely different attitudes!

Piero Colagrosso. I used money in my superannuation account which is at call, but pays around 7% per annum. You just try it with your embassy. The MFA seem more flexible than Thai immigration that's for sure.

Piero Colagrosso. Now international borders are open again, for anyone who intends to return to their home country once every 12-24 months, the OA is the supreme product. I lived on it for years in Thailand without being mandated to transfer 800,000 baht into a Thai bank account, and never having to visit an immigration office to beg for an extension. Along came covid and stuffed everything up. But now the mist has cleared and I can move my money back to my own country to earn a respectable interest rate!!

You can, just be aware if it will cover you for asymptomatic condition. When in Thailand if you are tested and found positive you will be sent either to ASQ or a field hospital, even if showing no symptoms. The same applies if you were sitting close to someone on the plane who does test positive. The average overseas insurance will not cover you for this, and you will be liable for tens of thousands of baht costs. The Thai covid insurance will cover this, so no financial loss. For myself, I would not take the risk, just for the sake of saving a few dollars on the premium. But it's each to their own of course!

@Brandon ***********

. An excellent overview of the OA! Could not have explained it better myself!