Checking straight through all depends on airlines code sharing

@Elizabeth ******

why would he want an ED visa if he's working? He cannot work with an ED visa

The normal discount was 5%. Some have said they were offered 10% on the 1 and 2 million baht visas.

5% is 25,000 baht discount on a 500,000 baht 5 year visa though isn't to be sniffed at if your renewing anyway.

I don't think they would though. It's not TE that refuses the visa when somebody has had overstay. It's immigration themselves that check the system before inserting the visa.

It's weird that even during the application, any overstay doesn't appear to be checked.

Thats why TE state in the t&C that if you don't tell them when you apply, immigration will pick it up on the day you go to get the visa.

If you don't renew as your membership is expiring, it's a complete new application

If you intend to renew and can do it before your actual membership ends, you will get a sizeable discount

Anybody can leave Thailand for China. There are no travel restrictions in place

I'm not sure if any bank here can do a 12 months printout. Only 6 months unless your prepared to wait.

You should be ok for the first entry and 1st year with that particular insurance. If it will work for subsequent entrys or for the second year entry, I'm not sure. I don't believe they are on the list of insurers for extensions, so it wouldn't work for that purpose.

Not really seeing any posts of O-A visas issued after 31st October and using non listed Thai insurance to know how it may play out.

A visa in 2 weeks should be pretty doable.

Be sure to read the instruction manual in the link

@T**

provided. It takes you through the application process stage by stage.