You do the report in the immigration office that serves the area of where you live. You cannot do it in Chiang Mai if you live in Phuket.

You could do it online but as you have to prove your bank balance, you need to do it personally in Phuket.

Copied from another forum

"Heads up for those of you who originally entered Thailand on an OA and then got an annual extension - have a friend who was forced to take out the Thai 400,000 baht insurance to get his extension - even though he has been on extensions for 9 years. It was either that or leave the country and start again.

May have just been a rogue IO WITH THEIR OWN INTERPRETATION OF THE RULES but maybe not."

@Stuart ********

i guess they took notice of the Internet talk of good ideas to get the insurance and the visa, then cancel the insurance during the cooling off period. That's put that idea to bed.

@James *******

yes. I was going to suggest that.

@James *******

it appears that at least is what Jomtien are saying. They are dismissing any attempt to use a non Thai insurance.

@James *******

@Stuart ********

has already answered what I suspected with the advice from Pacific cross....the downloaded certificate. They were one of the company's involved with setting this up so would believe what they are telling clients.

@T**

ok....so what will they check at immigration to prove you still hold insurance? 🤔😂

@T**

the real big issue is actually getting that download certificate signed. I've yet to see a report of an Insurance company that will sign it.

The more I look at this, the more I think I'm understanding that foreign sourced international health insurance is only acceptable to get a new O-A and for entering Thailand on it for the first permission to 'stay of up to' a maximum of 12 months. I don't believe it's of any use to get further entry's or extensions.

For 6 you don't need all that. A simple one page invitation from your wife is fine.

Multiple pages can be put in a pdf file and uploaded. Yes, Yes, I know it says Jpeg but pdf files work ok.