I’m hoping land borders will be more tolerant. And with that, I close commenting. -Oh, wait, I’m not an admin... 😹😹😹

This post might get deleted or moved to the health insurance string, but may I say it’s the most encouraging thing I’ve read thus far on the subject... I wonder if more letters like this should be written. I suppose they’ve already done all they can do..

It may be pointless to speculate, but if they start asking for insurance papers at borders I’ll eat a hubcap for breakfast. They’re gonna leave that shit to embassies & immigration offices. 😎

@James *******

American

@Pedro *********

No one can answer this question, since we haven’t gotten there yet, and the immigration authorities have not elaborated on it.

I thought the extension of stay didn’t require health insurance at present.

Even if the admins are cynical, cantankerous and grumpy... 😝😝😝

Al Olsen- responding to your post elsewhere, In America, that form is pretty much useless. There are generally no limits on coverage, no beginning and end dates, and yeah- good luck getting a “director’s” signature. We’ll just have to hope that embassies will be wise enough to accept other evidence (which I’m pretty sure they will). Blue Cross has something called a ‘Certificate of Credible Coverage” but it doesn’t list maximums because there are none.

@Tod ********

So if that’s the case, then presumably if you intend to get new visas rather than an extension, you could just keep your home country insurance, also assuming the policy gives you foreign coverage.

So, if he (poster) wanted to avoid rushing to immigration within 24 hrs of his arrival in Thailand, he could simply book a hotel room for a day or two until it was more convenient for him, given that the hotels would do the TM30 for him for those nights. Do I got that correct-o-mundo?