@Jason *******

I believe that someone else here used their travel insurance with the London embassy for a Non-O visa. I asked for more details at the time but I think that part of the thread was later hidden.

@Wilhelm *********

That's unfortunate.

I don't think that the airline would change it without you initiating the change, although they may make a fuss about it, in which case you could point out that you can extend your visa for 30 days in country (if you're on an Australian passport). Although, if they offered a free or cheap change, I would take it.

You shouldn't have to pay a fine for 1 day overstay but you will get a note in your passport... as long as you don't get caught before getting to the airport. Get caught and it's another world.

If your flight out on the 17th is in the early hours of the morning e.g. 1am or 2am, etc you could go through immigration a little early on the 16th to avoid being on overstay.

Will you actually be landing in Thailand on July 19th or July 20th?

I ask because I think that from July 19th to September 17th is 61 days in Thailand rather than 60 (they count the day of arrival as day 1 rather than as day 0).

@Thongnaipan *****

Thank you. I know about the $20,000 COVID-19 insurance requirement for the Thailand Pass but I think that they may have also extended the requirement to have 40,000 baht outpatient and 400,000 baht inpatient insurance from a selected Thai provider (or persuade a foreign insurance company to sign their certificate in Thai) to Non-O visas purchased for the purpose of retirement via the e-visa system.

If true, this would be similar to the Non-OA insurance requirements (although the length of cover required may differ).

@London ****

Did also you have to buy the Thai company 40,,000 baht medical insurance (or get the Foreign Insurance Certificate signed)?

@Lee *******

Just do as others have advised and book a fully refundable hotel for a few days using a service like Agoda.

Congratulations on getting the visa.

Do you have to report to immigration annually so that they can check that you have adhered to the financial requirements for the first two years and the insurance requirements every year?

@Bim ******

you're welcome.

Please let us know how you get on with this and what the embassy says, if you do decide to try to use money in a Thai bank account to apply for the visa in London.

London has moved to the e-visa system and you no longer have to submit your passport or original documents to the embassy, so this may make it easier to use money in a Thai bank since you could even apply when you are in Thailand (if you were going to return to Thailand during the validity period of the visa - the risk there is that COVID rules could change to something stricter again and you waste the visa application fee).

@Bim ******

do you mean, will they allow you to show funds in a Thai bank account when applying for the visa in the UK?

If that's the question, then I can tell you that in the past the UK embassy was amenable to this idea when issuing other visas and their only concern was making sure that the bank information was current. i.e. statements from 2 months ago wouldn't cut it.

It's almost 3 years since I discussed this with them so I don't know what the situation is now.

I suggest you contact them and ask them and if you have a way to get statements that are current, I suggest that you tell them that too at the outset to forestall any objections around the age of the age of the statements.

@Bim ******

financial requirements for a Non-O for the purposes of retirement, from the UK embassy website:

"Financial evidence e.g. A copy of pension statement if the applicant is a pensioner, or a copy of 1-month bank statement showing your income from pension, or 3-month bank statement of at least £10,000"

However, their website is out of date so it's best to contact them to check first if you want to go this route.

Having said that, I think these have been the requirements for that visa for some years.