And if you decide to seek an age 50+ nonO visa, you are not supposed to work in Thailand. Or are you planning on a different visa?

@Maryann **********

I would check into whether they actually pay claims. Some insurance companies are great about taking money with no intention to pay large claims

@Nathan **********

make sure no small print about not being out of the home country for too many consecutive days.

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

maybe it depends on province. I left Thailand Feb 2024 and did my online May 2024 with no issues. Krabi province.

I was told all reports could be done online but when I tried my first report online, it was rejected in Feb. Instead of going in person, I hopped over to sg for a weekend to visit friends. In May I was able to do my report online. Krabi province.

@Mike *****

hehe

@Mike *****

thxxxx. I am still considering options. Currently living on savings and no pension yet so hate putting savings at risk for the next 7 years.

@Rick ********

I came to Thailand on 6 month metv and then sorted out my nonO 3 month retirement visa and then 1 year extension. I tried to do non OA before coming here but I was a resident of Oman at that time and it was not meant to be. Hehe

Luckily, I got everything sorted quickly so I did not have to extend the metv.

You could look into education visa or some other visa.

You could get 6 month multiple entry tourist visa before you come here. This allows you to stay for two months at a time but at the end of 60 days, you could ask for 30 day extension. This could stretch your 6 months into 9 months with just a couple trips outside Thailand.

I am sure you will get lots of other suggestions here in the next few days. Best of luck to you.