most Immigration offices allow the application to the 1-year extension of the stay permit up from 30 days before the expiry of the 90-days stay permit you got stamped when you entered Thailand. Some Immigrations like Bangkok, Jomtien, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen and others I don't remember, allow it up from 45 days. If you want to know how "your" Immigration interprets it, you need to visit them and ask and also politely ask them for the list of requirements for the application to the "1-year extension of temporary stay permit"

@James *****

maybe some embassies have changed their requirements, and ask for a 90-days travel insurance for the first 90 days of a stay permit you get stamped in when you enter on this visa-class. If you have a valid link or a valid official mentioning, then PLEASE link it! . . . . For a 1-year extension of the stay permit based on retirement/over 50, there is no mandatory health insurance - that's a fact

@Sue *********

he doesn't have a visa any more, he is on a "1-year extended stay permit"

@Richard *******

if you did 12 years of extensions, and never needed an insurance, you obviously started out of a Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa. . . . this means, NOTHING has changed so far. There is no mandatory insurance for extensions of the stay permit out of former Non-Imm-O Retirement visas

maybe, maybe not. It apparently depends on the embassy in question. WISE is not a real bank, they are just a finance provider. Which some Thai embassies might see as a reason for not acknowldeging it. Only the embassy through which you apply for the DTV, can give you a definite answer, and not any one of those blokes on Facebook

@J *************

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@J *************

I don't work in Thailand 😂😂😂 Do you need proof of what was said on the Phuket Immigration meeting? It was all over the Thai media. You should have no trouble finding it

condo owner or not - it doesn't cut any ice for getting a bank account opened, or getting multiple visa-exempt entries. Keep in mind: owning and living in a condo you own, destroys your image being a tourist. It is rather counterproductive at the border to mention that you own a condo, while you try to enter on a touristic visa or on visa-exempt

condo owner or not - it doesn't cut any ice for getting a bank account opened

@J *************

you are needlessly spreading panic. There was nothing in the news that Phuket does not recognize "real tourists". They are aimed at those who abuse the visa-exempt system with border runs. And they aim at those who use "Fake Tickets" (onwardtickets) as a proof of onward travel within the 60 days. They announced that they will deny entry to passengers holding "fake tickets"