@Mel ***********

health insurance requirements OA visa:

@Mel ***********

the requirements and the health insurance coverage minimum are CLEARLY described on the list of visa-types that can be found on Thai embassy websites worldwide. For the Non-Imm-O/A Longstay Visa, the following is required:

@Chris *******

you don't have to be retired to apply for the Non-Imm-O/A Longstay Visa . . . actually, "retirement visa" can mean SEVEN (7!) different visas or stay permits. When people say "retirement visa" you never know WHICH ONE of the 7 possible visa-types or stay permits they are talking about . . . here, the official "Longstay-Visa O/A" (e-visa list of visa-types)

the Non-Imm-O/A visa officially is NOT a "retirement visa". The Non-Imm-O/A Visa is a "Longstay Visa". The only true "retirement visa" is the 90-days single entry Retirement Visa

same with "visa number" . . . . . it is not a required field. And if you have a stopover, it always is the last flight leg and its flight number you need to fill out

@Brendon *****

this depends on the Immigration . . . . . his Immigration would have suggested it, if it was possible, however they didn't and put his application into "fast track" mode instead

You should have done everything by the book. It is a well known fact that when a 1-year Extension of stay permit is issued with the reason "married to a Thai wife", the extension will always be issued for "4 weeks under consideration", during which period Immigration is going to do a home visit, and they expect YOU and the WIFEY to be present! They will ask your neighbours if you really live together and if your marriage is real. Then after the under consideration period you can pick up the stamp for the rest of the 1-year extension. You are NOT supposed to do any travelling until you have been issued the full stamp, and you are not supposed to buy any re-entry permit, because ist cannot and would not be sold for just the 4-weeks of consideration period by any Immigration just because it is NOT part of the procedure . . . . the re-entry permit can however be had for the full extent of the 12-months extension - once you got it definitely issued!

Larry Johnson . . whichever way you chose, be aware that for applying to the 90-days Non-O visa inside Thailand you need a Thai bank account with 400,000 THB sitting in it. For applying to the 90-days Non-O visa in Canada, you can use income or money in the bank. . . .and for ANYTHING you apply on Immigration, you need a "Kor Ror 22" a marriage registry document that shows your marriage is registered inside Thailand. If your marrriage is only registered in Canada, you need to have it acknowledged in Thailand, first thing, before anything

when you enter, you get stamped in for a 90-days stay permit. The Non-O Visa will become invalid. Then before this stay permit expires, you apply for the 1-year extension of the stay permit (based on reason retirement). The 1-year extended stay permit will begin on the day AFTER your initial 90-days stay permit expires

@Dave *******

he doesn't have any visa. The picture he posted does not show a visa 😄