You think baht is strong or usd just taking a dump?

No re-entry permit require until yr initial OA visa expire. They will not sell you one if you exist and come back within the valid period of yr visa.

Non oa visa initial application fund can be in your home country bank account, but check the embassy for how long funds needed to be in account before applying.

@Pete ******

i do not remember if they asked, but i had all my application paper with me going thru immigration. If your insurance expire on dec 31 2025 than you will only be stamped until your insurance expire, so not 1 full year. I also lost 2 months when initially entered due to insurance.

So what you can do, before your stamp expire buy new insurance for 1 yr in Thailand, leave Thailand - go vacation somewhere close ie Singapore, Malaysia...etc. once you come back provided the same visa and new insurance to immigration. They will stamp you for another year the expiration date of yr new insurance.

This was what i did for the initial 2 yrs.

When i arrived with my OA visa, i just show custom officer the print out of the Visa and Passports. Make sure the officer know its a 1 yrs OA visa and stamp you in for 1 yr or the expiration of yr health insurance (if yr insurance runs out before the visa) before leaving.

The stamp should say O-A with a expiration date.

On my last visa extension, The immigration officer provided me a small paper stating my 90day reporting will be extened for 30 day.

Than on my 90 reporting, the officer saw the paper and mentioned, oh new visa - and everything went smooth.

If you need this account for visa extension, you may need bankbook copies to do that.

I think i had the same problem when applying thru LA, had to try different cards on different days, and it went thru somehow.

If things dont work out yr stuck for 30 yrs.

@Eric ******

but i had to really took blood test for all the listed disease. Maybe you can change doctor, even out of pocket the cost should not be too much ( i hope).