@Ken *******

is that a spouse visa? Wasn’t an option for us.

@Paul *********

we are from Aust. We wanted to stay 7 months. Thought I’d just get the 3 months STV then renew 2 more times whilst in Thailand that would cover our stay. However, the Thai Embassy Canberra said the STV for Australians is ceasing in Sept and we wouldn’t be able to obtain 2 renewals. We didn’t want to do boarder runs so we went for the OA visa. Cost $300. (Had to obtain insurance to satisfy the oa visa which is 12 months However we get refunded 5 months once we cancel. Not sure that helps you….

@Bobby *******

yes no way would I travel without top cover. You just never know what’s around the corner.

The Thai insurance we purchased for OA has a huge excess of USD $12k to keep price cheap 😂. All good. Can’t wait to get there now 😎

@Bobby *******

you really have to do your research on insurance for price or try and get that Thai form complete by your home insurance company - that was the tricky part as our insurance is ongoing covered by our high level credit card so we had no expiry date no policy number etc - so for us was way easier just to buy Thai ins. Quotes started at $5k Pp so yes you need to shop around. Actually the embassy hand wrote on the visa stamp the exp date of our insurance.

@Andrew ******

initially travelling north to chaing rai then over to the east. Make our way Down to Samui eventually for 1 month. Not sure after that. We will see when we are there.😎.

I must say the insurance component investigation took a lot of research.

@Donna ******

well I wish we could have got the “form” completed by our medical/travel insurer however being a corporate no one would sign off. Safest thing to do was use a recommended Thai insurance that satisfied the OA application requirement. Yes tune is cheap but the cover not high enough in USD for OA.

@Todd **********

a couple months as we both worked at the time of preparing the application. However the embassy received the application on a Monday and processed it the same day according to the date of visa in our passport. Very efficient.

@Donna ******

we were advised by the embassy the STV is ceasing in September and we could not stretch it out to cover our 7-8 months hence the OA . Liberty insurance which is listed in the embassy website and we dealt with it via Misterpraken .com

@Jingle ****

due to the outdated and 1970s type of insurance form that is required by the Embassy - yes we got the cheapest Thai insurance with the highest deductible that we will never use as we have our own travel ins on our credit card that also covers the covid requirement. However this form wanted “fax”number and I think from memory the Manager of the company to sign the form plus a statement saying covered for covid in hospital and out as well as the policy. If you down load the form you will see what I mean - no insurance company will fill that out. We used Liberty purchased through Mister Praken .com

For both of us was about aud $1500 1 yr. We can cancel after we come home and get % refund.

Liberty have a policy just to satisfy the OA requirement. We could suspend our private health insurance in Aust for up to 2 yrs which was a blessing.