I have read that the process can take up to 4 weeks! Would that be for someone with no previous long term visa background? Seems a long time if you have a history of O/A visa, 90 day reports and funds gathering dust :)
No beef, I haven't got my glasses with me and didn't even know I'd hit a comment button haha sorry about that. Hopefully I have the right spellings here. Cheers.
As others have said, applying in Thailand for your visa would appear to be the way forward for you, especially as due to your 'complex medical record' you do not wish to buy medical insurance (as per one of your previous postings).
I looked at life policies and couldn't understand why you'd bother. The older you are the less lump sum pay out you'll get on a fixed term and the premiums will be weighted. Whole of life you need to start very young to get a good lump sum but inflation will eat into it big time over your life time even if you can get one these days... Maybe higher intetest savings accounts are a better option?
It's good immigration are doing this now. I got a free bottle of water at the petrol station the other day and a key ring at Amazon. Good to see immigration are doing free deals now too.