Today. Went to my usual coffee shop. A guy was talking about how materialistic some people are. He pointed out how the Thai owner had asked me twice for payment; this had been slightly confused because this guy had offered to pay for my coffee. Then went by a lunch place I've been to many times and asked to pick up a pad thai at noon so I wouldn't have to wait and would be able to make it to my Thai class in time at 1:00. Got back there at 12:05, ate my pad thai, finished around 12:35. Went to pay, discovered didn't have wallet. Oops! No problem, I'll use KBank app, which I only recently started using. Then, hm... system seems to be down, rats! Please try again.... Hm.... tried again, still no luck. Proprietor agreed I could pay next time. Now in a bit of a hurry, went back to cafe quickly to look for the wallet. The owner brandished it as I walked in. Handing it to me he said, "didn't open!" Sure enough, the two thousand-baht notes were still there, and a 20. I gave him the 20. He beamed, so did I. So, yeah. Not sure what to think about all that. Anyway I must be in Thailand or something 😁

ha ha, I was just researching that myself earlier today. For my situation I'm going to go with the "wh1500" tier, through Wealthy Healthy insurance plan, a specific product offered by Thai Health Insurance PCL, a specialized health insurance company in Thailand. I want some coverage if I'm involved in a traffic accident. Apparently I'll get that for around B1800 a month, 23,000 a year ish. That's what the AI is saying, the agent may say something different. Good luck.

@Robert ******

No, I was asking specifically about "an appointment." The page you sent doesn't have the word "appointment," therefore, it doesn't answer the question. None of that page is talking about "an appointment." The fact there's an online application doesn't mean there couldn't also be "an appointment." You still book an appointment apparently to do this process in Laos. And, presumably if there's a problem in KL with one's application one would need "an appointment" to discuss it. So my question was very reasonable, and actually more logical than your answer.

Also, even if my question were stupid, which it wasn't, isn't the purpose of this group to give basic information to people who are understandably igrnorant about these arcane processes? Are you here to try and help people, or are you here to put people down for not having a smart enough question, according to you?

Your snide put-down attempts say more about yourself than they do about me.

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@Ellie ******

Yes, thanks, now I understand that.

@Declan *********

Wow, that's quite an amazing process. I'd say it pretty counter-intuitive; I really appreciate you taking the time to explain this in detail. Thank you

Wow. ok, thanks

Thanks, I guess you've done it or know someone who has, how long did you or they need to stay in Malaysia altogether?

@Robert ******

Maybe you could show me where exactly in that document my answer is? Thanks

Thanks Declan for this kind answer with no snarky condescension.

My questions now.

1. The overall process I still don't understand. Assuming I can finish the eVisa application (se below), and it's approved and I download the eVisa, what happens next? The PDF guide just stops at that point. Is it that you get the eVisa, and then you go to Malaysia and show them the eVisa and then pick up... ? Something?

2. The way these things read, you have to wait in Malaysia for them to process it? That seems impossible...

3. Unfortunately also now I've created the account but am stuck at this screen. "Current location" doesn't include Thailand (?)...

This situation needs a nice simple flow-chart for people to follow. Once I get through this successfully (getting my Non-Immigrant B) I will make something easy to understand. Thank you very much.