If they are telling you it is a single entry then you might want to check and see if they are really giving you an OA visa.

I can report that there was no line to file a 90 day report at MTT last Thursday. I arrived just after 9am and literally walked through the process and was out 10 minutes later.

@Spencer ***********

There may be more requirements for an OA so you need to look at the details for both to decide but the logistics of an OA may be preferable. Good luck.

If you get an OA you can use money in you home country bank accounts. Once you get the OA you just arrive and there is nothing else to do. If you come on a non-O then then while you are here you will have to open a Thai bank account (if you don’t already have one), transfer the money, and then go to Immigration to apply for your year extension. Question: do you want to be occupied doing that after you arrive?

My doctor just signed the form. I dropped the form off at his office and I picked it up the next day. I never even saw him.

@Eric ********

My landlord does this for me. In fact she insists on doing it. You might ask your landlord to do it.

If this is your first extension of your OA visa then you have to have your Thai health insurance active and in the database before you apply. Your extension will only go until the end of your insurance. If you apply a few weeks early then you will lose a those weeks from your 1 year extension. This only happens the first year. After that you will always have insurance when you apply.

When you extend for the first time using insurance your insurance must be active and in the database on they day you apply. Bring your insurance certificate with you. If you are applying a little early (that is not on the day your permission to stay ends) then you will only be extended until the end of your insurance which may mean you will lose as many days/weeks that you apply early. Just accept it. After the first time you will already have insurance and you will get your full year with subsequent applications.

You said you only want to stay one year. You can meet the financial requirements for a 1 year OA visa using money in your US bank. You will only need money in a Thai bank if you choose to extend the OA for an additional year.

If border travel is easier a year from now you could get an additional year on your OA visa by leaving and reentering toward the end of the first year. Each time you enter during the first year you get stamped in for a year. Your money is still in a US bank until you apply for a 1 year extension inside Thailand.

Make sure that your insurance is active and in the database on the day you apply. Bring a printed copy of the insurance certificate with you. When you do this the first time don’t worry about losing a few days because they will stamp you in only until the end of your insurance policy.