@Tod ********

with an OA visa, do you need to apply single or multiple entry permit when you go.out and re-enter thailand? (i ask this question as i have been doing this in immigration all along)

you have to be careful, thai road safety has low world ranking, search internet for more news

i mean general medical outpatient consultation, not covid test

any advice on which less expensive amongst these three? bangkok hospital, samitij and bumrumgrad

it is amazing thailand! and loves bureaucracy and rule based with some spices addedby different offices! you never figure out why. eg 90 day address reporting required? only a stupid theif will report genuine address but the policy consider it helpful to reduce for law n order, and the recent attract wealthy people eliminate this 90 day requirement, so wealthy people will be more law abiding? actually why 90 day and not 7 day if it is so urgent to prevent crime? never understabd wisdom behind many things

@Benjamin *****

got it! thank you

insurance needed for thailand pass must be at least one year? and not tied to visa duration, say one to three months

with OA you probably.need to be scared by.policy surprise, mandatory insurance introduced in nov 2019, after two years or more, inpatient cover need to raised from 0 baht to 3 million! 7 fold increase! hope it won't go.up again after another 2 years

but once applied OA and arrived thailand, you can not change it to O while in thailand

as far as i know, two kinds of retire.visa: OA (require health insurance to renew.visa, can only apply outside thailand) and O (insurance not required, can only apply after entry into thailand). You can google search for more info or even explore the thai.immigration website