Reporter: RonnyLatYa
Remind yourself if necessary.
You may already know that last year (October 21) the insurance requirement for obtaining a Non-immigrant OA visa was increased from 40 000/400 000 Baht Out/In patient to a general coverage of 100 000 Dollar or 3000 000 Baht .
“Statement/certificate of Health insurance confirming that applicant's insurance covering the length of stay in Thailand with no less than 100,000 USD or 3,000,000 THB for overall medical coverage. (must be specifically mentioned). Applicant may consider buying a Thai health insurance online at longstay.tgia.org. Foreign Insurance Certificate Form (PDF) completed by insurance company”
https://hague.thaiembassy.org/th/page/76475-non-immigrant-visa-o-a-(long-stay)
However, for extending a period of stay obtained with a Non-immigrant OA visa, the insurance requirement of 40 000/400 000 Baht Out/In patient was usually kept, so that everyone had the opportunity to adapt to the new requirements. Although there are also immigration offices that already applied that higher insurance requirement immediately before the renewal.
In principle, the 1/22 Baht Out/In patient is now also over from September 40, 000, almost a year after the increase in that insurance requirement. Both for the application of the OA visa and for the extension of the period of stay obtained with an OA visa, it is then 400 dollars or 000 baht.
https://longstay.tgia.org/guidelineoa
The insurance must also cover the full year extension. If this is not the case, the extension will only be for the covered insurance period.
So keep that in mind, insofar as this has not already been applied in your immigration office.
Otherwise, get the necessary information about this in good time at your local immigration office so that you are not presented with a fait accompli on the day of application. Ultimately, it is also your immigration office that can still decide whether or not to temporarily deviate from those requirements.
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Does this also apply to applying for a long stay visa in Thailand?
It is about a Non-immigrant OA visa and that is a Long Stay visa.
It is about applying for a Non-immigrant OA visa in an embassy and about a period of stay obtained with a Non-immigrant OA visa………….
You cannot apply for a Non-immigrant OA visa in Thailand. Only in an embassy.
In Thailand you can obtain a year extension of a period of stay obtained with a Non-immigrant OA visa and then insurance is required.
And for the umpteenth time... it's about NON-IMMIGRANT OA and the period of stay you get with it and not about a NON-IMMIGRANT O or any other visa
Ronny, your expert advice is greatly appreciated and your posting has given me a wake up call. I have to go to immigration for my renewal on 21/9 and already have my proof of insurance of 400.000 in/40.000 out. This is because the insurance company thought that the insurance of 3 million Baht has not yet been officialized (in accordance with the cabinet resolution). People everywhere say that it will come into force 'approximately 1/9/2022', but I can't find anywhere that it has become law in the meantime. Of course my sources are not from the official authorities, but what I find on various websites. But you undoubtedly know where to look to find that the 3 million rule is already in effect. And as you say, when in doubt, I can still get information from the immigration service, but that threshold is always so high.
Thanks in advance,
Hans
Has the rule for immigration visa O also been lifted? Or is this not yet applicable?
Is there anything about a Non-immigrant O?
It's about NON-IMMIGRANT OA and the period of stay it grants you and not about a NON-IMMIGRANT O or any other visa….
I don't see in- and outpatient explicitly mentioned.
Do both have to be covered for USD 100.000?
There is an “overall medical coverage” so the in/out patient coverage is no longer taken into account
What about if you apply for an extended Marrige visa and are not yet 50 years old?
If you are not yet 50 years old, you are not eligible for a Non-immigrant OA anyway.
You can only apply for a Non-immigrant OA visa if you are Retired.
You can extend the period of residence with a Non-immigrant OA as Retired and then the insurance requirement will apply.
You can extend the period of stay with Non-immigrant OA as a Thai Married/Thai child, but then the insurance requirements no longer apply.
It may be that the immigration offices take October 1 as a target date instead of September 1.
This in accordance with the immigration memorandum below.
https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RTP-Order-No.654-2564.pdf
So be sure to contact your local immigration office if you are going to extend a period of residence obtained with a Non-immigrant OA for one year.
You may still be able to use your lower cover if you do this before 1 October
Thanks to Hans Reubens for the addition