AlaskaDave

I've tried the phone number in that email for Mr. Soraphak Khaengkhandee but nobody answered. I tried to fill out an online application form on their website but the cost came out too low, 1100 baht, unless it was for one month. There was no place on the application to provide a length of coverage nor was it specified anywhere that the calculated charge was for a certain length of time. I'll keep trying to contact them.

@jackdd I guess you're right but it wasn't obvious. None of my renewal stamps for the past few years had any reference to a visa type. Then I looked back at the original visa stamp issued in 2012 and there it says "Non-O". However, my 2020 re-entry permits has the type "Non-Imm". I reckon because most of the stamps in my passport are for extensions, they don't display a visa type. Thanks. I learned something today.

@ubonjoe I don't know the correct nomenclature for these damn visas. It's one of the issues that keeps me (and others I bet) in constant confusion. I had a visa extension based on retirement for several years. In 2018 I got married to a Thai woman after which I put 400K in Bangkok Bank and obtained a visa based on marriage. As to what it's called or what the "official" designation for it is — who the hell knows? My visa agent calls it a Non-O?, but is it really an O?, O-A?, <deleted>? Even the Youtuber lawyer from Integrity Legal in Bangkok tried to explain it all in a video it but admitted the distinctions between them were a bit nebulous. Unfortunately, where before it didn't matter what one called it, now it is something you need to be sure about. @notrub: I'll try Tune insurance, Thanks.

I'm trying to get back into Thailand before Nov 14th, which is when my re-entry permit expires. I'm ready to buy a ticket and reserve a room in an ASH+ hotel but I am having trouble finding the correct insurance. Most of the companies mentioned on this forum don't cover a person who is 78 years old. I have a valid O-A visa based on marriage. It also expires on Nov 14th. While the TGIA site does offer insurance for older people, their offering is still for the $100K, not the newer %50K version. So, in short, is there anybody out there who is my age or older and has purchased the US50K insurance that will allow my re-entry? I reckon I could just pay for the more expensive insurance but I'd hate to give an insurance company any more than I absolutely have to. Thanks in advance.

Yeah, that's probably what's going on. I'll email them again. In my earlier email I did not specify that I was arriving from the USA. There are flights available to Chiang Mai on Korean and Japan Air but if there is no facility for quarantine and/or testing as yet, then the airlines are probably assuming things will change shortly. Let's hope that's the case. For the first of my questions, I'm assuming the insurance and one-day quarantine are still required for me to reenter on a marriage visa, valid until Nov 14.

OMG, I simply cannot believe what I'm reading in this thread so I'm probably reading it wrong. I'm desperate to get back into the Thailand so maybe I'm grabbing at straws. I'm planning to return to Thailand on Nov 9. I have a visa based on marriage (Non-O), a valid re-entry permit and 400K baht in a Thai bank. Am I reading here that I do not need Covid-specific insurance? Or does my visa not qualify for this special treatment? Damn these bloody acronyms for Thai visas! Did anybody ever compile a list of codes (O-A, Non-O, etc.) with descriptions alongside? On the good news side of things, I recently contacted an SHA+ hotel in Chiang Mai (Sleep-Mai) that will put me up for 1500 baht for the overnight wait for a negative Covid test. As I live in Chiang Mai and can get picked up at the airport I asked if that was legal and they assured me that I can drive my own car to the hotel if I chose to do so. Thanks in advance for your feedback.

To continue this discussion for a moment, let me add another related question. I too have a valid Visa extension based on marriage and a valid re-entry permit that expires on Nov 14. Based on the responses earlier in this thread, when I reenter the country in early November I assume my Covid-specific insurance need only be valid until that expiration date. Is that true? My overall plan is to purchase a round-trip ticket for November 7 or 8 with a return date of about 2 months from the date I enter. I would buy 90 days worth of Covid insurance and then, assuming those requirements for Covid-specific insurance change or go away, rebook my return for a few months longer. Note that, in my understanding, the non-Covid health insurance requirement will not go away but that's a separate issue. Thanks for you answers.

Thank you for the clarification about the names of the visa extensions. I now understand why I've always been confused about this — I have a "Non-O" extension. One would think that once my status changed from single to married it would show up in some way in the visa/extension stamp. But TIT and it does not. Anyway, I'm good to go for now. The Pacific Cross insurance seems to be about the same price as the others I checked, that is, about 25-30 thousand baht for a year. It doesn't seem to offer a plan covering less than a year though so I'll probably buy it from the TIGA outfit. Thanks to all!

Let me be clear. I am looking for insurance that will cover me for $100,000 should I get Covid in order to apply for my Certificate of Entry (COE). The various passport stamps are a mess and I can't see any extra stamps or numbers that appear to count the number of times I've applied for what I assume is a "Non Imm" extension because my reentry permits all say "Non-Imm" at the bottom. Ubonjoe wrote replying to my question asking what sort of visa I have, "Non-O since you are not on a extension of stay based upon retirement." So, does Non-Imm equate to Non-O? Also, I'm pretty sure that the Thai government, in an effort to increase tourism, will soon eliminate the requirement for this Covid-specific insurance, consequently I would hate to waste money on a policy that lasts an entire year. If I buy a RT ticket for say 3 months, I could get away with spending less but still be legal. I could then rebook my ticket for a later departure if and when the Covid-specific insurance requirement is dropped. Thanks for all the help up to now. My main reason for posting this has been resolved. I was worried that at my age I might not be able to buy insurance at all. But that worry has been laid to rest.

I am definitely getting my extensions based on marriage — we have filed so many papers it's hard to count them all; kor ror 2, house book, marriage cert from Hang Dong, photos, etc. etc., so I know I have it. I just don't know the correct terminology for what I have. None of the recent Immigration stamps (except the one I mentioned above), have any extra stamps that I can see, although my passport pages are such a mess I fail to see how anyone knows what's going on LOL. All stamps specify a requirement to report to Immigration by a certain date but that's all I can determine. So, in your opinion, and with much more experience than me, what type of "visa" do I have?

@ubonjoe Thank you for the information. The dates on my Visa expiration and re-entry permit are both Nov 15, my mistake. I need to call my visa agent to learn exactly which type of visa I have . The nomenclature of the various visas is endlessly confusing to me. One of my older visa stamps has RETIREMENT stamped at the bottom while the newer ones I've received since I've got married to a Thai woman (3 years ago) have nothing to indicate married status or anything else. In 2018, I did apply for and received what I loosely refer to as a Marriage Visa, whatever the official nomenclature for that is. I did a run through of the insurance application at the link you supplied and my age did not disqualify me. That's a good result. However, the amount they demand varies depending on the type of visa or visa extension one has, so I'm still not sure how much it will cost me until I learn the proper Thai designation of the visa I currently have. Thanks again!

I live in Chiang Mai, am married to a Thai woman and have a Marriage Visa which is valid until Dec 1. I also have a re-entry permit that is valid until Nov 15. I am currently in the U.S. and making plans to return to Thailand in mid-October. I'm hopeful that by the time I return insurance and quarantine requirements will relax but at the moment, that is all unknown. So far, I've been unable to find any insurance that will cover me because of my age. I'm 78 years old, physically very active, in perfect health and have no preexisting conditions of any importance. Can anyone suggest an insurance vendor that might be able to insure me. Thanks in advance, Dave