TerraplaneGuy

Do they need to see a transaction in your bank book dated the day you go into the office as Bangkok does (to prove that the balance still meets the B800K requirement)? Or is the bank letter enough?

I don't see any significant change from their list from early 2021, and No. 3 was there in the same words. The only difference I see in the new list is that the earlier one had at the bottom an item about the medical insurance requirement for non-OAs and I don't see that here.

Last year (my first extending in Samui) I only brought copies of: main page, first visa (actually the transfer stamp with the visa info because my first visa was in an old passport), last extension, last entry stamp. I got my extension and I don't recall them copying more, but maybe they did. It seems strange if they want the whole book since first entry on our retirement visa, because for people like me whose visa is in an old passport, the logic ought to extend to copying the old one too, which neither Samui nor BKK has ever asked me to do. And even in the current passport, why would they want intervening pages with stamps from unrelated travel? However, one never knows!

Thanks I wasn't aware of it. Did you use it? I just checked the separate thread on this topic and it seems that sometimes it just doesn't work or you get an appointment but when you arrive at the office they don't give it any acknowledgement, you just wait in line as usual (2 people in Phuket reported this) and some offices are outright saying they don't use the system.

Thanks, that may be right. How recently did you go for your extension, was it October? Any new wrinkles or surprises that you noticed?

Thanks! As far as I can see, the only change from last year is the addition at the bottom of the Non-OA insurance certificate requirement. Correct? Regarding that insurance, it says 40K/400K but I've seen news reports that it has been recently upped to 40K/3M. Is that not the case or have they just not properly updated this list?

Hi All, Please update the Samui requirements for extension of stay based on retirement non-OA visa. I will be going next month. Attached is the list I have from last year, which for some reason omits the medical insurance certificate (I believe the current coverage requirement, since this fall, is B3 million and B40K OPD, and I assume B100K Covid coverage - please confirm if you know). I also expect they may ask for a Covid vaccination certificate. So: Apart from the insurance certificate, is anything missing from this list?

Good to hear! If I can trouble you with another follow-up, do you think it would work to bring the form and docs at the same time as applying for extension of stay or does the TM30 have to make its way into the database first (in which case I might need 2 visits to Immigration).

Thanks - certainly seems clear that a tenant is included. I just have this gnawing feeling that the Immigration office might insist the owner (the same person whose name is in the house book and on the ID card) also sign the TM30. Is that out of the question? My concern is because living on another island it’s an overnight trip to get to Koh Samui Immigration and I hate to waste it.

Thanks! So will Imm accept this if I (the tenant) sign as housemaster? I know there’s some difference of view in this forum about whether we tenants really are, within the meaning of the statute, but as long as the officer will accept it that’s all that matters.

OK but having those documents, how would I actually file the TM30? I once tried online years ago with no luck. Is there a form we can print and fill out and simply bring to the Imm Office with the other documents?

Ubonjoe can you please explain how we can file these reports ourselves if the landlord/hotel fails to?

Can you please explain how a tenant can register a form TM30? The Koh Samui Immigration Office does require it for extensions of stay and the landlords sometimes don't do it. Even the hotels sometimes fail to because they have trouble with the online system.

Thanks now I read it. Two things that seem unclear both from the news articles and the letter you received from your insurer are: 1. is the outpatient requirement (currently B40K) changing or does the new B3M requirement only apply to the inpatient requirement (currently B400K)? 2. Does the policy have to expressly say that the new B3M coverage covers treatment for Covid-19?

So it won't affect extensions of existing OA visas? That would be nice. But what I don't get is that the article (in today's BKK Post, 21 October) calls this "perks" for foreigners and says it's to promote health tourism - in other words, they make it sound as if some new benefit is being given, whereas in fact it seems to be an increase in the burden on the applicant. Am I missing something?

So what I have after arriving in Phuket is the Departure Card portion of the TM6, blank, with the reverse side ("For Official Use") unstamped. In short, a completely blank half of the form. I can now fill in the front (name, date of birth, etc.) although not the "Flight no./Vehicle no." since of course I don't know what that will be until I depart. Is that all I have to do and then provide a copy of that to Immigration when I go for my extension? If so it's easy but I must say it seems quite pointless since all the information is already in my passport.

Good to hear. But as you know it always depends on the specific Immigration office, they are very inconsistent in their requirements. Which office do you use?

What kind of visa or extension are you on? It may be that for some kinds they want to see this. I know it's on the list I have for a retirement extension done at the Samui immigration office.

So what if any issue do you see me facing, not having a stamped card?

I'm on a retirement extension of stay based on a non-OA visa. I arrived back this week at the Phuket Sandbox. Immigration procedures were totally different than usual. They took my Form T6 but did not return it stamped to me as in past, they just tore off the Arrival portion, kept it and handed me back the blank Departure stub (I hadn't completed it yet), unstamped. I was too exhausted to take note. So now I have no stamped TM6. As I recall, in past I've needed it when I apply for my extension/multiple re-entry permit and file my 90 day report. What should I do?

Thanks I saw that and it does seem very clear but then there is another place where it says "You must have a Covid-19 PCR test before every Etihad Airways flight, even if you are just transiting. Take your test 72 or 48 hours before your flight, depending on where you're flying to." This could be read to mean that your test must be no more than 72 hours before the transit flight, not just the flight from point of origin. HOWEVER, I called Etihad and after over 3 hours on hold got a lady who confirmed that in the case of my flight, anyway, it is only the flight from point of origin that matters here. Hopefully she is correct ????

OK guess what I just got through to Etihad Airways after 3 hours on hold, and asked them (because I'm flying from Toronto to Phuket soon with them) and they agree with you! They say the 72 hours relates to the time of the test, not the certificate. They said that's what they were told by the Thai government. What exactly they got in writing I don't know but this interpretation is reflected on the Etihad website.

Has anyone had experience with Etihad Airway's Covid test requirements for connecting flights in Abu Dhabi? Trying to clarify when my Covid test certificate has to be timed for a flight from Toronto to Phuket via Abu Dhabi. I know the Thai COE requirement is that the certificate must be issued within 72 hours before departure from origin. But Etihad also has its own rules and its site seems to say you need a certificate for EVERY flight including transit flights and seems it has to be 72 hours before the transit flight as well, which makes the timing very tight (although the language on the site is confusing).

I can't agree with your interpretation. Admittedly translating from Thai can be tricky. But this is the official requirement in English: "Medical certificate with a laboratory result indicating that COVID-19 is not detected, using RT-PCR test, issued within 72 hours before departure." I think it's clear that "issued" refers to "Medical certificate", not "test". The drafting and grammar are perfect, no ambiguity at all (note the commas around the "using RT-PCR test", which separates it from the main clause), and the way you're reading it is really twisting it. Certainly if this language were published by an English-speaking government there could be no doubt that it's the certificate that sets the timing.