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9 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

1.  No idea, if ever. Today it does not, and tomorrow it will not.

2. You can get the 'O' overseas or in Thailand. You would need to leave to 'cancel' the O-A and restart.

An agent is not obligated to get a 12 month Extension

3. Yes, effectively 7,500 or 15,000 waste paper. Strictly speaking they do not qualify, as they provide no cover, certainly not what is specified in the O-A Extension requirements.. 400,000 baht In-Patient and 40,000 baht OP. The deductible exceeds that. How long before that bypass is blocked?

 

Read my previous quote regarding O-visas. Also I said approved insurance policies (by immigration); excesses do not exceed the 400k.

16 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

That's almost a magnitude less than published prices.

I know that similar kind of insurance had been acknowledged via an "agent".

But no way fulfilling the requirements (400k inpatient, 40k outpatient).

I said “approved”; the requirements are satisfied, and those prices are correct. As for agent use - have you ever tried to convert a short-stay “O” visa obtained outside of Thailand to a 1-year “O” in Thailand? Are you aware that 1-year Non-I’m “O” visas are no longer available outside Thailand?

37 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Are you really willing to pay for one of these questionable insurances?

The forum has plenty of information how to get rid of the Non O A status (as written in previous post).

I am in the same situation, due in October, and will surely take action.

 

1. How long before insurance applies to Non-Imm “O”?

2. You have to leave the country to get the “O” visa, and then (apparently) pay an agent to transfer it to 1-year equivalent.

3. Insurance policies (approved by immigration) are available for 7,500 or 15,000 baht annually - but of course they have high excesses.

I understand that I will have to have health insurance (Thai company) for my next extension (based on "OA" visa). Should the insurance start date be the date of the extension expiry/renewal, or will immigration require it to be active when applying. If the latter, then obviously cover would expire prior to the next extension renewal, and immigration might disallow. Anyone have experience of what is required? BTW - my Immigration office is Chiang Mai.

Seems to me that they wish to target tourists, not long stay residents. My visa was a Non-Imm “OA” and was stamped in my passport. Is it possible that this is different to the Non-Imm “O-A” blue labels? “OA” ... “O-A”, anything is possible here!

3 hours ago, delgarcon said:

I will be using the Samui office and my money will have been in the bank for 2 months

2 months was refused for one person at Chiang Mai.

Any expat who lives here based on an Non-Imm OA (Retirement) using the "Income" method has been used to using a stat-dec and immigration has been accepting these alone and not requiring any other details. If the US, UK, Australian, Canadian Consulates are not willing to state that they have verified what is written in the stat-dec then there is no point in obtaining one and Immigration should then allow applicants to provide their own information and they should get out their calculators and exchange rates. I was informed by someone who has just been to Immigration that 3 months' worth of overseas bank statements, overseas income statements, or Thai bank statements should be sufficient, but the staff might rebel at all this extra work. Immigration must clarify things and inform us of what is required, before some of us get turned away simply because the process is unclear. The procedure should be the same for all countries. 

US Citizens are already being asked for proof and I know of one who couldn’t provide it and is heading home. Now they are targeting the UK, and soon to follow will be Australia and Canada. The UK Embassy is stating that you need to show minimum 65,000 per month coming into a Thai account. I think that Immigration should clarify the situation because not everyone has a Thai account, and these people should be allowed to show proof of income abroad. A shame really because most expats I know live comfortably on half of what they are requiring. We all need to find out what constitutes “proof of income” - here or abroad; how many months required? Some people have rental, dividend, and pension income which would require accumulation and conversion to baht.

I seriously don't see the problem with this. It is just another way of providing work for the Immigration (Police) Department. They seem intent on filling warehouses with massive amounts of paperwork that nobody ever looks at anyway and this is just more data for them to never look at because I'm sure that it will never be computerised. Long term residents already provide information about their phone numbers, and tourists must have to do the same before they are given a SIM card although they usually leave the country according to immigration rules. How many people are they going to track with this system? Anyone who doesn't want to be found will use social media instead. In the Western World you can't get a phone SIM without providing the ins-and-outs of a duck's arse and going through security procedures a dozen times so what is the problem? 

This is also where to go if you want your "extension of stay", stamp, and re-entry permit (if you have one) transferred to a new passport. Promenada do new extensions of non-imm visas.

Simple question that is likely to get some interesting answers.

I have a retirement visa and have been extending my stay for many years.

I need to renew my passport soon. I also have to extend my stay for another year soon.

Immigration has 2 functions: (1) Extension of stay (2) Transfer of visa to new passport.

(2) above really means "Transfer of extension of stay" because the visa is only an initial allowance into the country.

My question is: Can Immigration do both (1) and (2) at the same time? We all know that they can be difficult!

If not, then I either have to renew my passport, get the "visa" transferred and then extend my stay, OR, get the "visa" extended in the existing passport, then renew the passport and then get the new "visa" transferred.

Anyone had this situation?

Thanks.

It would seem to me that a very low percentage of farong would be 45 years old or younger, not married and truly not working here....

So I am wondering just how small the "Elite" membership is?

It would seem minuscule to me....

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Read more carefully - it says "OR"

THAI VISA MEMBER NEWSLETTER JULY 2015

5 YEAR MULTIPLE ENTRY VISA - "PE VISA"

You can now get a 5-year multiple entry visa for Thailand!

Perfect if you are under 50 years old, or not married to a Thai citizen or not working.

I learned to read/write/speak/listen at the Language Institute at CMU. It was only a 1 year course (2 evenings a week) but I did loads of homework, and the Thai alphabet was drummed into us every lesson - consequently I shall never forget it. Since then I have only tried to advance using the YMCA (once) but it was very disappointing. Instead I spend a few hours per week learning on my own, but unfortunately my vocabulary only extends to 1000 words. However I can read signs, text friends in Thai, and converse reasonably well. I would advise getting a good course that teaches reading and writing as well as speaking/listening because the characters are very interesting. Also - imperative that you buy a dictionary that has Thai-English, English-Thai, and PHONETIC THAI-ENGLISH.

Does anybody know what the situation is when a person has a retirement visa and an extension of stay that coincides with the expiry date of their passport, and they then go abroad intending to return to Thailand 4-5 months before the passport expiry date? There is not enough time either here, or abroad to renew the passport. I am thinking that the 6-month validity rule would not apply where a Non-Immigrant visa is applicable.

When you are gettinf married, the first thing the bride sees is the aisle. The second thing is the altar. The third thing is you.

I'll alter you.

Since when is there an Immigration Office near to the Promenada Mall? Do you mean the one near to Airport Central perhaps that struggles to process everyone who goes there each day?

Sure love to find a gooood Chiropractor in Chiang Mai. Tried that English fellow that works in one of the hospitals here but not to happy with his technique.

Yes, I find his technique and attitude a bit off-putting. Playing golf regularly has eased all of my previous problems so I probably won't go to see him again but I shall definitely continue with my annual visits to trusted guys in Australia.Things have changed - I was flying to Bangkok just to see chiropractors, and not being satisfied with any of them I was going to Pattaya where I was equally disappointed. Apparently there is someone else now in Chiang Mai but I don't know the details.

I saw this guy a few years back. He cracked my neck and a few hours later I suffered concussion and disorientation, and couldn't find my way home. Obviously I never went back. Thank goodness there are now more decent (and legal) chiropractors in Thailand.

Unfortunately CM Immigration treats foreigners like 5-year olds. You have to sit there with your tail between your legs like a naughty person every visit. You have to know exactly what is required for visa extensions etc even though they change these requirements between visits. They omit to call your name from an appointment list that you’ve arranged on-line months prior, even though you've told the girl at the "Information" desk that you've arrived – this has happened to me twice now. They relish in exposing your "faults", and my visa extension was abruptly thrown out the first time, after only 1 minute because I had misunderstood the requirements – which I hasten to add, is easy to do. I had waited 3 months for that appointment too. It really is time that we were treated with more respect and it is about time they fixed the machine that dispenses the numbered tickets. And where on earth do they put all that paperwork?

I can't believe what I'm reading here. You should always pay for things in Thailand with notes as near as possible to the asking price. Always use an ATM to get your 1000 baht bills. Always pay for supermarket goods with 1000 baht bills to enable you to get lots of smaller bills in change. Then maintain a stack of 100 and 20 baht bills at home and take some of these with you every time you go out. There are no "honest mistakes" here.

I was bitten in Chiang Mai 4 years ago and tried to find the dog again. After searching for a week I called the doctor and they opened the surgery just for me to have the first Verorab jab. I then had 4 more to complete the course. I believe that you are covered for a year only when you have the full course. I was bitten again in Chiang Mai 6 months ago and went to the hospital emergency where I had two booster shots a week apart. I think that the shots are well tolerated because they only contain the dead virus and no other additives or preservatives.

Of course Clarkson was making a joke about the person on the bridge. That's his type of humour and I don't think that people should be calling him racist. Many of these types of terms are meant in jest and not meant to be derogatory. If he wasn't making a joke he would have said "the bridge is on a slant" because "slope" is usually used when talking about the ground. This stuff is getting out of hand and the only winners would be lawyers as usual. "Top Gear" without Clarkson's style of humour wouldn't be "Top Gear".