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Thanks for the clarification DrJack 🙂

Thank you DrJack, so just to be clear, as I already have my visa and it is valid from 17 June until 13 Dec, I have in effect 'lost' a couple of weeks when I could have stayed longer in Thailand? This is not an issue, and I applied 3 weeks in advance not knowing how long it would take to get the visa just in case...

Hi All, I have just received my METV in London. It is valid until 13 Dec 2025. I arrive in BKK on 5 July. I am aware that before my visa validity expires I can leave the country and re-enter to get an additional 60 + 30 days, which can take the total visa usage up to nearly 270 days. Would I have to leave Thailand and reenter before 13 December to do this, or would the final date be 179 days from 5 July (my arrival date in Thailand), i.e. 31 December? Thanks!

Ok great Red Phoenix, much appreciated.

Ok great, so as I go back home yearly I can continue to just purchase the insurance in my home country. I assume that I need to apply for a new O-A visa from scratch each time after the nearly 2 years are up, when I return to my home country i.e. the visa can only be extended in Thailand?

Just wondered, as a ballpark for a 57 year old with no pre-existing conditions, what is the approximate cost for the health insurance for O-A? Also, is it correct this has to be purchased from one of a specific list of Thai insurance companies?

Wow, some conflicting information here....think I might just go to Laos to be on the safe side...

Hi, I am looking to do a border bounce later this month. I have dual UK/Irish nationality and am currently here visa exempt. I would like to know: 1. Can I just cross the border into Myanmar, come back into Thailand on the same day, and receive my 45 day visa exempt entry as I would elsewhere? 2. Are there any fees/costs involved at the borders? 3. Can I leave either country on one passport and enter the other country on my other passport should I desire? There is no problem doing this elsewhere in the world e.g I left Germany on EU passport and entered UK on UK passport, but this is Asia...???? Would be great to hear from someone who has done a bounce in the last couple of weeks ????. Thanks!

No appointments available at Laksi until March 7, anybody know why?