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It does not have to be a Thai Insurance. As long as the insurance certificate will list Thailand as host country as well your document should be accepted.

My recommendation to all pensioners, if you will qualify for a BOI LRTW 10 years VISA get it and you will be exempted from any income tax payments for funds transferred into Thailand. The online visa process, all in English, is simple and straight forward and it takes just a month to get the approval.

You need to go ChaengWattana...first 90 day reporting has to be in person. After that the TM47 can be done online. You do not qualify for a reporting at the Chamchuri Bldg in Bkk

That's reality...beforehand I checked the pricing with lawyers and also the accredited BOI Companies, eg Tigers. 50 k for main applicant and 40 k respect 20 k for dependant and this 2 times.

PS: can only recommend not to ask an agent or lawyer to this job bec they will charge you twice +- 50 k per person. One time at the beginning and 2nd time when resubmitted docs after 5 years.

I just went thru the same process. Just after a month I got my approval last weekend. Only issue, the approval of the application for my wife, as an dependent, did not come in at the same time, but should follow shortly and we then can pick up our visas. The documentation online process is very straight forward, no help needed, just upload the required documents.

Online reporting works only if you have done it before at least one time in person with the same passport. However it just happened to me recently that my online report was rejected despite the fact that I was authorized to use the system. Only a couple of repeated strong email request to Immigration office got finally their attention. They fixed the bugs and told me to sign in again and to make my report. At the end it finally worked out.