Alphim

3 minutes ago, Salerno said:

That shouldn't be an issue.

 

Depending on the quality of the code (running the website) and the browser (and version of browser) things may or may not work.

 

What browser are you using and operating system (Apple or Windows)?

 

Windows 10

4 minutes ago, Alphim said:

Unfortunately no. Why would that make a difference, as I say I'm not good with computers

Could it be because I am coming from South Africa, still on the Red List. I have the double vaccination certificate, digital and Paper, so?

7 minutes ago, Salerno said:

@Alphim You're not having much luck there. Can you try a different browser?

Unfortunately no. Why would that make a difference, as I say I'm not good with computers

9 minutes ago, Salerno said:

There is no list of FAQs (unless you click the link at the bottom), just click the button and it walks you through.

 

Hi Salerno, I have now accessed the application page by going to tp.consular.go.th and selected the 7 day sandbox, reason for travel, I am flying from South Africa, retuning to Thailand from, as I will travel on a NON Imm O visa, length of stay 90 days, I hit register. It comes up Application Error on clients side exception has occurred. what can I do now?

On 11/3/2021 at 8:42 PM, Salerno said:

Can you post a screenshot, no idea what FAQs you could be seeing.

It's the whole list of FAQ's you see when the Thailand Pass is opened, I don't know how to do screenshots ????

On 11/3/2021 at 9:16 PM, SFSFSF said:

It does look like the CORS issues have been resolved, so the extension is no longer needed.  There are some public posts on youtube etc showing what the screens should look like as well as videos showing how to work thru the website

Thanks SFSFSF I'm pretty useless with computers but I'll keep trying

I have installed the Chrome Cors extension. The Thailand Pass icon is on my laptop screen, when I open it I can't get further than the FAQ's. Can anyone please advise  

6 hours ago, Lite Beer said:

Even a fixed deposit account wont pay much interest but better than nothing.

Thanks, as you say, better than nothing. Do they have fixed deposit accounts over there whereby you can draw the interest if required? 

10 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

A current (aka checking) account will not be accepted.

A fixed deposit account will be accepted if it allows you can do withdrawal without a delay or a penalty other than loss of interest by most immigration office. There are few odd offices that will not accept them.

A savings account is what most office will expect to see.

Thank you Sir, as I expected but making sure. 

21 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Only when you enter the country if you don't have a OA visa or a extension of one based upon retirement.

Thank you Joe

Hi All,

I am now planning to apply for the Non Imm O Visa based on marriage.

With the Thb400k bank deposit can I choose whether to either fixed deposit, savings or current account?

If Fixed Deposit, I would appreciate if can anybody please advise an account with decent interest.

Many Thanks 

On 10/24/2021 at 9:57 AM, ubonjoe said:

When the original order for the insurance came out in 2019 it did not state a reason.

In my opinion they consider those using the OA visa as not staying full time in the country and not having any ties to the country and were more likely to leave the country without paying a hospital bill.

 

If you don't mind putting 800k baht in a Thai bank or can prove 65k baht income you can get a extension of stay based upon retirement without insurance being required.;

But do you still need to have Covid 19 insurance?

5 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

You will only need 2 months of covid 19 insurance.

See: https://www.tipinsure.com/CovidRegional/product_detail

Just checked it, reasonable and understandable. Thank you

12 hours ago, Sheryl said:

 

I don't know what you mean. Please provide a link.

 

 

 

 

I haven't got a Link. I was informed by Luma and Pacific Prime that an announcement for forthcoming.

11 hours ago, huyuli said:

It is less complex, in my experience. No visiting or photos. Map is simple drawing of home location that takes two minutes. I have never used an agent, but if it seems too complex, please use one.

Yes I have heard no visits or photos but according to immigration they are requirements, however, as usual, 'discretion' comes into it.

On 10/17/2021 at 8:08 AM, Sheryl said:

That may be, but as explained, they are not on the approved list for O-A visa.

Sorry Sheryl, I must have missed that bit. What about the new changes that apparently were announced today announced?

On 10/17/2021 at 3:07 AM, wwest5829 said:

Yes, I saw the advertisement also. Fall back position, get a marriage Visa.

Thanks, I am going to.

On 10/15/2021 at 7:59 AM, Sheryl said:

No, Aetna is an insurer.

 

None of the Immigration-approved local policies are available to someone your age.

Luma will take up to 80 year, according to their reps.

23 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

The requirements for the O and OA visa are different but once you are on a yearly extension they are exactly the same EXCEPT for:

 

Since October 2019 renewal of an OA permission to stay now requires a mandatory health insurance , the cheapest currently is LMG starting at 6,000 baht up to 11,400 baht depending on age.

 

So, initially the OA visa was advantageous in that you could get 2 years from it and the 800k baht requirement did not have to be held in a Thai bank, some expats would get a new OA visa in their home countries every 2 years.

 

Now with the addition of the mandatory health insurance the OA has lost it’s advantage and many have dumped the OA in favour of an O. 
 

 

And probably a few more shortly

13 hours ago, wwest5829 said:

O-A Visa holders must have required insurance. Currently, the same people having an O Visa are not required to have this health coverage. So, my plan is to exit Thailand and re-enter Visa Exempt, then seek an O Visa for reason of retirement. The 11,400 baht is the lowest cost (200,000 baht deductible) Thai insurance meeting the minimums of 40K out patient, 400K in patient coverage.

Can you get an O Visa based on retirement? it seems though that at present it is moot, supposed to be changes coming.

4 hours ago, Alotoftravel said:

I just read an insurance ( big company) advert that long term visa requirement change for health insurance next year :

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From October 1st applicants for this visa need health insurance or government welfare with a minimum coverage of US $100,000 or around three million baht for medical expenses and costs related to the treatment of Covid-19.

 

Previously visa applicants were only required to have health insurance in Thailand with a minimum coverage of 40,000 Thai baht for outpatient medical treatment and 400,000 for in-patient

 

Anyone heard the same info . The advert is on this website 

 

I heard it was due to be announced, officially, next week.

9 hours ago, skatewash said:

Extensions of stay for purpose of retirement are the same for either Non-O or Non-OA, EXCEPT for the health insurance requirement for Non-OA.

So all the things you mention in regard to it being complex, officials visiting the house, photos have to be taken, maps drawn, etc.  can be true depending on your immigration office, but they are SAME for all retirement extensions (whether based on Non-O or Non-OA).  I've been doing retirement extensions in Phuket for years and at this point it doesn't seem all that complex to me, and officials have never visited my house.  Last year I honestly forgot to bring photos of me in front of my house and a map to show the way to my house and nothing was mentioned about that.  I will bring those things next year for my extension of stay application because they are supposedly a requirement, whether they want them or not is up to them.

The difference between Non-O and Non-OA extensions is only the health insurance requirement.  If a non-O is available to you in your home country I would strongly recommend that over a non-OA.  If it's not available in your home country I would consider arriving in Thailand visa-exempt or with a Tourist Visa and applying for a Non-O visa inside of Thailand at the immigration office.

The process for getting your Non-O or Non-OA visa is different and how they work when you enter Thailand is different, but once you've been in Thailand and want to start applying for extensions of stay for the purpose of retirement they are basically identical (except for the previously noted requirement to have immigration approved medical insurance for the the Non-OA and there being no such requirement for the Non-O).

If you never want to have to bring your money into Thailand to get your extension of stay you can avoid that entirely by getting new Non-OA visas from your home country every 2 years or so (if you are able to re-enter Thailand just before your visa expires). But that requires you to have immigration approved medical insurance.  And it requires that you leave and re-enter Thailand just before your visa expires in order to get a year's permission to stay.

I don't have a problem with having 800k baht in a Thai savings account earning 1.0% APR interest while the rest of my money is invested back in my home country earning a much higher return.  I also like that I never have to leave Thailand if I don't want to.  In other words, I don't have to travel outside Thailand to accomplish any needed immigration business (don't have to return to my home country to get a new Non-OA visa, for example).  Of course, I can travel outside Thailand if I want to merely by getting a re-entry permit (1,000 baht for single, 3,800 baht for multiple) but I really like that I don't have to.  Travel for the purpose of satisfying immigration rules never made any sense to me and I'm lucky with the retirement extensions that I don't have to do that.  Having my medical insurance wrapped up with my permission to stay in Thailand also never made any sense to me and I'm lucky with the retirement extension (based on a Non-O) that I don't have to do that.

Thanks for the explanation, as the O visa is available to me I will probably go that way.

7 hours ago, wwest5829 said:

I entered with an O-A Visa for Retirement a decade ago. Awaiting a change to an O Visa ASAP so I do not have the useless insurance requirement (due to age 74 and pre-existing conditions that insurance will decline to pay for, I suspect). 11,400 baht annually ... on top of any associated Extension cost.

Thank you, I am having a re-think about the O-A, perhaps I'll go for the O.

What is the 11,400 baht annually you are talking about.

7 hours ago, Tropposurfer said:

Contact Pacific Prime in Bangkok. They can set you up. They helped me no end, from go to whoa i.e. sorting through what coverage was wanted and needed, extras, etc etc.

As some have noted here already, there are international insurers you can get insured with. I took mine from Australia before I retired in LOS. 

There are a a fair-few of the big international world insurers who will cover you at your age for pretty much the entire world except the US (that's not unusual for international insurers). Most of these big boy underwriters are recognised by all the decent hospitals, and are recognised by the Thai govt/IO rules - even the provincial large hospitals. 

Premium will cost more of course but hey insurance, is insurance. I pay what I consider a very fair amount for Platinum coverage and impeccable service.

Remember there are insurers and there are insurers! Getting in-country advise from someone like the above agents will ensure you get a policy that is honoured in LOS, and secure bot here and the world.

You can do your research while at home of the offered policies to check the underwriters. But, big boys like Cigna, Aetna, Allianz etc are huge and loved by hospitals as they always pay promptly.

If you have pee-poor underwriters your paying for trouble when it comes to actually claim, something that nobody wants especially if you are very ill or badly injured.

You can set this up from anywhere in the world for living in Thailand, easy peasy, so its in place for your OA application, travel coverage, and your emigration into LOS. Mine works wherever I am; for out-of-LOS holidays, everywhere, till I die, no cut off age like some underwriters do.

Thank you, I am touch with Prime, they seem professional and efficient.

3 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

400k if you will extend based on marriage to a Thai. 800K if you will extend based on retirement.

 

This is if using the money in the bank method to qualify. There is also an income method whereby (for retirement) you have to show transfer of at least 65Kbaht form abroad every month.

And for retirement Thb800k, no need to state/show income?