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Long Stay - Health Insurance

TigerandDog
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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Guess we will just have to wait and see! No point in getting into a lather about it now :-)


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    • chrisinth
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      If this is correct, I wonder if immigration have thought this out, especially for those retirees over the age of 70? I can almost guarantee that a lot of these people will not be able to be insured ex

    • ThaiBunny
      ThaiBunny

      The Malaysian retirement visa equivalent recognises exactly that - you get a waiver if you're uninsurable. (I'm using "equivalent" loosely as you get a 10 year visa in Malaysia, not the grudging year

    • Leaver
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      With a stroke of a pen in Bangkok, "extensions" are no more, and it's a 1 year renewable retirement visa, requiring a 12 month medical insurance policy with each new visa application.   Simp

    19 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

    Same as talked about before. It is only needed to apply for a OA long stay visa the embassy in your home country and my be months until it implemented. Same insurance required to apply for the non-ox visa at a embassy.

      While I completely respect your knowledge of all things related to visa requirements, I don't think this will only apply to people applying for O-A visas.  I'm of the opinion that it's going to apply to retirement extensions as well.  

     

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    17 hours ago, MRToMRT said:

    I have no issues with compulsory insurance I just think its implementation (i.e. the long stay method of nominating Thai insurance companies) will open it up to corruption.

    One can imagine the Thai insurance companies are pushing for this and if it gets passed it opens up the possibility that they are greasing wheels, otherwise the requirement would just be for a monetary level of insurance by any international providor.

     

    I have insurance already I dont want to have to buy some crappy Thai policy just to facilitate the issunace of a visa/ext of stay.

     

    Well I was WRONG! I stand corrected. I am quite "happy" about the interview stating they will accept international insurance.

    Now being discussed in the news forum.

    No need for 2 topics about it. This topic :mfr_closed1:

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