OA Insurance rquirements.

[SunsetT]

I usually spend Winter in Thailand. If I apply for a one year multiple entry OA visa from London I assume that one has to upload the insurance certificate on application with the commencement date and time being before flight arrival in Thailand. Does it then have to be shown on every entry to Thailand? And if, as I plan to, I re-enter Thailand just before it and the insurance expires to get a 2nd year, will I be required to show it on entry at Suvarnabhumi, or will I be required to show a new insurance certificate providing cover for the 2nd year? If the former I could then obtain cheaper travel insurance for the 2nd winter.

 

Also if I opt to get UK insurance cover using the "Foreign Insurance Certificate", instead of Thai insurance cover, could anyone who has used insurance from their own country please tell me what is the 3rd "authorised signature" that is required on the certificate? Also does it literally require 2 of the insurance company directors to sign it, or could I get away with company management and/or broker management signatures or the like?

[UKresonant]

The Thai Insurance would probably not actually provide any cover! When I looked at it before, you would have to be in Thailand for more than 6 months for it to be effective. This was was the case when I looked at the subject last year. If you like flying  and it becomes practical again, two single entry 90 day / 60 +30 with a couple of weeks back in the UK may be so much simpler per year, with a quality travel insurance. (& health insurance from the UK perhaps if useful). Continuous absences from the UK of less than 3 months per trip, also do not potentially complicate your NHS entitlement (however unlikely that may be..

Edited July 9, 2020 by UKresonant

[ubonjoe]

.You will need to show one year of insurance every time you enter the country using a OA visa issued after October 31, 2019. If less than one year they will stamp you into the country to the day it expires.

[SunsetT]

9 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

.You will need to show one year of insurance every time you enter the country using a OA visa issued after October 31, 2019. If less than one year they will stamp you into the country to the day it expires.

Thanks Joe. So I can still re-enter just before the visa expires and get  a further 12 months as long as I can show the insurance certificate to cover it?

[ubonjoe]

11 minutes ago, SunsetT said:

Thanks Joe. So I can still re-enter just before the visa expires and get  a further 12 months as long as I can show the insurance certificate to cover it?

Yes you can.

[SunsetT]

11 hours ago, UKresonant said:

The Thai Insurance would probably not actually provide any cover! When I looked at it before, you would have to be in Thailand for more than 6 months for it to be effective. This was was the case when I looked at the subject last year. If you like flying  and it becomes practical again, two single entry 90 day / 60 +30 with a couple of weeks back in the UK may be so much simpler per year, with a quality travel insurance. (& health insurance from the UK perhaps if useful). Continuous absences from the UK of less than 3 months per trip, also do not potentially complicate your NHS entitlement (however unlikely that may be..

Unless it has recently changed, there is no restriction to NHS entitlement unless you are abroad for 6 months or more. And even then this is not the only criterium needed to disqualify you. If u have a UK home/residence, have a GP etc., u still qualify for all treatment. Anyway unless you tell them they do not know that u have been away anyway! I know this from experience because I visited a UK minor injuries unit 2 years ago, and was asked if Id been in the UK for 6 months. I foolishly told them Id recently returned from 6 months in Thailand. This obviously rang an alarm bell but they said I still qualify for emergency treatment. However I would not be eligible for further or other NHS treatment. Worried to hear this I immediately checked this online when I returned home and was relieved to read of the other criteria I have mentioned which meant I was entitled to all treatment. Ive also had quite alot of GP and outpatient treatment since but never been asked about being abroad. My GP is also well aware that I have spent 6 months of the last 14 winters in Thailand. About 5 years ago they even kept me in hospital for 3 days with suspected malaria! However I dont think the Minor Injuries Unit nurses were aware that other things were needed to disqualify you from treatment.

 

[SunsetT]

15 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Yes you can.

I wonder if they'd stamp me in for 6 months if I showed a Travel insurance certificate to cover it.

[ubonjoe]

17 minutes ago, SunsetT said:

I wonder if they'd stamp me in for 6 months if I showed a Travel insurance certificate to cover it.

Not unless it met the requirements for the insurance. It also has to be from one of the listed companies.

[SunsetT]

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

It also has to be from one of the listed companies.

But will immigration not accept 'foreign' insurance cover if accompanied by the "Foreign Insurance Certificate" that I mentioned in my opening question and which they offer for download?