Visa Types Currently Allowed to Enter Thailand

[SABloke]

As far as I can tell (from a recent visit to the New Zealand Embassy page) people holding the following visa types are allowed to enter Thailand currently as long as they have COE, Covid-Test, and Covid insurance:

 

Non-O (Family members and/or those holding a valid work permit), Non-OA, Non-OX, Non-B, Non-Ed, STV and TR. Is this list correct?

[DrJack54]

4 minutes ago, SABloke said:

As far as I can tell (from a recent visit to the New Zealand Embassy page) people holding the following visa types are allowed to enter Thailand currently as long as they have COE, Covid-Test, and Covid insurance:

 

Non-O (Family members and/or those holding a valid work permit), Non-OA, Non-OX, Non-B, Non-Ed, STV and TR. Is this list correct?

Add non o retirement. Also extensions to non o RT (with reentry permit)

And PE

Edited November 16, 2020 by DrJack54

[Billpro785]

Yes correct, Non O with retirement, applied today . 

[rhodie]

11 minutes ago, Billpro785 said:

Yes correct, Non O with retirement, applied today . 

Did you apply in NZ?

[skorts]

What about dependants e.g. spouse of a Non Immigrant O holder who has an original Non Immigrant O-A Retirement and is now on a Non Immigrant O-A “Follower of Family” (Dependant) Extension as switched to being dependant to get round the compulsory medical insurance requirements as spouse is on a Non Immigrant O and does not need compulsory medical insurance. 

If they leave Thailand with re-entry permits I understand the spouse on Non Immigrant O can return subject to COE, COVID-19 test, Insurance, quarantine

 etc. but what about the spouse on Non Immigrant O-A on “Follower of Family” extension?

Can they return too and how are they being treated by the Thai Embassies (UK). 

 

[ubonjoe]

1 hour ago, skorts said:

Can they return too and how are they being treated by the Thai Embassies (UK). 

They still have not included family members of those on OA, OX and non-o visas/extensions for retirement to get a certificate of entry.

Maybe they will add them soon. It is a serious omission by the government not including them.

[kiwikeith]

57 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

They still have not included family members of those on OA, OX and non-o visas/extensions for retirement to get a certificate of entry.

Maybe they will add them soon. It is a serious omission by the government not including them.

You can enter on a non oa with covid insurance purchased outside Thailand but once you have to renew your insurance and visa you have to purchase the policy from 1 of 14 Thai companies and 76 is the maximum age, this was passed into Thai law by the Pruyut regime, source my insurers in Thailand. You also need money in a Thai bank, Joe can explain that. 

[ubonjoe]

28 minutes ago, kiwikeith said:

You can enter on a non oa with covid insurance purchased outside Thailand but once you have to renew your insurance and visa you have to purchase the policy from 1 of 14 Thai companies and 76 is the maximum age, this was passed into Thai law by the Pruyut regime, source my insurers in Thailand. You also need money in a Thai bank, Joe can explain that. 

Covid 19 and the insurance required for a OA visa and extensions of an entry from one are not the same.

Covid 19 insurance is only needed for the length of the permit to stay you get on entry to the country.

[Peter Denis]

17 minutes ago, kiwikeith said:

You can enter on a non oa with covid insurance purchased outside Thailand but once you have to renew your insurance and visa you have to purchase the policy from 1 of 14 Thai companies and 76 is the maximum age, this was passed into Thai law by the Pruyut regime, source my insurers in Thailand. You also need money in a Thai bank, Joe can explain that. 

You are mixing up the TWO insurance requirements.

1 - When applying for the Non Imm O-A Visa in your home-country (or country of legal permanent residence) you need mandatory IO-approved health-insurance that meets the 400K/40K in/out-patient requirement.  Foreign insurance is accepted but your insurer would need to fill in the FIC.

2 - Currently EVERYBODY entering Thailand needs to meet the CoE requirements, including an insurance with 100.000 US $ coverage for covid-19 treatment.  Such insurance should cover the length of your intended stay in Thailand (in practice that means, the length of the permission to stay you will receive when entering Thailand).

3 - As the Non Imm O-A Visa will provide you with a 1-year permission to stay on entry, you should insure that the insurance expiry date of both policies mentioned higher, is aligned or longer with that permission to stay.  This because on entry in Thailand your permission to stay will be CAPPED till whichever of the 3 dates is shortest (the 12 month permission to stay based on your valid Non Imm O-A entry or the insurance expiry dates of those two insurance policies).

4 - Once in Thailand there is NO need anymore for the covid-19 insurance when applying for 1-year extensions of stay based on that Non Imm O-A Visa.

5 - When in Thailand and the 1-year Non Imm O-A visa validity is due to expire, you can do a simple border-run and you will be once again stamped in for the 1-year permission to stay that Non Imm O-A Visa entitles you to.  However that permission to stay would be CAPPED till 400K/40K in/outpatient insurance expiry date, therefore you would need to renew your insurance BEFORE doing the border-run.  Doing so will allow you to make full use of the almost 2-year IO hassle-free stay in Thailand that Non Imm O-A Visa can provide you.

6 - When at the end of that 2-year period and your permission to stay is due to expire, you have three options:

a) Apply for a 1-year extension of stay  based on that original Non Imm O-A Visa.  When doing so for reason of retirement you would then need a Thai IO-approved health-insurance policy that meets the 400K/40K in/out-patient coverage < LMG Insurance Plan-1 with 200K deductible is by far the cheapest 'throw-away' policy that meets this requirement >

b) Just before permission to stay expiry, exit Thailand by doing a  border-run and return VisaExempt.  On return then apply for the 90-day Non Imm O Visa, subsequently followed by a 1-year extension of stay application based on that Non Imm O Visa.  Doing so, you would have effectively dumped the health-insurance requirement (as that is only applicable for retirement extensions based on a Non Imm O-A Visa)

c) At the end of the two years, and just before permission to stay expiry, exit Thailand for your home-country and apply there for a NEW Non Imm O-A Visa.  If the timing of your home-country return is inconvenient you could of course extend your stay in Thailand by doing border-runs and returning VisaExempt (and extending such entries).  So you can postpone easily for 4 months to almost 1 year, before returning to your home-country to apply there for a new Non Imm O-A Visa.

[kiwikeith]

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

Covid 19 and the insurance required for a OA visa and extensions of an entry from one are not the same.

Covid 19 insurance is only needed for the length of the permit to stay you get on entry to the country.

Correct, but if you want to renew it after one year it has to be purchased from a Thai company, I was only talking about c19, I did get a quote for the whole deal and that was 25000 BHT for all the insurance needed , But they warned me that if you have a NON OA after 12 months and want to renew your visa and insurance C19, it by law has to be with a Thai company.

Edited November 17, 2020 by kiwikeith
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