Thailand Pass insurance length requirement

[jackdd]

Due to a post in another thread I was having a look at the Thailand Pass website.

From what I saw, the Thailand Pass website doesn't ask anything about which visa you will use, or if you have a re entry permit or whatever.

All it does is asking for your length of stay, and then on the last page it requires to upload insurance documents covering this period.

 

So let's assume somebody puts 7 days as length of stay, and uploads an insurance policy for 7 days. Then he would get the Thailand Pass.

 

If this person would have a valid re-entry permit in his passport when arriving in Thailand, would the IO still just stamp the person in for the remaining length of the extension?

Imho the worst thing that could happen is that he ignores the re-entry permit and give the person a 30 day visa exempt stamp instead.

Buying a week of some random travel health insurance for 200THB in our home countries for a week would obviously be way cheaper than potentially having to buy months of insurance if entering with a re-entry permit and an extension which expires in many months.

Edited November 6, 2021 by jackdd

[DrJack54]

7 minutes ago, jackdd said:

Buying a week of some random travel health insurance for 200THB in our home countries for a week would obviously be way cheaper than potentially having to buy months of insurance if entering with a re-entry permit and an extension which expires in many months.

Thats exactly what was posted in unrelated thread. Bloke returning got a minimum insurance policy to match his bogus flight out. Think it was for 14 days. 

Had a much longer stamp into Thailand with reentry permit. Think non B.

Think might have been @PoorSucker perhaps he could clarify. Might have incorrect poster.

In any event seems like crazy 'loophole' 

[ubonjoe]

39 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Had a much longer stamp into Thailand with reentry permit. Think non B.

He used visa exempt when he did the COE. He got a single entry non-b visa later. I think the person that allowed his entry made a mistake. He was also going into the Phuket sandbox.

 

I certainly would not suggest anybody to try entering with insurance valid for less than their intended stay entered on Thailand Pass.

It could easily result in getting stamped into the country to the day the insurance ends.

[DrJack54]

2 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

He used visa exempt when he did the COE. He got a single entry non-b visa later. I think the person that allowed his entry made a mistake. He was also going into the Phuket sandbox.

Yes that's the one.

I put it down to error. Surely would not be widely possible. 

[PoorSucker]

On 11/6/2021 at 7:59 AM, DrJack54 said:

Thats exactly what was posted in unrelated thread. Bloke returning got a minimum insurance policy to match his bogus flight out. Think it was for 14 days. 

Had a much longer stamp into Thailand with reentry permit. Think non B.

Think might have been @PoorSucker perhaps he could clarify. Might have incorrect poster.

In any event seems like crazy 'loophole' 

Can confirm.

Have social security in Thailand + extra care insurance.

[PoorSucker]

On 11/6/2021 at 8:34 AM, ubonjoe said:

It could easily result in getting stamped into the country to the day the insurance ends.

Insurance, PCR test and vaccination was checked by medical staff.

Immigrations was not interested.

It would be the first time that MFA och immigrations coordinated. ????

[khunPer]

It's been little confusing, is the talk about $50,000 Covid-insurance, or a proper $50,000 health insurance..?

[jackdd]

Just now, khunPer said:

It's been little confusing, is the talk about $50,000 Covid-insurance, or a proper $50,000 health insurance..?

The Thailand Pass website says 50k health insurance (not only for Covid). It does not specify any further requriements though (inpatient, outpatient, deductible, etc.)

[khunPer]

5 minutes ago, jackdd said:

The Thailand Pass website says 50k health insurance (not only for Covid). It does not specify any further requriements though (inpatient, outpatient, deductible, etc.)

Yes, and that is the confusing part, as it's also been mentioned that it's the old $100,000 Covid-insurance that has been reduced to $50,000.

 

$50,000 "health insurance" can be problematic for many elderly that cannot use a travel insurance, as they are residents in Thailand (staying more than 180 days), and therefore not any longer resident in a country abroad.