Travelingto Thailand for non imm O

[Charlie62]

Hi Guys I'm nearly there, I think, unless I've missed anything. I just need a few more pieces of information

Ok so, checklist

1. Book flight

2. Thailand Pass

Passport ✓

Certificate of Vaccination ✓

Insurance with minimum coverage of 50,000 US$ - TBA

Paid AQ / SHA+ hotel reservation confirmation (for the duration of 1 day and including the fee for one RT-PCR test) - TBA

2. Obtain negative COVID-19 test result (RT-PCR), issued within 72 hours before travelling ....TBA

3. Book onward travel ticket - TBA

I've seen this website;-

https://onwardfly.com/en/?fbclid=IwAR2DdcMKuIff1YsnhUa2ERSFzFM6h2nM2V0FyHkGPvbPXNi9FmwO5dvcAg0

Where you can rent a ticket for about £8 which lasts for 24hrs. So the plan is to buy one from BKK to Kuala Lumpur when I'm at Heathrow (where I know PayPal will work) and show it on my phone when I board the plane and/or at immigration when I arrive. Is anyone here familiar or has used it before?

4 TM6

5. Download MorChana app

Q1. another agent sent me this (see image below)

Which says I need a tourist visa to apply for a 90 day non imm O? That's not correct is it. (I do have to apply for a 90 day non imm first and then upgrade to a 1 year non imm later right?)

Q3. If I buy 50,000 covid cover for 30 days and obtain my non imm 90 day visa within those 30 days, do I need to buy covid cover again when my 30 days is up?

Thank you so much for your help ????

Kind Regards

Glen

[Enzian]

Until the experts chime in: wouldn't you want to arrive on a 30 day visa exemption? Which is sometimes called a visa, wrongly.

Is it only the airlines that demand evidence of an onward flight? I know I got the question from EVA in San Jose CA once, and they dropped the issue when I showed them an extension of stay going far out--in other words, I live there and can book a flight out any time over a period of months.

As I understand it, the 12 month is an extension, not another visa; but then the original 90 day is over.

Good luck.

[ubonjoe]

You can enter visa exempt to get a 30 day entry that can be extended for 30 days. The $50,000 insurance only needs to valid for the 30 days. You will not need additional insurance to apply for the non-o visa or the extension of the 90 permit to stay it allows.

Just get the onward ticket the site you posted a link to to board your flight to here. It will not be asked before by immigration when you enter the country.

Where will you be at when you apply for the non-o visa here. You will need 800k baht in a Thai bank to apply for the visa on the day you apply.

You will need at least 15 day remaining on your 30 day entry or the 30 day extension of it.

Requirements for the visa is here: https://bangkok.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/8-1.pdf

Then during the last 30 days of the 90 days the visa allows you would apply for the one year extension of stay based upon retirement. On the day you apply for the extension the 800k baht will need to be in the bank for 2 months.

There is no need to use an agent if you have the 800k baht in the bank.

You seem to know the requirements for entry to the country.

 

[notrub]

800k in the bank for 2 months plus provide letter from the bank to verify this along with your passbook.  The amount shown on the letter must match exactly what is shown in your bank passbook.  Watch out for typos as I was refused with a balance of 1,400,236 and the letter showed 1,400,263.  Mad dash across town b4 bank closing and same again back b4 office closing.  The letter has a very short shelf life (maybe same day).  If you plan to go to immigration 2 days after going the bank to get the letter ask them to date it for the day you plan to go to apply.