Non-O vs Non-OA

[DrJack54]

4 minutes ago, bankruatsteve said:

  Now, thinking the 30 day exempt.  Both needing a return ticket (England)

It does not need to be a return ticket. 

Any onward flight is fine.

It's not for immigration it's actually for airline at departure. 

He can enter visa exempt and obtain a non O retirement.

He could use an agent to obtain bank account. Not simple with visa exempt and tourist visa.

He can also obtain a non O retirement in the UK. 

If he finds paperwork difficult for a tourist visa note that the paperwork for non O-A is more onerous. 

 

Edited March 5, 2022 by DrJack54

[oldcpu]

On 3/4/2022 at 8:16 AM, DrJack54 said:

As I understand it Phuket does not insist upon the insurance.

Only for some cases (ie for those who have been in Thailand on a Type-OA for some time).

 

For anyone new on a 1st extension (and dependent on date also for a 2nd extension) on their permission to stay in Thailand, Phuket DOES insist upon the insurance.

 

I know that because they demanded health insurance from me (and would not accept my superior European health insurance).  Had it not been for the pandemic, I would have left Thailand (to void my Type-OA) and returned Visa exempt and applied for a Type-O.  ... Instead, because of COVID, I've applied for an extension on my permission to stay in Thailand based on marriage to a Thai woman.

[bankruatsteve]

8 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

It's not for immigration it's actually for airline at departure

So it's not an immigration requirement? I wonder why the airline needs it then. 

[ubonjoe]

4 minutes ago, bankruatsteve said:

So it's not an immigration requirement? I wonder why the airline needs it then. 

It is also a immigration requirement but they seldom enforce it.

[Wagga]

9 hours ago, bankruatsteve said:

  Both needing a return ticket (England).  For those who have used OA to enter for retirement, is the cost of insurance less than the cost of return ticket?

Fake flight ticket - - Trixo