george Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 BANGKOK:-- The Thai cabinet decided on its cabinet meeting 2024-05-28 to scrap 10 of the 17 different NON-Immigrant visa categories. This will be implemented starting September - December 2024. These are the 7 remaining categories for NON-Immigrant visas. (1) Category Non-Immigrant Code B (Business) (2) Category Non-Immigrant Code ED (Education) (3) Category Non-Immigrant Code F (Official) (4) Category Non-Immigrant Code M (Mass Media) (5) Category Non-Immigrant Code O (Others) (6) Category Non-Immigrant Code L-A (Labor) (7) Category Non-Immigrant Code O (L-A) -- Translation from source: https://www.thaigov.go.th/ 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Where is Non O-A Is that included in #5 others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted May 30 Author Share Posted May 30 5 minutes ago, DrJack54 said: Where is Non O-A Is that included in #5 others It was not mentioned in the cabinet meeting. May be included in the NON-O category? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Liquorice Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 8 minutes ago, DrJack54 said: Where is Non O-A 14 minutes ago, george said: (7) Category Non-Immigrant Code O (L-A) I'm reading that as the Non Imm 0-A visa, often referred to as the 'long stay' (L) visa 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted May 30 Author Share Posted May 30 1 minute ago, Liquorice said: I'm reading that as the Non Imm 0-A visa, often referred to as the 'long stay' (L) visa No, L-A is migrant workers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 minute ago, Liquorice said: I'm reading that as the Non Imm 0-A visa, often referred to as the 'long stay' (L) visa Makes sense Edit: just saw George reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pattaya57 Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 (edited) 9 minutes ago, george said: No, L-A is migrant workers. Isn't that item 6 Non-Immigrant L-A Item 7 is Non-Immigrant O (L-A) so wouldn't that be the O-A and the L for Long-term O-X? Edited May 30 by Pattaya57 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquorice Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said: Isn't that item 6 Non-immigrant L-A Item 7 is non-immigrant O (L-A) which would be the O-A and the L for long-term O-X? That was my train of thought, although they may dispense with the 'X'. Edited May 30 by Liquorice 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted May 30 Author Share Posted May 30 Just now, Liquorice said: That was my train of thought. Sounds logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Liquorice Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 3 minutes ago, george said: Sounds logic. The O-A must still be available, as they announced a reduction in the mandatory Insurance requirement. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phillip9 Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 10 minutes ago, Liquorice said: The O-A must still be available, as they announced a reduction in the mandatory Insurance requirement. Or more likely they are eliminating it and adding a health insurance requirement to all non-O visas based on retirement. 2 4 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike Teavee Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 11 minutes ago, Liquorice said: The O-A must still be available, as they announced a reduction in the mandatory Insurance requirement. Unless they've merged it with the Non-IMM O so the change in insurance requirements would apply to both now. Not what I want to happen but logically it would make sense for them to do so. 2 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 I wonder with all these changes what more is going to happen 🤔 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LosLobo Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 19 minutes ago, MJCM said: I wonder with all these changes what more is going to happen 🤔 I hope there will be some encouragement for Imm to go easier on long-term visa applicants in general. From reports and my personal experience things seemed easier past years. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 5 minutes ago, LosLobo said: I hope there will be some encouragement for Imm to go easier on long-term visa applicants in general. From reports and my personal experience things seemed easier past years. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Drake Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 My extension for purposes of retirement has a Non-Imm B as the underlying visa. So where will that stand in all these changes? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 41 minutes ago, John Drake said: So where will that stand in all these changes? #1 ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Drake Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 3 minutes ago, DrJack54 said: #1 ? Seemingly. But if their intent is to streamline everything for retirement into an underlying O, that leaves some question as to whether the conditions for both would be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangkinok Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Where does extension of stay for Thai wife fit in this scheme? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TallGuyJohninBKK Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 If I'm reading this topic correctly, it's about VISA categories... not about extension of stay categories. 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brewsterbudgen Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 11 minutes ago, farangkinok said: Where does extension of stay for Thai wife fit in this scheme? The changes are to visas not extensions of stay. If you need a visa to enter Thailand and you have a Thai wife, you still get a Non-Imm O visa. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Liquorice Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 13 minutes ago, farangkinok said: Where does extension of stay for Thai wife fit in this scheme? Extensions are permits, not visas. This is about visa categories (Thai Embassies/Consulates). 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark5335 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 16 minutes ago, farangkinok said: Where does extension of stay for Thai wife fit in this scheme? 5. Non O (Others) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post marino28 Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 (edited) Maybe after change visa they will also made some changing at extension of stay . i am just guessing Edited May 30 by marino28 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OJAS Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 (edited) 4 hours ago, Mike Teavee said: Unless they've merged it with the Non-IMM O so the change in insurance requirements would apply to both now. Not what I want to happen but logically it would make sense for them to do so. The reduction in the mandatory minimum health insurance coverage from 3M to 440k will only apply to long-stay visa applicants between September and December, according to the thread at https://aseannow.com/topic/1328402-big-thailand-visa-changes-from-june-1/ What I personally find extremely worrying is that, if we are, indeed, talking about a merger of the non-O and non-OA visas in the case of retirement, the Immigration Bureau might use this as an excuse for extending the health insurance requirement (which will presumably increase back to 3M from 1/1/25) to annual extensions of stay for retirement based on original non-O (as well as non-OA) visas. Not good news for those who have ditched their original non-OA visas so as to avoid the insurance requirement by exiting Thailand, re-entering visa-exempt and then obtaining 90-day non-O conversions at their local offices. And definitely not good news for those who, for whatever reason (age or health issues), are unable to obtain minimum health insurance coverage of 3M. Edited May 30 by OJAS 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJAS Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 13 minutes ago, marino28 said: Maybe after change visa they will also made some changing at extension of stay . i am just guessing Agreed - I think that we rule this possibility out at our peril. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJAS Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) 1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said: If I'm reading this topic correctly, it's about VISA categories... not about extension of stay categories. But they might have a knock-on effect on extension of stay requirements, particularly when it comes to health insurance coverage. Edited May 30 by OJAS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 5 minutes ago, OJAS said: But they might have a knock-on effect on extension of stay requirements, particularly when it comes to health insurance coverage. Every day here continues to be an unrelenting adventure.... 😞 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquorice Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 11 minutes ago, OJAS said: But they might have a knock-on effect on extension of stay requirements, particularly when it comes to health insurance coverage. There is no merger with the O and O-A visa. Both are separately listed as still being available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Drake Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 54 minutes ago, marino28 said: Maybe after change visa they will also made some changing at extension of stay . i am just guessing It's the looming interpretation of this line from the main topic on this subject yesterday that is causing the unease. I do hope there is some quick elaboration on exactly what this means: Quote - Adjusting the criteria and conditions for the Long Stay visa for elderly people who wish to spend their retirement in Thailand, starting in September 2024. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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