Do they enforce health insurance to get visas ?

[3NUMBAS]

Just interested to know for sure

[Jingthing]

Tell us which visa or extension you're seeking.

It depends on that.

[Upnotover]

Generally speaking, no.

[DrJack54]

A non O-A and any extensions from a non O-A based on retirement will require insurance.

Extensions from a non O-A based on marriage do not require insurance.

Non O visa and extensions both based on marriage or retirement do not require insurance 

 

Best to indicate which Visa you are interested in 

[3NUMBAS]

An Aussie mate is retired so as he’s an oap ?

[Jingthing]

3 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:

An Aussie mate is retired so as he’s an oap ?

Not necessarily.

It's based on his ORIGINAL visa before annual extensions.

It will be either an O or an O-A visa.

If O, no insurance needed.

If O-A, insurance needed.

O is definitely better to the point where many people with O-As have started over with an O. 

[JimHuaHin]

In my case, on an OA (Retirement) - yes, has always been enforced since it became policy.

[DrJack54]

5 minutes ago, JimHuaHin said:

In my case, on an OA (Retirement) - yes, has always been enforced since it became policy.

Surprised you have not exited (border bounce) without reentry permit to kill off the non O-A

Enter  visa exempt to "start over" 

No insurance required.

As @Jingthing suggested this.

Many folk have opted to do that. 

[DrJack54]

10 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

An Aussie mate is retired so as he’s an oap ?

Don't know what oap is.

Perhaps a non O-A 

You need to be clear.

 

Edit:  oap could mean old age pension.

That has nothing to do with Visa 

[bigt3116]

16 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

A non O-A and any extensions from a non O-A based on retirement will require insurance.

Extensions from a non O-A based on marriage do not require insurance.

 

But would you not first have to have done 1 extension based on the reason for issue of the visa, (over 50), before you could change to an extension based on marriage ?

 

[DrJack54]

4 minutes ago, bigt3116 said:

 

But would you not first have to have done 1 extension based on the reason for issue of the visa, (over 50), before you could change to an extension based on marriage ?

 

Yes

[Olmate]

Agent OA extension, insurance adds 3000bht to the envelope, accident insurance it is tho, not health ins.