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Elderly expats given lifeline regarding mandatory insurance requirement for Non-Immigrant “O-A” visas


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Some articles on this new proposal by "The Cabinet" mention...

 

deputy spokeswoman for the government, said it would apply to all holders of the one-year, non-immigrant visa (NIV).

 

 

There are other mentions of COVID-specifc insurance.

 

And the ability to self insure, proof of a bank account with 3,000,000 baht.

 

 

Early days, nothing approved/gazetted, so a bit confusing, but this does seem to be about more than just the option for OA's to source their insurance from companies putside of Thailand.

 

 

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19 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

See number 8 here in Thai

 

Thanks. 

 

Yes, that is certainly quite a bit more clear than various news reports.

 

Interesting that there is a distinction, in the new guidelines, which covers the permission to stay (along with the initiall visa issuance,a nd the option to self-insure).

 

 

 

 

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41 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

There is nothing in the summary of the cabinet meeting about any thing other than OA visas.

See number 8 here in Thai (I used google translate on it) https://www.thaigov.go.th/news/contents/details/42740

As said it is not final yet. It could be months before anything appears in a immigration order or a change of the requirements at a embassy or official consulate.

 

 

So the report about everyone on all visa extensions requiring 100K insurance in the future is essentially wrong? Only OA is mentioned in the link you provided (at point 8). 

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With an O-A visa you get the benefit of not needing to leave the country every 3 months. Only logical that insurance requirements for 1 year are higher than for a max 3 months stay with an O or B.

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