@Michelle ********
I'm pretty sure he needs his approved first, as that is how it is with the type O retirement, and trailing spouse, if the spouse is under 50years old, as now it is getting to where the different Thai embassies want both to have retirement visa extensions if over 50. Even though it is an e-visa system, the applications for each different location are processed by that embassy. They are not processed at one location for everything, and treated the same. It is still embassy specific.