Can I change my O visa based on marriage to a retirement visa in Thailand?

Tricky.

You have to void your OA visa by leaving Thailand.

Then return and apply for a 90 day non immigrant O. Based on retirement.

After 60 days can apply for an extension for one year . Then every year after just apply for extension of stay without leaving Thailand.

LISTEN.

If your current OA visa is a multi entry visa leaving Thailand will not void it. When you come back in to Thailand you will be stamped back in as being on that existing marriage visa.

You need to come back in to Thailand on a tourist visa or 30 day visa exemption. Can apply for tourist visa at some nearby country of your choice if your not eligible for 30 day visa exemption . I left on the day my visa expired so my visa was expired and came back in as visa exempt. Then immediately applied for 90 day non O.

If you have long time left on current visa and don't want to wait for it to expire I am not sure what to do. I think, you need to check this, that when you apply for a tourist visa from outside Thailand this application automatically cancels or renders void , your current O marriage visa.

Then apply immediately like 2nd or third day back in Thailand. for a 90 day non immigrant O visa based on retirement. Assume you over 50.

Then after 60 of the 90 days is gone apply for a 12 month extension of stay.

No problem, place the 800 KTHB on a bank account and just follow the steps...

I have done it without agent and with agent...

It will work if you fulfill the conditions

Keep it up!

She’ll come back when her buffalo is sick and you’ll go through all of this again

You dont sound to broken up brother. Best of luck . Like Buddha taught nothing is permanent ..good advice from what i been scrollin at. ....best!

That's a tough thing to come back to. Make sure you are the only one with access to the account. Hope the transition to retirement visa goes smoothly for you.

been married to a thai and divorced quickly. It was such a nightmare! Best of luck to you!

It needs to sit in a Thai bank account for atleast 2 months I believe (the 800k) . You can change visa without leaving the country check the process here :

Best bet is to go to your nearest Immigration Office, tell them the score and they will tell you exactly what they want you to do to change over Visa's. Best of luck mate

No problem

My friend has non o marriage visa. Sukhothai Immigration suggested to change to non o retirement visa.

I hope you learn from this experience.. Get a retirement visa and enjoy thailand, being a butterfly..

Don't be a desperado, like many guys,, desperately looking for any lady to marry...

Good luck with everything

Try use a uk lawyer for advice imo

Good luck.

Best of luck.

Been there and done that. Frustrating and annoying. You'll get past it and life will be better. Visa? Lots of good advice on here.

Just go to immigration.

As long u not divorce there is absolutely no problems doing a marriage visa. U visa is also not cancelled if u get a divorce months after

You can travel out and re-enter with a TR visa or P.30. You just came to change your retirement visa. If you have any problems, please ask so I can advise you

Good luck. I recently went through a messy divorce.

Keep your chin up.

I converted mine from marriage to retirement several years ago. I did it directly with immigration, no agent, and it was pretty easy - had to do the usual copy, copy, copy, etc, but not difficult. Good luck to you, the sun will shine again.

Hi, I have kept the same non o visa for years now and extend every year. I used to extend based on being the mother of a Thai child. When it was time to renew I renewed based on marriage with the same visa just a different reason for extension. Not sure if it’s different for retirement etc but that’s my experience, no need to leave Thailand or change visa.

U need leave< if u have the 800,000 in the bank ,head to Phnom Penh or laos and get a new 90- day non o ( dont need go home)

come in an than get the 1

OR IF ur money has been there 2 months + and came form overseas<

head to any border , come back in on a visa exempt and convert to a NON o and than ur 1 year

was the 800,000 sent from overseas? To get the NON o it doens't need be, BUT to get the extension than it must have come from overseas

it will all work out

Go to Lao Vientiane easy to do and cheap

@Ian ****************

you just say to the officer you want an extension based on retirement and show your bankletter with 800.000 baht. I did that, no problem .

Get an agency

This may be a lawyer question for good advice and $ safety

Sorry about your heart ache. Good luck

It is easy to change. Just let immigration know you prefer it, as it is easier. I changed, as I did not like the hassle of the marriage visa.

Can use an agent, don’t need to do paperwork or the 800k

I would put that 800k in fort nox until your sorted!

Unfortunately you cannot extend a visa you received for one reason with the purpose of a different reason. What that means is that you'll need to leave Thailand and return, you don't need to go home to get a new non-O visa though. Just leave Thailand without a re-entry permit so your visa is nullified, and then return visa exempt. Then you can apply for the non-O visa based on being over 50 instead of the non-O visa based on marriage.

You should find the paperwork requirements to be quite a bit easier than the marriage visa and extension, but regardless you'll want to go to your immigration office shortly after arriving and ask for their list of requirements to convert to the non-O based on retirement. Then gather what they want and apply soon after since you must have 14-21 days left on your entry stamp depending on the office you use.

Can't help. . But hope things work out.