Can I switch from a Non-B visa to a Non-O visa for retirement in Chiang Mai without leaving Thailand?

Hi, you must need a support of experienced visa service consultant who can do the extension of stay based on retirement within a day. Since your current stay based on WP, so you have to cancel WP on 30 Sept morning and bring that WP cancellation receipt to Immigration. You also have to show your last 3 months payroll record PND1 and letter from HR stating your last day of work on 30 Sept. If you able to show all those documents, you do not need to leave the country and extend your stay based on retirement. For retirement, you must show proof of 800k bank balance of last 3 months and some other supporting documents. You can find the list of required documents on Immigration website. Remember WP cannot cancel in advance, it can only cancel on the same day to the last day of employment unless you have BOI special work visa & WP. Thus you have to cancel your WP in the morning, then run to immigration as fast as possible to do all visa paper work. 🤞 good luck.

Hi JP, I think we have discussed this in person. I tried to do this 3 or 4 years ago in CM. They would not allow me to change from Non B to Non O Retirement. They forced me to leave. I had to come in on a 30 day stamp to get the Retirement visa here and they weren't nice about it.

Hopefully there has been a change allowing more leniency.

You don't move to a Non-O visa. You simply change the reason for your extension from working to retirement. Cancel one extension and immediately apply for the new one. You'll need to have sufficient funds seasoned in a bank account in your name only for 2 months before doing this

You can extend B Visa for reason of retirement.

Why not go for a PR instead if you have been working and planning to stay longer? :)