Can my husband and I apply for a Non-O visa and extension while in Thailand?

Your husband can enter Thailand on Tourist Visa or Visa Exempt and apply for a Non-Immigrant O Visa as part of a two step process to get an extension of stay for purpose of retirement. This involves your husband applying for the Non-O Visa, getting a 90 day permission to stay from date of issue, and then applying for one year extension after 60 of those days have elapsed. You as the spouse can qualify to "piggy back" on his extension once he receives it - BUT as mentioned by Tod Daniels, you will need to have entered Thailand on a Non-Immigrant Visa (usually category O) to obtain such an extension - the spouse's age has no bearing when using being a dependent of a retiree to also obtain a long stay exemption. Time can be a problem as you would need to leave Thailand and apply for the Non-Immigrant O Visa at a Thai Embassy/Consulate outside of Thailand - enter using that Visa, and then apply for a long stay extension to coincide with your husbands. In order for you to get the Non-O Visa as being the spouse of a retiree from a Thai Embassy/Consulate, it will need to be based on your being the spouse of a retiree whose extension has been granted. An option is for you both to apply for a Non-Immigrant O Visa from a Thai Embassy/Consulate other than the USA (read on) - he on the based of retirement and you as his spouse. The reason I mention not getting the Non-Immigrant O Visa from Thai Embassy/Consulate in USA is they will not issue them for the purpose of retirement (an allowable purpose which can be used to get the Non-O Visa elsewhere) - instead, they will insist on your husband applying for the Non-Immigrant O-A Visa and you the Non-Immigrant O Visa as his spouse. Since Immigration has changed their rules, now for your husband to obtain the O-A Visa he will need to show he has health insurance -- in most cases an expensive policy obtained from a Thai company as there is a question as to whether a US health insurance company will be willing to issue the "certificate" the US Thai Embassy/Consulate will require.

@Olga ******

, this group is for helping people to apply visa and extension by themselves. Mentioning any agent inside Thailand is against to the group rules.

And better to not mention about your thought regarding agents. you are inviting unwanted agents to contact you.

Okay, the person that is OVER 50 could indeed come in on a 30 day visa exempt, get their 800K transferred into a thai bank account in their name only then apply at the immigration office for an in country 90 day Non-O visa.

BUT

I don't know of any offices that allow the in country conversion based on "trailing spouse" to someone who is over 50. <- meaning YOU would need to go to a thai consulate in a nearby country to apply for the 90 day Non-O visa AFTER your husband was granted the visa from the immigration office

OR

You both get the 90 day Non-O visas at the same time BEFORE you wing your way here then apply for the year extension for your husband based on being over 50 and meeting the financial requirements and the matching year extension for you based on being the spouse of someone on a long term extension.

if you are 47 how would you apply for a „above 50 VISA“ anyway ?