Can my wife and son stay in Thailand on my retirement visa as a US citizen?

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Thanks all for your helpful replies.

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If you apply on-line for the Non Immigrant O visa based on being over 50 years (aka retirement visa) OR for the Non Immigrant O-A (aka retirement visa) or O-X visa (aka retirement visa) , your wife and your son (if he is younger than 20 years) can apply for this type of visa using the same on-line system

Correct as above: there seems no longer to be a 'trailing spouse' opportunity to a Non O 'Retirement' visa.

Depends on what you exactly mean by "if I get a retirement visa".

As a basic rule, your legal wife can be on Non-O dependent on you (no age limit), and your son as well until he gets 20 yo.

If you are applying for one of Non-OA, Non-OX, or LTR-Pensioner, they can apply for Non-O visas being dependent on you all together with your application.

But if you want to apply for Non-O being over 50 regardless in the US (single entry visa) or inside Thailand, it would not be so easy as you have to find the Thai embassy or consulate first where you can apply for Non-O dependent visa on a holder of Non-O based on being over 50. The Thai embassy/consulates in the US don't issue this Non-O dependent visa on single entry Non-O retirement, no known embassy around SEA does.