@Tod ********
thank you for answering, but I only needed to know if my wife can follow as a trailing spouse. I was told by Immigration pretty much same thing you stated in your very thorough answer. The exception being they said I could apply for the retirement extension directly from the 30-day hard stamp. Do I have a high level of confidence that is true? Probably not, considering the IO didn’t know whether or not my wife could join me as trailing spouse, that is really my question here. Everything else is in order, including bank stuff, so I’ll see what happens when I apply for the 30-day extension, then go to apply for the retirement extension at counter C-1 shortly thereafter. Was also told no seasoning required for the 800baht.