How does the retirement visa work for expats in Thailand, including age requirements and financial criteria?

First off

@Ma***

you're going to have to decide whether you're getting this "retirement visa" from the immigration office here in thailand after you arrive

OR

if you're going to get it from a thai consulate in your country BEFORE you wing your way here.

Once you have that decision hashed out then people can advise you what to do for that particular situation.

Just so you know getting the year-long, mulit-entry Non-Immigrant Type O-A (Long Stay) visa from a thai consulate in your country is definitely the way to go because it gives you almost 2 years of stay in thailand.

There is a lot of misunderstandings on the part of those asking 'How To'? Questions

You can get a retirement visa in Australia without being retired - only have to be age 50 or over. Then have the Equivalent of 800,000 Baht in an Aussie Bank, plus a medical certification and criminal background check -both actually easy and simple. You go to a Thai Embassy / Consulate in Australia (not Thailand) and get a Non Immigrant O-A Visa

Many foreigners and even some Thai Immigration officers like to name it a retirement visa because it it easy to understand for both. But the problem is it does not even exist in Thailand. You are applying for a Non Immigrant O visa based on being over 50 years of age. And nope you don't have to be retired, you have to be 50 years young or older. There is the Single Entry Non Immigrant O visa based on being over 50 years of age, the Multiple Entry Non Immigrant O visa based on being over 50 years of age, the Non Immigrant O-A visa, the Non Immigrant O-X visa and the Extension of Stay based on 50 years of age. All called retirement Visa to make it easy for the question but to make it far more difficult to give you advice. Because all mentioned have different rules and requirements. So please read these requirements on Thai Consulate or Embassy website and if you have any questions, feel free to ask with the correct name of what you wish to apply for.

Call the Thai Consulate in Perth. They are (or at least were 😁) very friendly and helpfull for me.

Also, I just used he group search function at the top of the page and a lot of hits came up. Maybe you spelled something wrong.

Just got to Google and type in Thailand retirement visa and the information is all there

Todd just answered that in super details earlier today so maybe just scroll down real quick.