Is the retirement visa in Thailand renewed annually, and what are the requirements for permanent residency or citizenship?

Yes yes and yes 😁. Oh, and no, not citizenship.. way to hard . But permanent resident should be possible if I’m correctly informed. And I did do my research on this.

@Steve *********

what is wrong with you? David was not rude. He simply corrected the misinformation you supplied. Your snark was not necessary. He never said you were less intelligent, but by the behavior being shown on a public forum…

It also varies from province to province, city to city and government officials in each branch--I've seen this in Chiang Mai and up in Mae Sai in Chiang Rai Province before I go into Tachilek (Take-A-Leak), Burma to do a "visa run". Be polite, try to be well-dressed and speaking Thai also helps! :-)

Renew every year, report every 90 days.

Extend yearly and report every 90 days.

You don't renew a retirement visa at all. What you do is get an annual extension of stay for the purposes of retirement, and you need to do this every year. You also need to do 90 day reporting for the duration of your stay.

Being here on retirement visa (or extension) means you are unable to apply for permanent residence

Dont even think about getting citizenship if you have not been a working taxpayer in Thailand.

Do what you are doing till you leave or die

The O visa just lets you into the country. Once you're here you just extend your stay each year.

When you enter on a non imm o visa, that is valid to stay in Thailand for 90 days

@Mi**

, then after 60 days you can ask for this extension (1,900฿). If you have an Non imm OA visa you can stay for a year and go out and in the country as many times as you want. 90 days report still needed ! Every time you enter Thailand, you get another year. So if you leave and come back just before y'r visa expires (the sticker), you get a full year. Watch out, this extra year is NOT multi entry. To keep that year alive (also regular year extensions), you can buy a single or multi re-entry permit

Short answer yes for ever

@Mick ******

, After the VISA is void, then you can ask for a year extension e.g. based on retirement. Indeed you have to go through the procedure every year and yes, you have to notify imm. every 90 days, which also can be done online

In order to get permanent residency I believe you must be married, speak, read and write Thai and other additional requirements. Also, (again I believe) there are additional requirements and an extremely low “quota” of people allowed to be accepted.

Every long term visa requires you to renew it every year. The elite visa is slightly different, but you still must register every year, and all must do 90 day reports.

Renew every year. Do 90 day report. Always