What are my options for obtaining a multiple entry retirement visa in Thailand as an American married to a Thai citizen?

Why would you want an "O-A" visa, which requires insurance, when you already have an "O" visa, which does not. If you plan on staying here long-term, the insurance clock will be ticking.

why don't you get a multi entry marriage visa at suvannaket...5000 baht

A re-entry permit looks like this (it is valid as long as your extension is valid for) This one is a multiple re-entry

A yearly extension from the immigration office looks like this image. (this one is based on being over 50 - retirement)

@Antonio ***********

you are confusing things.:/

First off you got a single entry Non-O visa because that's ALL they sell in Vientiane. You went to the wrong consulate to get a year-long, multi-entry Non-O based on marriage.

Now you have two choices; You either apply for a yearly extension of stay at your immigration office based on being over 50 (retirement) and by showing the required proof of funds, submitting the documents, etc OR you apply for a yearly extension based on marriage to a thai at the immigration office again by showing the required proof of funds and submitting the required documents, THEN once you get your extension you BUY a multiple re-entry permit which will let you travel in and out the entire year getting you stamped back in until your extension expires every time you enter the country.

OR

You go to the correct thai consulate (Savannakhet Lao or HCMC Vietnam) and get a year-long, multi-entry non-O visa based on marriage. That visa is unlimited entry for the year it's good for, will stamp you in for 90 days every entry and when that runs down you go to the border, stamp out of thailand, stamp in and out of another country and then back in to thailand to get a new 90 day stamp. You do that for the whole year the visa is good for,

Those are your choices.

As people said, you can ONLY get an O-A visa from a thai consulate in the country your passport comes from AND you will now be required to carry the mandatory health insurance 40K/400K policy to get one.

Honestly, unless you're wanting an O-A visa solely so you can keep your funds in your country. you are FAR better off just staying on either a year-long, multi-entry Non-O visa (that you get from a thai consulate in Savannakhet or HCMC) OR staying on a yearly extension of stay based on marriage.

What is your motivation to get an O-A over staying on the O visa/extension you have now?

Why do you want an O-A get any O that is better,

Why would anyone want to switch to a Non O-A visa considering the recent insurance requirements when you could simply get a Non-O with no insurance requirement?

Years ago I got a Non O 90 day Visa from Savannakhet, I asked for one based on marriage, but they didn't write that on the Visa. When I got an extension at the Mukdahan Immigration Office they based it on retirement, even though I asked for it to be based in marriage, I have since had 12 extensions based on retirement.

okay, I looked at some example Non-O visas from Lao and they don't seem to write the reason you get the visa for on the visa itself, OR at least my examples didn't show any notation.

So as long as there's no writing on your existing Non-O visa saying why you got it, you could most likely use it to get a yearly extension of stay from the immigration office (by meeting the proof of funds and turning in the required documentation).

As long as there's no writing on the existing Non-O visa that the O/P has you MIGHT be correct

@Ar**

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As i wrote to you before.

When you go to get an extention you can get that based on retierment.

No need to change visa.

You can buy a multi re-entry stamp at Immigration.

okay, you CANNOT get an O-A visa anywhere but from the thai consulate in your country.

Why not go to the Nong Khai Immigration office SHOW them the visa (which may or may not have thai writing on it stating you got it based on marriage) and see if they will let you get a yearly extension based on being over 50 from that visa.

Keep in mind you'd need 800K baht in a thai bank account in your name only for 2 months before you apply for the yearly extension based on retirement, BUT you would only need 400K baht in a thai bank account in your name for the yearly extension based on marriage.

OR

You could go to the thai consulate in Savannakhet Lao and get a year-long, multi-entry Non-O visa based on marriage without showing any proof of funds. BUT on that visa you would have to exit/re-enter every 90 days

Nope.

I am confused...but that's OK. You had asked this question a few hours ago...I replied...now you have deleted it and are asking it once again....but you added the O-A in your question.

As it is early Monday morning in Thailand, I stated that you could ask your local Thai Immigration office if you could convert your current visa to a retirement based on being Married to a Thai...if so...ask for the requirements to do so.

You can get a Non O ...but cannot get an O-A visa. The O-A visa can ONLY be obtained in your home country.

And that either Robert Lagas or Tod Daniels will also reply.

Good Luck😉