What are my options for renewing or changing my Thai visa given my marital situation and bank balance?

FIRST we need to hash out

𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢/𝗣 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗢 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗔 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 <- 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁/𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝟵𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀

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𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢/𝗣 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 "𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆" 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘄/𝗮 𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝟵𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴

Now in all honestly it doesn't really make much difference 😮 because they clearly won't have the 800K baht seasoned the required 2 months when their current stamp (what ever it is) runs out to apply for a reason change if they're on an extension

the way it works IS,

IF they are on a yearly extension (from the immigration office) the day they sign the divorce decree at the Amphur their extension needs to be cancelled and they need to get out of dodge (because they clearly stated they won't meet the requirements to change the reason for the extension from one based on marriage to one based on retirement)

Where as,

IF they happen to be on a year-long, multi-entry Non-O visa (from a thai consulate) where they bounce out/back every 90 days. Even if they get divorced, they can stay and keep using that visa bouncing out and back every 90 days until it runs out

I would say given the O/P's statement that they will not have the funds seasoned the 2 months when they get the divorce finalized, that once that happens they should go to a thai consulate in a nearby country and apply online for a 90 day Non-O visa (there is no seasoning of the funds for that visa, just show it in your account on the day you apply)

OR

they should bounce out/back to get OFF the stamp they're on now, and on to a 60 day free stamp entry THEN apply in country at their immigration office for the 90 day Non-O visa for 2000baht (again no seasoning required [except at Jomtien office] for the 800K baht on the initial 90 day Non-O..

Those would appear to be their choices,

I had closed the thread and messaged the O/P to try to hash out if they were on an extension of stay from inside the country OR a year-multi visa from outside the country 🙁 but they didn't see the messages so I decided to just write the answers here

I changed from marriage to retirement once my marriage visa ended. And yes am still married.

You need the 800k in the day you apply for the initial visa, after that the money does the seasoning in that time, after that you get the extension.

You only need the money seasoned for an extension. I'm not sure if you can swap marriage to retirement extension.

If you are with Bangkok bank then there is what Tod posted yesterday about 4 months.

ask your wife to delay by 2 months the divorce, get your normal marriage extension, then divorce in 2 months, take your divorce and your bank stuff to immigration to change the reason of extension to retirement.