What does the Non-O visa say on the document when applied from Australia?

Mine did not say on the evisa. The immigration officer asked me and i said retirement. Stamped in "O" , 90 days. I had to go to 2 banks to open the accoount. The first was lazy and just did did not want to open it. The second was most helpful. Kasikorn. I got my Thai licence first, they said the 2nd i.d. with my address same as my letter from immigration made it easier. Good luck. No stress.

with regards and thanks to Robert Lagas, who wrote this!

Once more, because people try to give advice based on what they think is a "Retirement Visa"

First of all, you DO not have to be retired to apply for this visa. You however need to be 50 years or older

Second is that all options have DIFFERENT rules, regulations and requirements.

So please read and try not to give incorrect advice by using the requirements for a different type of visa or extension of stay.

What is a retirement visa?

It is a phrase used by foreigners and Immigration and it could be 6 different types of visa or stay permits, with different rules, regulations and requirements

OR

it could even be an 1 year Extension of Stay based on being over 50 years of age and willing to sit out the rest of their life inside Thailand.

It is easy to type “retirement visa”, but very difficult to understand which option the person refers to

Options are:

1. Single Entry Non Immigrant O visa based on being over 50 years of age

2. Multiple Entry Non Immigrant O visa based on being over 50 years of age (it got discontinued by October 2023 and is not available any more)

3. Non Immigrant O visa based on being over 50 years of age without entry by conversion at local immigration office

4. Non Immigrant O-A visa (Long Stay)

5. Non Immigrant O-X visa

6. Long Term Residency (LTR) visa

7. Extension of Stay based on being over 50 years of age and willing to sit out the rest of their life inside Thailand (stamp from Immigration, which is not a visa)

ONLY for options 3, 5 and 7 the applicant needs a bank account in Thailand or a Certificate of Income from their Embassy.

Option 2 cannot be applied for any more, since all Thai Embassies and Consulates took it out of the E-visa program.

Option 3 is applied for by conversion of your Visa Exempt Entry or Tourist Visa at your local Immigration Office inside Thailand.

Option 6 is applied for with support of BOI Thailand

Option 7 is applied for at your local Immigration Office AFTER you used a Non-Immigrant visa.

Other options are applied for at a Thai Consulate OR for those countries who are legit, on-line.

Thanks for reading this long explanation.

Perhaps you should clarify your question. The way it reads to me is that your hoping to apply for the initial 90 day Non-O based on being over 50 but want to get the 12 months extension of stay based on a different reason? And if the Non-O stipulates the reason it was issued then you won't be able to do that, but why would you want to?

There's actually no such thing as a "retirement" visa - it's a term used by immigration and expats to describe the non-O (over 50 years of age) visa - there is no requirement to be retired. Many FIFO workers use this visa as it's very user-friendly. The initial visa is issued by an embassy through the e-Visa portal. This gives you 90 days upon entry. During that 90 days you arrange a bank account, deposit the 800k, allow it to "season" for two months, and then apply for the 12-month extension of stay, which you then do year after year

I did that, an Australian living in Japan. 4 business days to get it approved from Osaka Thai consulate. Non O visa gives you 90 days to sort out other things, like bank account and get the 1 year extension of stay.

Im doing mine at the moment when I click on it asks all the questions for retirement. I just want a non o do retirement when I'm there