What is the processing time for an OA retirement visa from the Washington DC embassy and how does it work if my spouse is younger?

I would plan 4-6 weeks.. spouse MUST HAVE own monies in a separate account, if using your insurance in the US make sure form is signed at all 3 signatures, it only has signed by 1 space.. Good luck...

IF you are married and you will get the O-A but your spouse is not old enough (not over 50) they apply for a 90 day single entry Non-O visa <- note there is no A after the O like for the O-A Longstay visa) and when you come in you'll get stamped in for a year (or how ever long your insurance is valid for) and your spouse will get stamped in for 90 days. THEN once they have about a month left on that 90 day stamp you go to the immigration office and apply for an extension of stay based on them being married to a person holding a long stay visa and they'll get a stamp that matches your expiration date

All the visa applications are done online now for the thai consulates in the US that issue them (Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, & Washington DC) once you have your documents submitted they'll tell you when you mail in your passport to get the visa put in and mail it back to you

I have seen people get completely thru the process in under 10 days IF you have your shit together and submit all the documents they require.

/17/oalongstay/

You don't get retirement visa (it doesn't exist) you can get retirement extension once in Thailand .

Who cares about the age of spouse , as long as she is not under 16 or 18 🤣