What should I do after my DTV freelance contract ends: find a new employer, apply for a retirement visa, or let my DTV run its course?

DelightfulHummingbird3635 Coming to retirement, I think the route now is to enter on a 90-day "O" for retirement. Open a bank account on that visa. Seed the money for two months and then apply for the 12-month extension. That seems to be the do-it-yourself route without any agent and the agent not depositing the money. I don't know if that's still available, the depositing of the money. For the actual 12-month extension, I've heard agents charge 4,000 to 7,000 baht for that, doing the paperwork and going with you to the immigration office. Do it yourself. Probably takes half a day, depending on the immigration office.

DelightfulHummingbird3635 the case in question of my pal is that he's basically retired, but he still does consultancy work in his old industry. Most of the work would be flying down to attend meetings in Singapore. The case we were talking about was if he had to take phone calls here in Thailand and then maybe produce a report and send it off. None of this work would be for Thai clients. He would have no Thai clients or companies. The companies he would consult to are biotech and large pharma. The DTV would work for him. He could probably get an LTR if he wanted one. He wants to keep his own bank, UOB Singapore, which has branches here now, and he wants to buy a house hence, retirement is easier.