@Kelly *******

there's no reason not to wait. You'd just be giving up time if you leave before then.

Just to clarify, the non-O IS the retirement visa. That's the only visa you'd be applying for. After that it's extensions, not visas.

You print out your visa and show it to passport control after you leave and return to Thailand when your current stamp is ending.

@Nongnuch *******

it doesn't matter what it says. Immigration offices WILL NOT accept proof of monthly transfers for the very first annual extension.

@Lilly *********

you cannot get a non-O visa based on trailing spouse in Thailand. No immigration office in Thailand allows conversation to non-O for that reason.

@Frode ********

where? Never seen any reports of anyone denied entry with DTV.

@Marianne *******

with the non-OA, some immigration offices might allow it and some might not. It's very difficult to plan around it because if you ask at the beginning of the 1-2 years you can get with the non-OA and then go to make the switch after you've been in Thailand for 1-2 years, the answer might have changed by then.

@Wouter *****

you only have 2 options for the first 1-year extension from a 90-day non-O visa. Embassy certified income or 800,000 baht in your Thai bank account. It doesn't matter if you have 10 years of monthly transfers, it will not be accepted for the first 1-year extension.

@Frode ********

should be fine. Just don't make it super obvious if you're trying to recycle the money and use the same 65k each month.

If you get a 90-day non-O visa, and then get the first 1-year extension using 800,000 baht in your Thai bank account. Then during this first year you can transfer minimum 65,000 baht per month as an international transfer into your account, you can use this for your 2nd annual extension. What happens with the 65,000 baht is irrelevant. It's for you to use however you want, once it is transferred into your account.