@Siddhartha ********

Indeed. The Thai government doesn't make it easy.

The only qualification that I fit for the O is "to stay in Thailand after retirement for the elderly." But that infers that I've been working in Thailand...which I haven't. But if it applies to my situation regardless of that, I guess the required proof of my retirement would be my US Social Security payment. ??

IM me if you have questions.

Thank you. So I don't need to have a permanent residence in the US to apply for an OA there? Regarding Micronesia (not Microasia), it's the Federated States of Micronesia, a former US Territory that became an independent country in the early 1980s. I live in Yap which is 500 miles southwest of Guam. It's one of four island states that are situated throughout more than 1 million square miles of the Pacific Ocean and was a major staging ground for the American military during the final year of WWII.