Thank you for your detailed explanation Tod, very much appreciated. You are correct about the "extension of stay permitted until". My bad. If this doesn't work at the Immigration office for my wife, can she still be a trailing spouse if I get out of the country and get a Non-O Retirement Visa? I've read and heard so many different opinions on trailing spouse on Retirement Visa and if it can even be done at all. To be honest, you're basically the only person I truly trust with Visa advice...