Tks.

Has the online option changed? I thought it was between 15 and 7 days before due date.

Probably not needed saying, but ensure your current visa/extension does not expire while you are there, or it's back to "GO" for you.

@Andrew ********

From all I've read the embassy/consulate in the UK is user friendly for getting a visa before you arrive. Depends on when you want to get here.

I am sure the roadside signage spelt with the "e" before the "o". But Google (Maps and Earth) changed to your spelling. And I suspect the folk who make the signs do not have English Lit degrees. And nice to know I am now a Surinesian Farung.

If not already done, and depending upon where you were married, you may be further advantaged in the future, to have your marriage registered at the Amphoe where you are registered in the Tabian Baan. And possibly have your name changed from your original Thai family name to the same family name in your UK passport. You can then get a Thai ID card and passport in your new family name.

Perfect advice as usual.

The O-A will give you time to fully assess whether you REALLY want to retire here, and deal with the "first-time anxiousness" of obtaining a stay extension for every year thereafter. But is always better to get used to the systems here as a younger "OLDIE".

Then why ask this group if you have been told the answer by immigration. Do what they are asking of you. Simple.

If you quit the job. Go IO, cancel work permit and leave 24 hrs.