Congratulations on your DTV E–Visa from the Thai Embassy in Vientiane under the Workcation Category!
Did you get a request for an in-person interview at the Thai Embassy after paying cash for your DTV E–Visa Fee (with the QR Code print out to make payment)?? if so, how long was it between making cash payment and your interview??
1.) Get another Non–O E–Visa (Retirement over 50 years) from the Thai Embassy in London
2.) Do you already have the 800,000.- Thai Baht already in your Thai Bank Account??
if not, then have 800k Baht in your Thai Bank Account, so that on your next Entry months from now into Thailand on that new Non–O E–Visa you got from London, you can go to your local Thai Immigration Office to apply for an Extension of Stay with the 800k already 'seasoned' over 2 months while while you are away, outside of Thailand
3.) wanted to ask other Group Members: what are the Pro's + Con's of going from a Non–O E–Visa to Retirement Extension of Stay vs.
making Entry on free Visa Exempt, converting to Non–O in-country, then to Retirement Extension ???