First Time Retirement Visa

[francois]

No, if you look at your original 1 year visa if you got it in Thailand as I did it will be noted as an O-B visa as I did, If your initial 1 year visa was gotten at a Thai embassy in the U.S. U.K. etc. it will be noted as a O-A visa.

I got my visa in Thailand and it was a Non-O Visa (retirement) which I get annual extensions.

Here is a listing of types of visas available per LA Consulate in USA; I don't see a Non0-B listed?


Visa types and purpose of visit


Visa types Category Purpose of visit
Diplomatic Visa D to enter the Kingdom of Thailand for diplomatic purposes.
Official Visa F to enter the Kingdom of Thailand for official purposes.
Transit Visa TS to transit to another country or to re-enter his/her own country
S to participate in sports activities
C the person in charge or crew of a conveyance coming to a port

Tourist Visa

TR (Single) to enter for tourism purposes
TR (Single) to enter for training (boxing, scuba diving, and yoga training) – Suspended –
STV to enter for tourism purposes (permitted to stay up to 90 days)
MT
to enter for a medical treatment at hospitals / medical facilities – Suspended –
METV to enter for tourism purpose (Multiple entries)
Non-Immigrant Visa
NON – B
to work (Working)
NON – B
to conduct business by invitation (Business)
NON – B
to work as a teacher (Teaching)
NON – IB
to conduct business as Investor through Board of Investment (BOI)
NON – ED
to study
NON – ED
to do an internship
NON – F
to perform official duties in Thailand
NON – M
to work as a film-producer
NON – M
to work as journalist or reporter
NON – O to perform duty or mission in the family of an alien.
NON – O to stay with family in Thailand
NON – O
a person who used to have Thai nationality to visit Thai relatives
NON – O to perform volunteering duties
NON – O to receive medical treatment for more than 60 days – Suspended –
NON – O to be a sport trainer as required by the Thai Government
NON – O to be a contestant or a witness for the judicial process
NON – O
to stay in Thailand after retirement (at least 50 years of age)
NON – O-A Long Stay retirement (up to 1 year) (for at least 50 years of age)
NON – O-X Long Stay retirement (up to 5 years) (for at least 50 years of age)
NON – RS to conduct scientific research / training / teaching in a research institute
NON – R
to perform religious / missionary works (single entry)
NON – RA to perform religious / missionary works (Multiple entry)
Special Entry SE Thailand Privilege Card (Elite Card) holder.
Privilege Entry PE Thailand Privilege Card (Elite Card) holder.

SMART Visa


T to enter as Highly skilled professionals
I to enter as Investors in technology-based business
E to enter as Senior executives in technology-based companies
S to enter as Technology-based startup entrepreneurs
O to enter as legal dependents of Smart Visa holders

[2lz2p]

I got my visa in Thailand and it was a Non-O Visa (retirement) which I get annual extensions.

Here is a listing of types of visas available per LA Consulate in USA; I don't see a Non0-B listed?

I agree. To my knowledge, there is no such thing as an O-B Visa. If you Google a Thailand Non-Immigrant O-B visa, you will not get any information as the sites listing are for categories O, O-A, or B, but none for O-B.

Those obtaining a Non-Immigrant Visa in Thailand for purpose of retirement (or married/related to a Thai) are issued a Non-Immigrant O Visa. The Non-Immigrant O-A Visa i is issued only by Thai Embassies/Consulates in the applicant's country of residence - which is only available in some countries, not all.

If obtaining an annual extension of the one year stay from Pattaya Immigration, it should note the underlying Visa on which it is based. If based on retirement, it should show either Non-O or Non-OA.