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It is not possible to get a one year retirement visa (O) from the three months tourist visa you entered Thailand with.

So one month before your tourist visa expire tou have to ask for a 3 months non immigrant visa. (it takes normaly around 3 weeks, so to avoid an overstay or an extension of the tourist visa.......)

You first have to go to Bangkok or a consulate abroad to get that Non immigrant visa for 3 months stay in Thailand.

To get that 3 months non immigrant visa you have to provide them all the documents needed to get your one year visa

.It seems you want to get a one year retirement visa (O) so after you provide the approprizate documents you will get a 3 months non immigrant O visa.

One week before this visa expire you have to go to the immigration office with the same document (actualised) to get the one year visa O,

In fact they will only give you 9 months more because they will include the 3 months of the non immigrant visa. If you need to leave the country several times a year ask for a multiple re-entry (3500 thb) otherwise ask for a single (1500 thb)

Every 90 days you will have to go to immigration office without any document, but just to certify your adress of stay in the country.

It is as simple and easy in Bangkok if you have the documents nneded and if you come in time.