garyinthailand

Now that you are here in Thailand, 4th floor of main immigration and you can convert to on-immigrant 0 easily. .

Thanks. Can I really convert from 30-day tourist to non-immigrant O without leaving? Everything else I had seen implied the initial NI O had to be obtained in home country, after which it could be converted here.

Appreciate the help. There seems to be a lot of conflicting information

The minimum age of the applicant is must be at least 50 years old;

The above is taken from the Royal Thai Consulate LA website retirement visa page 5 minutes ago. Where exactly did you see 55? Perhaps an old quote rather than www.thai-la.net

Interesting.

VII. For the purpose of retirement in Thailand, the applicant must be at least 55 years old

Found at http://www.thai-la.net/visa/visa.htm

Where did you see the quote about age 50?

I'm 53 years old, currently in Thailand on tourist visa. I'd like to stabilize with a retirement visa, but when I returned to the web sites of the LA consulate and other immigration authorities, the stated age requirement had been bumped up from 50 to 55.

Does anyone know if this is real? Thanks