From Non Immgrant B To Non Immigrant O

[hatyaiair]

I have searched through all previous posts looking for this but unable to locate a similar situation. Most situations deal with marriage, I am single.

I am currently working in Thailand on a Non-Immigrant B visa, recently renewed for one year. I have a valid work permit. I will be turning 50 soon and plan to quit work and retire and would like to change my visa to a Non-Immigrant O. I have had the 800K in the bank for over 4 months.

Do I have to leave the country to do this? Or can it be done in the local immigration office?

Thank you in advance.

[Lite Beer]

Apply for a 12 month extension of stay at Immigration in Thailand.

Reason. Retirement.

[Mario2008]

Update your bankbook and have a letter from the bank confirming your saldo. Do it the day before you go to immigration.

[thaiphoon]

A map to you residence might be asked for together with some proof such as rent receipt/lease. The fee for extension of stay is 1,900 baht. If you plan to travel abroad during the period of the extension remember you will need to obtain a re-entry permit from immigration to keep your permission to stay alive. Fee 1,000 baht single entry; 3,800 baht multi entry.

[lopburi3]

This change of extension must be done at the same time that you end your work.

[hatyaiair]

This change of extension must be done at the same time that you end your work.

My passport has a multiple entry stamp in it now. When I retire and change the extension can I keep the multiple entry stamp or do I have to get a new one?

[Mario2008]

A re-entry permit is only valid for the duration of your current permission to stay, which ends when you get a new permission to stay. So you have to buy a new (multiple)re-entry permit when you change your reason of stay, and every year when you get a new extension of stay.