Non. Immigrant 'o'

[naka]

I am currently in Thailand on a 60 day tourist visa, I am retired over 50 and divorced, and now wish to obtain a Retirement visa.

I understand I will need to have a local bank account with at least Bt. 800 k in it in order to get the Retirement visa but my questions relate only to obtaining the initial 90 day Non. Imm. 'O' as I understand I cannot go directly from a tourist visa to a Retirement visa.

What is the correct terminology for this (90 day 1 entry Non. Imm. 'O') ? .

Can I get this visa at the Penang Consulate.

How many days to issue.

Is a minimum local bank balance required for this 90 day O visa.

( it will take a couple of weeks for the 800 k to arrive from overseas )

Any advise would be most welcome.

[lopburi3]

Believe several people have recently been able to go directly from tourist visa to retirement visa here in Bangkok by contacting (room 301?) with the money in a Thai bank account so it seems to be something that can be done. I would not try to do anything, except ask questions, before you have the money in a bank account and believe Penang would want to see that also prior to issue of a non immigrant visa. If you wire transfer funds it should not take more than 36 hours to be in your account here.