Visa O to Visa OA?

[geovalin]

A reader of the French forum is asking :

Is it possible to modify a visa O marriage to visa O A retirement at an immigration office inside Thailand?

I guess this question had been asked 586974 times... sorry

[PoorSucker]

O-A visa can only be obtained in your home country.

He can get an 1 year extension of stay based on marriage or retirement at his local immigration office.

[ubonjoe]

Normal confusion caused by people calling an extension of stay based upon retirement a OA visa.

He can apply for a extension of stay based upon retirement during the last 30 days of the 90 day entry from the non-o visa. 

Or perhaps he has a extension of stay based upon marriage and wants to change the reason for it to retirement. That can be done shortly before his current extension ends.

[elviajero]

If they currently have an extension of stay based on marriage (often wrongly called a married visa), and they want to change the reason for the extension to retirement (often wrongly called a retirement (O-A) visa), they can. But, usually, only at the end of the current permit to stay.

 

If they are asking about an actual 'O-A' visa they need to apply in a country they have legal residence in.