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As the title of this video suggests, we are discussing O Retirement Visas. For those who are unaware, there are O-A Retirement Visas; these are generally issued outside of the Kingdom of Thailand at Embassies or Consulates abroad and then there are O Retirement Visas which sometimes are called O Visa extensions or in some cases as we will discuss here, sometimes they are colloquially referred to as O Retirement Visas. In my mind, I don't actually think of this type of Visa as an O Retirement Visa. 

In a recent video we made there was a comment left, and there was some back and forth and basically quoting directly from this comment: "So I am guessing that there must be different types of O Visas because I am 100% sure that my friends have had to leave every 90 days on Retirement O Visas. In one sense, that statement is true; in another sense it is not and here's what I mean. 

The O category can get confusing. It is the miscellaneous category okay, so that is the place to start. A bunch of different things are covered under it and the different regulations regarding the different ways an O can be issued will vary depending on the factual set of circumstances. For example, there may be an O Marriage Visa, meanwhile there is an O Retirement Visa. Also, and what I think is being discussed in this comment regarding 'you have to leave every 90 days', that may be what is called a multi-entry O Visa issued abroad. We haven't dealt with a lot of these since COVID came on the scene because Border Runs have been effectively impossible but yes in the past there were O Visas that many retirees used that were for 1-year duration, the sticker was for a year but each time they were stamped into the country, they were given 90 days lawful status. Again as a practical matter we are just not seeing that right now; maybe one day those will come back when we see the situation with respect to Border Runs normalize. The thing to take away from this video is what you are talking about there where you have to leave every 90 days, that is a multi-entry O Visa. That could actually be issued and in the past was issued a lot for just miscellaneous reasons. It wasn't even necessarily a Retirement Visa.

To sum up this video as a practical matter these days you are going to be looking at two kinds of visas. Either an O-A issued abroad and that type of Visa upon your arrival in Thailand, you are stamped with presumptively a one-year stamp although it could be a little less depending on your insurance coverage or you can end up with what is called an O Retirement Visa extension here in Thailand which is issued by the Thai Immigration Office here in the Kingdom. That is status that is conferred here and you are not required to leave. So presently, we are not seeing these multi-entry O Visas although maybe at some point in the future we possibly might, that all remains to be seen.