Thalueng

While corruption is a problem in this country, it's not the explanation of every problem or disaster. Understanding the root causes of this disaster also has nothing to do with it, and asking the question is not childish. This disaster like similar before happened because of a underlying lack of awareness of dangers in all people of this country, lack of adequate education, and the expectation of everyone to make everything as comfortable as possible. Examples of lack of danger awareness were already stated, like wear a mask but no helmet. This is not just people who ride motorcycles, but most Thai or maybe Asian people. Education of Electricians is mostly outdated and incomplete. Wiring is done based on times where Thailand was on 110V mains. Adequate wiring for 220V mains would allow to save money, but nobody seems to understand this and it's even not properly reflected in Thai electrical codes. Now what has comfort levels to do with it? Proper safety breakers are likely to have prevented this disaster. A safety breaker is supposed to cut power when too high currents are flowing through the wires, but nobody wants a power interruption so breakers are oversized multiple times. Check your own house or condo and you will find 32 amp breakers for your bed room, where 10 or even 6 would be sufficient. Aircons and water heaters need more, but they are on different breakers anyway. And while checking, your residual safety breaker is not working properly because your ground connection is insufficient, if you even have one. If you are not fixing this you are as negligent as the owners of this club. So, without strengthening norms and codes, education, and general population awareness I'm afraid such accidents will continue to happen.

Better to update the book, some ATMs have a bank book printer integrated.

I would suggest you apply for a UK visa first, which is not a Schengen country. Check with your embassy the financial or garantee requirements. Make it multiple entry. Apply for a Shengen visa after that, it will be easier to get. You will need flight bookings at the time of application, which you could rearrange afterwards if needed. Again apply for multiple entry, but you probably need supporting flight bookings. Imo the family option is a weaker path. Any embassy or officer could easily make the conclusion she wants to go live with her family as they just moved there and are not even German. Proving that this is not her real intention is not easy.

Couldn't agree more. Complaining about things which are different from expectation seems to be less effort than learning and understanding different cultures and backgrounds.