The Chocolate Man in his vlog mentioned an agent who charges 5K for retirement visa when money is already in the a bank. It takes away all the hassles and money worth spent.
Agree. Every Thai workers who worked in my condo said they had already bought or would buy only houses. Not condo. I think most Thais (if they have money after buying houses) buy condo as an investment for rental properties.
Who are we? The forum members have no voice in it. In fact, they don't have any voice anywhere in the World except in this forum. Keep going venting your frustration for your one year at a time living legally in a foreign country. Now you understand why Thai immigration will never allow even married to Thai persons more than a year at a time. They don't want to hear their voices and confine their voices to this forum only.
Can't find a flight for less than $750 one-way to BKK from ORD in March/April, 2023 time frame. Even Google is warning me it is expensive don't buy now. Round trips appear to be OK. Eva flights for $550 was a norm before Covid.
By bangladeshi community? I think they have a similar dish called chicken butter. I don't like chicken masala. Except chicken tandoori, I don't like any Indian chicken recipes. And Indian chicken curries are no no for me. Recently discovered a Bangladeshi restaurant in Sukhumvit soi 11, Bangkok. Tried a few Bangladeshi dishes with a friend (an Indian American) and I liked them. Specially the fish curry and mutton curry. He said it reminded him of his mother's cooking.
Pattaya has too many Indian restaurants.
My GF drove her car for almost 10-years before she got her own. I looked at the pic and said this is not you. She laughed and said "mai suai". A person told me real Thai ID sells for 30K but one must be fluent in reading/writing Thai and looks like a Thai. In early 80s I remember US Green Cards were available for 3k USD and SS card (mostly of dead people) for $300. You could get everything like DL, file tax returns and get refunds etc. using a purchased GC and SS card. Only thing one could not do was leave the country and enter again. (and most probably claim SS benefits). I had two friends in college (one Algerian and another from Pakistan who had the purchased green cards.