let's see if they actually go and if they do wait for the result ....... which will result in further nonsense of they said this and she said that. The RTP can't win either way and maybe get arrested for a dodgy visa or threatening a local citizen.
Proper long term fasting has many good points going for it, usually dismissed out of sheer ignorance by the medical profession. How could not filling someone with a cocktail of drugs be beneficial?
I along with many Thai's consider the Bt 100/200 here and there as harmless, but outright corruption is not really accepted, not that the average person can do anything about it.
Get a marriage visa with multi-entry stamp, that's the easiest -, you just have to time a visit each year to coincide with the expiry date and compile with the requirements for renewal.