On 5/13/2026 at 4:38 PM, KimchiCurry said:

Soft power categories works like this. Cooking class for 2 months give you 5 years of possible stay. From there, you can exploit it.

Just give them 1 year and it's enough.

Cordon Bleu has cooking schools in Thailand that range from 6 weeks to 9 months. Max. But the DTVs get five years to learn how to make Pad Thai.

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

Cordon Bleu has cooking schools in Thailand that range from 6 weeks to 9 months. Max. But the DTVs get five years to learn how to make Pad Thai.

Huge discrepancy.

Come on Thailand. It's a joke.