Actually the Philippines is nice if you choose the right place. Manila certainly can be rough around the edges but there are lots of nice safe cities to choose from besides Manila. Thailand is certainly ahead development wise but it's certainly way over crowded with tourists. My simple answer is Thailand is overrated and places like the Philippines are underrated. Cebu, Boho, Bardigio, Dumagehetty, etc are all great places
Filing a complaint with the labor ministry is different than suing. The issue is you may needed guidance from a lawyer to do it. I hope you get suitable advice rather than people telling you to take it without lube
I use Remitly to transfer to Cambodia direct to my bank card but Thailand it doesn't seem to work direct to bank cards I haven't tried the traditional method. My last time Wise said it would take a week to send to Thailand so I just use Revoult had it in seconds. I am using wise less and less where as before I always used it
It depends on a few things. SSI no never. SSD yes if your drawing from your own contributions not from someone else's benefits. So it depends on exactly what benefit you are getting hence the people answering with very different answers