Maxim Thibodeau. Read the OP's comment. He paid 55k. And you reckon it's legit? The cost of a volunteer visa is 2000 baht. A volunteer visa requires a work permit and actual volunteering work. The bogus visas don't come with this. You're kidding yourself. If someone is married to a Thai, why would they use an agent? You get the visa from the immigration office.
. Sorry if you got offended. I just tell it as it is, but understand in our modern world we can no longer say it this way, because so many get "offended". I give options. If people have money they take it. There's plenty of people with Elite Visas. I mentioned how it worked for me. I hate immigration with a passion and do whatever I can to stay away from it and refuse point-blank to pay dirty money to an agent in order to pay a bribe. Those are my standards.
. Plenty have been throwing away 50,000+ for a visa which is not even legitimate! Elite Visa works out at about US$10 a day. It worked well for me when I was working in the mines in Western Australia. I'd work three full months and make enough money to then take nine months off. The Elite Visa meant I just come and go without even thinking about it. For a miserable $10 a day it's a no-brainer. I laugh when I see these digital whackpackers scrambling and scampering for their pissant visas!