Very sad, always was free for me in Quebec.

Standard is similar as my home country Canada. As for price, well, health care is free in Canada but in Thailand for wisdom tooth removal between 1k and 3k baht depending on the area. So it's really inexpensive.

@林**

You mean baht, right? lol.

There is no such thing as "having to stay out for 30 days". Benjamin is 100% correct. I hate the typical "2 weeks tourists" with zero experience who spill what they once heard and claim that it's factual. These people are cancerous to such group with many knowledgeable people who knows how ridiculous Aron statement is.

@Bobby *******

Such anecdote are very rare, I'm sure you know it. There is usually more to these stories. p.s: You could go to Savannakhet to get Non-O based on marriage pre-covid without the 400k financial requirement. It was even possible in Penang for a while. This particular requirement is there so that some can profit from it (agent, officer, etc). It doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's different from volunteer work where not going defeat the purpose of it, or not going to school on ed visa. It would be the equivalent of having a marriage visa without being legally married (not having marriage certificate).

@Bobby *******

You implied that the stamp and the visa were not real or fake, its real and legit. Maybe we just dont have the same definition of what is a scam, fake and not legit.

@Royce ***********************

For marriage visa you need the marriage certificate, so yes you need to be married. You first need the affidavit from your embassy, then having it translated and certified by ministry of foreign affair (there is one in Bangkok and Chiang Mai), then you go to district office to get married and get marriage certificate. The whole process is no more then a week. After that to get the marriage visa you need to have had 400k baht in the bank for months or proof of 40k baht per month income. If you do not met the financial requirement, you can use an agent, they still do marriage visa.

Doing volunteer or ed visa the "normal way" imply that you will need to volunteer or go to school. If it's something that you want then do it the "normal way".

@Bobby *******

Yes, a visa obtained with an agent is legit, as long as it's a real agent and not a scam. A real agent will provide the payment slip, real stamp done by real immigration officer, and everything will be registered as if it was done without an agent. But yes, you do pay more to avoid one of the requirement. To me, it's the equivalent of black market lotto tickets in Thailand. If you win, you get paid, many buy such lotto tickets including cops. Is it legal? Not technically, but it's legit in the sense that they are delivering exactly what they are claiming to, and every stamps, etc, are all delivered the way it would the other way. Same with lotto tickets... you get paid with real Thai baht if you win, not fake ones.

@Paul ****

1.9k is when you do actual volunteer work. 35k is when you are suppose to but stay home. People use agent to avoid volunteering or going to school, but still be on that visa. It is not possible anymore to do so.

@Bobby *******

55k is never legit, it's way too expensive. But the way you worded it is "every agent and visa obtain with agent is bogus", which is factually incorrect. A lot of people are married but they don't have the 400k in bank, this is why they use an agent to get marriage visa. To get a marriage visa with an agent, you need to met every requirement except the financial one (this is why many use an agent). So the marriage certificate need to be valid and everything else.