@Paul ******

it's very rare for for thai's to get approval .. most people who have partners will tell you that and have posted a lot about their troubles

You lucked out. Just because you had parents sign something means nothing.... I'm a home owner with high income and she has money and a decent career and twice she was denied .

She has a 19 yr old son , a house and there was absolutely no reason to deny her and all we recieved was a generic letter which didn't even apply to our situation

@Paul ******

my wife was turned down twice using different immigration agents even though she was employed , has more than enough money in the bank and I own my house

Very very difficult unless she owns a house , good career and money 💰 and even then

@Randy *****

yes , you'd be right . It's an absolute mess and just wish he'd step down His party is going to lose most of their seats when the election comes

I'm married to a Thai , and it's been great 👍Don't listen to.all the negative because most of these guys went after the bargirls

My wife choose to be with a westerner because of abuse by Thai men in her past and found western men , for the most part , treated and respected her much better

As far as our relationship ,when she landed in Canada she started searching for employment and landed an amazing career even before she received a SIN number ( you need one to work here ) .

She hated the idea that I was supporting her so she asked me to drive her to the interview and she was hired the same day and started working , she's making more than I am, which was totally unexpected and you can see how happy she is . She doesn't ask me for money at all , she's self sufficient

We were actually going to move back to Thailand this winter but she wants to further her new career and has applied to go back to school and get a higher certification so she made even more money 💰

This may not be the norm for most but so far I have zero complaints and it's good to see how successful she has been and it's only going to get better as her income climbs after finishing her upgrades..she'll be pushing 6 figures

If we ever divorced I could go after her for support 😆 as she will be making alot more than me in the future ... jk

All I'm going to say is Thailand is going to regret issuing this visa 5 years from now ... mark my word. Very shortsighted just to keep the hotel industry happy

@Michael *****

We'll watch to see what happens over the next yr or so. In that time our house price will increase and my wife just started her new career and is making an extremely good income for someone that's new to Canada so it's only fair I let my wife enjoy it and bank her money 💰 so when we do move things may be more settled and we'll be even more comfortable when we land

I will say this much, my thai wife and I were planning on moving to Thailand next February and have since changed our minds

This past weekend we met up with another couple who was going to move next year as well and they also changed minds

Between this and the DTV visa and all the abusers we are seeing this is going to end up with people that actually have money ,not going or leaving and the the younger gen's on DTV's with no money savings wise or pensions to keep money coming in , not spending like the retired

Most DTV holders are scraping by in their countries and making the move basically to survive and have fun .

Most online careers don't last 20-30 years and alot will be replaced by AI , then what ? Broke , stuck in Thailand with no money and no future income to support them in life... this is going to come crashing down on the Thai government in years to come .

It's basically just like years ago when there weren't many rules and lots of people moved there and became Thailand's medical headache and homeless as thet ran out of money , history repeating itself

This was purely about the hotel and rental owners complaining the market was down ...short term fix ... expats were and are the long time solutions for the most part

I've been using Western Union and transfered one bank account to another of my bank accounts and they charged me $1.99 .. if I send for pick up it's considerably more

@Elías *******

something to consider for the younger crowd ...

Those of you trying to be influencers online ,and making some income , will be short lived

One day you're going to realize it did not last play out and then realize you wasted all those valuable younger years when you could of been actually following a career path with an end game for retirement

Younger days is where you need to make it happen and get into a long term career path because influencing, as I said ,will be short lived and then you'll find yourself in Thailand with no good source of reliable income for the future ...a bad place to end up in the circle of life