Made the mistake of doing a joint account here when my family arrived (we're both farang). I won't make that mistake again. 😂
I eventually opened an account with just my name and got an extra debit card for my wife. Not sure if there's a way to add an "authorized user" but never been an issue this way
It's the Christmas spike. Normal prices can be found 1,200-1,500 round trip if not in peak season and enough advance. Christmas/NYE prices are absolutely absurd.
I can't speak directly to that re: the DTV, but we've heard similar for Non-O. They've stopped granting new follower visas to kids (even babies/toddlers/etc) at consulates (at least all that we've seen), and having the children go in on Tourist visas--presumably to overstay. Seems like a really sketchy practice to me, but seems that's the direction it's going.