My personal experience; I took my US DL to the Thai DMV and got a 10 years Thai DL without any test or training but vision check as I am wearing contacts lenses, along with the health certificate.
I am a Thai-American have seen many of my Americans friends and families do it by themselves without any hassle. It’s transparent process , no need of agent. Just an FYI.
Many mentioned minimum wage but in reality it’s expected more; at least what I’ve been paying.
My home is located in Udonthani; a much larger city (but in a different region) My maid is 500-700 bath per day with free lunch/snacks and drinks. The gardeners are project-by-project pay. Given that my home is situated on a 2 +Rai of land my gardeners get paid as much as over 7,000 per project. Some doubled!
I was unable to find someone that willing to accept the minimum wage.
Every city, country has it own positives and negatives; Thailand is not an exception.
Supporting the above poster regarding the “paradise “ I am a Thai; living in The USA most of my adult life, returned to Thailand for 7 years and now I recently relocated back to The USA.
Luckily I am single, dual citizenship and earning my own income I can go back and forth as I wish.
Read again ; I was granted citizenship about three decades ago. Most importantly; if you can’t refrained from discussing political get out of this post and starting your own. By the way; Religion, politics are the subject that intelligent people do not discuss with a stranger.
There are Thai, a millions at least, trying to get visas to The United States of America. Yes, I will tell you , YOU ARE WRONG to say that everyone ; underline everyone , as your first response, can be in America!!!
Wrong!!! Millions want to be in America but they can’t.. by the way I was granted Americans citizenship over three decades ago. Employment base , if you’re wondering 🙄
One of my Facebook friend, a foreigner , single father and a sole/primary custodian of TWO Thai boy, owing business, pay taxes and living in Thailand for decades, he finally got his Thai ID.