Please see pic of instructions from IO below: if one has a Thai wife, one needs to produce both Koror 2 and 3. For a foreign marriage certificate a Koror 22 has to be obtained at the local district office. My Thai wife and I married locally, so I cannot comment on the Koror 22 because it does not apply to us. Also see the sample pics of Koror 2 front and Koror 3 front and back. This last extension was the 4th one, same docs, updated to reflect we are still married.
In Phuket you need a kor ror 2 (marriage cert, not the one with the color graphics) from local amphur, updated no older than 60 days (it used to be 6 months). YMMV.
You can get all that done, and even more, but it takes some funding. Most of us are short on cash but rich on free time, so we do it ourselves and save a penny or two. Otherwise, we would just pay and get it done, no joke... who wants to work?
ah, ok. I listed a generic run of the mill example. My bad.
So we subtract the rent, food, transportation, and utilities from the min wage,
10,800 - 8,900 = 1,900 THB, <$55...
Thank you for the observation. It looks like a great deal to have live-in assistace. I'll propose this to my next door neighbor but with the generous offer of three times 1,900, or 6k THB.