Have your parents write you a rental agreement. It's pretty easy to do.

The time it takes in different countries changes weekly. What was fast last week could be the slowest this week. No matter how slow it is the best place to apply is in your passport country.

You can qualify, as most people do, by working remotely for different companies in different countries. It doesn't need to be your company in your country.

Anonymous participant there is the single entry tourist visa, but now with your warning it is no guarantee you will be let into the country.

You can only get the METV in your passport country, or where you have

formal residency, in writing.

You have been identified as someone trying to stay long term in Thailand on tourist entries. That is in the computer system now. Remember that buying a tourist visa instead of using a visa exempt entry does not guarantee you will be let into the country. Chances are very good that if you try to enter again as a tourist, whether you buy a 60 day tourist visa, or not, you will be refused entry. They warned you, and their computer system is excellent.

Put french state department. That signifies it was issued outside of France, and should basically say that on where it was issued.

Currently there are no requirements that you even attend the courses you signed up for. This will change in the future, as the abuse is identified, but it won't affect you for five years, unless you decide to extend the 180 day entry inside Thailand.

If you extend it inside Thailand you will need to provide all the original documents you used to get it, and they need to be updated, including your courses.

Three months minimum as of now, and as more abuse is recognized it will progress to 6 months minimum in the near future, as has happened at other Thai embassies/consulates. The required times change monthly.