55k seems a bit extreme, maybe 40k for 90 day O visa + 1 year extension + bank account. But generally same idea. Then allow 15k baht for yearly extension.
there is no crackdown. There is too much social media lol. And who exactly would be ‘cracking down’ on agents??? The same people who get the money. Maybe you hadn’t thought that thru. Business as always. You get a perfectly legal stamp via your agent. Same as always and same as many, many nations