I've seen Thai people living on ฿15k in issan villages, while farangs need much more money to live comfortably, and seem to suggest anything from ฿40k to over ฿100k a month, so what you would spend is anyone's guess 🤔
he said he is on an O-A visa, if I'm not mistaken, you can get 2 years out of that visa, with 1 border bounce, and then you need to do an extension of stay, it's not like he is bouncing in and out regularly for free stamps.
every time someone asks for advice about opening a bank account, you pop up, saying it's impossible!! when it is 100% possible, when you get the assistance of an agent, there are agents in Pattaya that open bank accounts everyday, for people on short term visas, so your advice saying it's impossible is incorrect.
฿7000 what does that include?? Lots of agents in Pattaya do it for ฿3500-฿4000, without buying the banks accident insurance, you just need to also pay the bank for the ATM card, and make a deposit into your newly opened account.
Are you interested in Thai cooking, are you actually going to attend the classes?? Or was it just to obtain the visa?? Because there seems to be cheaper alternatives than ฿40k, I saw a muay Thai gym comment on a post yesterday, saying they have a 6 month course for ฿15,000, they claim to have over 30 successful applicants, none rejected so far for the DTV.