@Ben *********

yup, I say the exact same thing all the time. I have to think a lot of it is not really something that is taken seriously, it's just going through the motions and song and dance. Kind of like Christians that go to church on Sunday and don't act christian the rest of the week. Because honestly, I don't often see a lot of introspection and self discipline....

@Ben *********

keeping up with the jones wanting the newest thing is nothing unique to Thailand.

@Jon *******

I just noticed this one too

@Phil *****

I noticed this too, before Australian beef would have only been say, the higher end markets like Tops..

@Phil *****

I feel like you could definitely get it, but now at like local night markets, I see it all the time, I also have seen a few markets where they are selling whole salmon. Now, I live in the sticks, so maybe the trend was slow to start here, but until recently, the only time id encounter salmon was in Makro...

@Paul *****

That is something I cannot comment on, as I have never had clients that were retired. Part of me thinks it could work in her favor, but then they might potentially think that because she is no longer working, she has no "Ties" back to Thailand that would necessarily draw her back. But, the more you show the officer, house registration etc, the higher her chance of passing is.

@Sarah *****

part of my job is helping Thai people fill out and file applications for visas to the US and Europe, as well as UK and this is strictly from personal experience.

@Sarah *****

generally jobs that are obtained because the worker has some level of higher education. The word "stable" probably should have been used, as I don't think there such such thing as a "bad" job...These could include government workers, Doctors, nurses, teachers, people in IT, business owners etc. They probably are not going to give people that have a stall at the market, a tourist visa. I am not saying that the job is less worthy, but these are the criteria in which immigration officials base their decision off..but the point really is, it's not my place to decide what is considered a "good job" or not, but the aforementioned jobs, are the ones that will probably be granted a visitors visa...

@Sarah *****

, I think that a subjective criteria that will be decided and defined by the immigration official processing your application...

@Paul *****

they have good jobs. Thais are notorious for overstaying their visas (at least in the US, same with Filipinos), its basically impossible for a single Thai woman to get a tourist visa and if they don't have a very good job, forget it.