>>974906
> avoid falling for a thai girl and getting your wallet/savings drained.
That's what their prostitutes do. If you avoid the tourist areas and stick to good areas that are still friendly to foreigners you can find good ones.
It's still possible to get UP it's just a bit difficult. You have to have 0-2 rated working hours that is permanent and basically the process is like re applying for DSP so you can actually lose your DSP.
There is a documented process on it on https://dspoverseas.proboards.com/