Sounds just like Thailand. Come on, you've been in Asia long enough to know you will always be wrong here. My genuine thoughts will be left for private conversation but we just have to accept we are perhaps more different in outlook and attitude than we care to admit.

In a similar situation , my wife would have killed him before ranting at the police until he was committed to death by hanging!

Take a break mate, hit the tourist areas for a couple of days . At least they smile and are nice as they're taking your cash!

Here we have TiT This is Thailand but I do fight stuff. Marriage Visa here does actually allow you to apply for a work permit lol..but right now, we are really jumping through hoops to stay and need to know which the friendly embassies are that aren't too strict on the rules and especially the financial requirements.