@Toufic *******

You will need a outbound ticket either way.

If you do not have one you may be denied boarding in Sweden.

The application process for Tourist Visa will tell you if you need outbound ticket when you apply for a Tourist Visa.

If yo are a Swedish Citizen, you apply here

No.

You coming here with a Swedish passport gives you a Visa Exemption of 30 days.

You do not pay for anything on arrival, but you will need to show proof of outbound flight from Thailand within 30 days.

You can extend these 30 days at a Immigration office in Thailand, 1900 for another 30 days. But after this, you need to leave.

If you want 3 months in Thailand, apply for a Tourist Visa ( or Non O for Retirement if you are 50+ and fill the other requirements ) BEFORE you come here.

A normal Tourist Visa gives you 60 days when you arrive, and can be extended with another 30 days for a total of 90 days.

I've had to sign these for a couple of years already.

@Steve ******

The Embassy itself states 2 working days.

And this is the same as my experience in early January this year.

I applied on a tuesday, and got told to pick up my passport with the visa on thursday.

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@Nigel *********

You can.

But you either need to already have 12 months of transfers already into a Thai Bank in your name, OR have a affidavit from your nations Embassy.

A lot of embassies do no longer provide the affidavit.

@Steve ******

It is two working days in Vientiane. Pickup is after noon.

If you apply on a Monday, you go get your passport and visa on the Wednesday after.

If you apply a Thursday or Friday it will be on the following Monday or Tuesday accordingly.

I've gone to Ho Chi Minh before.

Immigration there is slow though, so have enough time to make it through and make it back through checking in to fly back.

@Bart *************

unless the mother and father were married at the time of the childs birth, the father has, by law, absolutely no obligation to support the child. But he also has no rights towards the child.

Everything is up to the mother.

Is it morally great?

No.

But it is the law here in Thailand and there is no consequence to him stopping the pay to the mother. And honestly, if the mother does not let the child go to see the fathers family, I think it is halfway justified.

@Robert ********

yes

@Nigel *************

There's plenty of vans doing the same route throughout the day. Depending on what time you arrive and what time you need there.

Some even go straight to the UT airport.

and look at your options.

if not suitable for you, there is probably a chance to strike a deal with a taxi if they don't want to do a metered ride this far. :)