FYI Double check if you ONLY need a Thai police clearance. In some cases you will need one from your home country too.

Buy an overnight bus ticket at Arcade busstation in Chiang Mai to Nong Khai (border) Bus drops you at the Nong Khai busstation in the morning. (Some busdrivers are willing to drop you at the borderstation) if not: take Motosai taxi to the border. Cross the border into Laos. Take a minivan to Vientiane Consulate. Arrive there around 9-11 am. Apply for visa. Go back next day afternoon and pick up visa. Then go back the same way. Cheapest and easiest solution.

No problem. Valid ID card or Passport is enough. Done it many times.

The counter is BEFORE the security bit on the second floor in the international departures building. And yes you can buy it there anytime. Bring money and pictures.

@Mark *******

Seems to me this is more an unwritten rule than a law of some kind. Anyway, thanks fo your comments

Well the flight is dirt-cheap so he's taking the risk. His exp.date is actually 5 month and 2 weeks on the day of the return flight. Thank you.

Thai Airways BRU-BKK

Just out of curiosity. If they get married now or later. Does he then get parental rights automatically or does he still have to go trough court?

@Mary *******

That would be a THAI business degree 🤣🤣🤣

Tod Daniels ok gotcha. So my comnent is only correct in that specific case Nicola Strachan Claasen