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Originally Posted by Latino4life
I called the thai consulate in Gothenburg yesterday to ask how long my passport needs to be valid after I enter the country since it expires in July next year... I don't know if I made a mistake by asking the lady "do you speak swedish by any chance" coz she immediately changed her tone of voice and after assuring me that the pasport only needs to be valid 6 months after entering the country (Ok for me in other words) I happen to (just in case) ask if I need a visa and she asked me from where I'm and as soon as I answered she said "eeh yes, you need visa"  Before calling thou I checked with the Thai embassy in Sweden website and it sayd in bold type that I can enjoy a visa free entry for 90 days...  Anyhow she told me I need a passport photo and 100 SEK  Today I checked another thai embassy website (in Washington) and it said the same, I can enter without visa and stay 90 days... I called the cansulate again to ask if I need to make an appointment or just drop in and she told me that I can drop in at any time between 10-12... But what made me wonder was that today the price had gone up and the fee is now 200 SEK  5555555, so I decided to get a second opinion and I called the embassy it self and a guy told me the same as the site says, that I don't need any and that I can stay for 90 days...
I'm still trying to figure what's the deal here, if she's simply "guessing things" or if we got things wrong at the beginning and she misundetood me and heard me saying "chinese citizen" coz it sounds alike hahaha  In any case I may go there tomorrow and take the day off to talk to her in person and sort this out...  |
Save yourself the time, you misread the site
http://www.thaiembassy.se/visa.htm#Where%20to%20Apply
It states quite clearly "
List of passport holders from 39 countries that do not require a visa when entering Thailand for tourism purposes if their stay in the Kingdom does not exceed 30 days:" and underneath number 33 in the list of countries is Sweden.
I think you read this by mistake "
Chilean citizens enjoy visa free entry for 90 days." Which is written just above.
Of course, all this assumes that you have a Swedish passport, because if you don't them none of this applies in this instance.