Re: As new as they get.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:59 am
Congrats! 
The two sides of Swedish law.
Talking with the Swedish Embassy in Bangkok about passport for Timothy. And as he become Swedish automatically by birth, it should not be a problem........ But, I had to fill in some papers, send them to Sweden, wait 2 months for them to return, go back to the Embassy, do the application for the passport and wait a week. Go back to the Embassy and pick up the passport.
That was not so bad......2 and a half month, 1200Km back and forth to Bangkok......
I thought it has to be a easier way, in my opinion this is not automatic.
So, I asked, as the kid are 50/50 Swedish/Thai, If we choose a Thai passport and go to the Embassy and get a VISA to Sweden?
"Nopp, as he is Swedish, he can't have a VISA to Sweden".
So, he is not Swedish enough to get a passport and he can't get a VISA because he is Swedish ????
So I called the Swedish passport/border control and asked. He said: "Do you all come together"? And I said: "Yes".
"Nae...... it don't looks good if we send back the kid"....."so no problem".
We made a Thai passport (4 days with home delivery). Bought tickets and started our way back to Sweden.
And it didn't start so good. At Bangkok airport they took me a side, and asked: "Where do you have the adoption papers"?
After a couple of minutes explain that I was the biological father and showing them the birth certificate and my wife, they said: "Sorry sir".
In Doha/Qatar they asked in a rude way for the VISA for the kid. That ended with a phone call to the Swedish passport/border control, and he said: "Get me the guy on the phone". Then the guy started: "Yes,sir.....sorry,sir......sorry,sir" and gave me the papers back and said everything was in order.
At Arlanda airport the passport control girl asked her boss: "This kid have no VISA"? and he said: "Can you see a connection between the family members"?
"Yes, of course".
"Then, Welcome home"
Thanks to them we are home, but the 2 months little guy is still a Swedish illegal alien in Sweden (for a few more days).
