Visa policy of Laos

Lao visa

Visitors to Laos must obtain a visa from one of the Laotian diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries or qualify for visa on arrival. All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months.

Visa policy map

Visa policy of Laos

Visa exemption

Citizens of the following 15 countries can visit Laos without a visa (allowed length of stay in days is shown in parentheses):

Brunei (14)
Cambodia (30)
Indonesia (30)
Japan (15)
Luxembourg (15)
Malaysia (30)
Mongolia (30)
Myanmar (14)

Philippines (30)
Russia (15)
Singapore (30)
South Korea (15)
Switzerland (15)
Thailand (30)
Vietnam (30)

Additionally, only holders of diplomatic or official passports of Japan, Serbia and South Korea do not require a visa to visit Laos for 90 days, only holders of diplomatic or official passports of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Myanmar, North Korea, Poland, Russia, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan do not require a visa to visit Laos for 30 days and only holders of diplomatic or official passports of Indonesia do not require a visa to visit Laos for 14 days.

Visa on arrival

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Map of entry points with Visa on Arrival facility

Visitors of other nationalities may obtain a visa on arrival valid for 30 days for US$30 (extendable once) if arriving at one of the following airports:^[1]

Visa is obtainable at following bridges:

Visa is obtainable at following border crossings:

Boten-Mohan
Dansavan-Lao Bảo
Houaysay-Chiang Khong
Thakhek-Nakhon Phanom
Nong Haet-Nam Kan
Nam Phao-Kao Cheo
Veun Kham-Dong Calor
Vangtao-Chong Mek

Visa can also be obtained on arrival at the Thanaleng Railway Station in Vientiane.

Those who have obtained the visa at a Lao embassy can also cross at Napao-Chalo, Taichang-Tây Trang, Pakxan-Bueng Kan and Xieng Kok.^[2]

Nationals of the following countries can obtain a visa on arrival for US$30 only if they traveling on an officil visit and holding an official letter of guarantee issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Laos:^[3]

Statistics

Most visitors arriving to Laos on short term basis were from the following countries of nationality:

Rank	Country	2013 ^[4]	2012 ^[5]	2011
1	Thailand	2,059,434	1,937,612	1,579,941
2	Vietnam	910,164	705,596	561,586
3	China	245,033	199,857	150,791
4	South Korea	81,799	53,829	34,707
5	United States	61,608	53,380	50,092
6	France	52,411	46,903	44,399
7	Japan	48,644	42,026	37,883
8	United Kingdom	41,741	35,964	35,622
9	Australia	35,441	33,878	31,874
10	Germany	29,250	23,417	21,280

References

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↑ Laos
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↑ "Lao PDR tourism up 13%". Retrieved 11 June 2015.
↑ "Overlanders boost Lao travel". Retrieved 11 June 2015.

Central	Angola Cameroon Central African Republic Chad DR Congo R Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Sao Tome and Principe

Eastern	Burundi Comoros Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Rwanda Seychelles Somalia South Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Northern	Algeria Egypt⁸ Libya Morocco Sudan Tunisia

Southern	Botswana Lesotho Namibia Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha¹ South Africa Swaziland

Western	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

Americas

Caribbean	Dutch Caribbean Aruba Caribbean Netherlands Curaçao Sint Maarten Anguilla¹ Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands¹ Cayman Islands¹ Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Haiti Jamaica Montserrat¹ Puerto Rico¹¹ St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹

Central	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

North	Bermuda¹ Canada Mexico United States

South	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Falkland Islands¹ Guyana Paraguay Peru South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands¹ Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Asia

Central & North	Afghanistan Kazakhstan⁶ Kyrgyzstan Russia³ Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

East	China Hong Kong Macau Japan North Korea South Korea Mongolia Taiwan (Republic of China)¹⁰

South	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

Southeast	Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

Western	Abkhazia⁵¹⁰ Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ⁷ Armenia⁷ Azerbaijan⁵ Bahrain Cyprus⁷ Egypt⁸ Georgia⁵ Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ¹⁰ Northern Cyprus⁷ ¹⁰ Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia South Ossetia⁵ Syria Turkey⁴ United Arab Emirates Yemen

Europe

European Union/EFTA	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Cyprus⁷ Denmark Estonia Finland France Overseas Germany Gibraltar¹ Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Overseas

Other Europe	Abkhazia⁵ ¹⁰ Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ⁷ Albania Andorra Armenia⁷ Azerbaijan⁵ Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia⁵ Kazakhstan⁶ Kosovo¹⁰ Macedonia Moldova Monaco ² Montenegro Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ¹⁰ Northern Cyprus⁷ ¹⁰ Russia³ San Marino ² Serbia South Ossetia⁵ ¹⁰ Transnistria¹⁰ Turkey⁴ Ukraine Vatican City ²

Oceania

¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Open border with Schengen Area. ³ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. ⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ⁵ Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁶ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. ⁷ Armenia and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus; Akrotiri and Dhekelia) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. ⁸ Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and the Middle East. Has part of its territory in the Middle East called Sinai peninsula. ⁹ Part of the Realm of New Zealand. ¹⁰ Partially recognized. ¹¹ Unincorporated territory of the United States.

Visa requirements

Africa

Central	Angolan Cameroonian Central African Republic Chadian DR Congo R Congo Equatorial Guinean Gabonese Santomean

Eastern	Burundian Comorian Djibouti Eritrean Ethiopian Kenyan Malagasy Malawian Mauritian Mozambican Rwandan Seychellois Somali South Sudanese Tanzanian Ugandan Zambian Zimbabwean

Northern	Algerian Egyptian⁸ Libyan Moroccan Sudanese Tunisian

Southern	Botswana Lesotho Namibian Saint Helena¹ South African Swazi

Western	Beninese Burkinabe Cape Verdean Gambian Ghanaian Guinean Guinea-Bissauan Ivorian Liberian Malian Mauritanian Nigerian Nigerien Senegalese Sierra Leonean Togolese

Americas

Caribbean	Anguillan¹ Antigua and Barbuda Bahamian Barbadian British Virgin Islands¹ Caymanian¹ Cuban Dominica Dominican Republic Grenadian Haitian Jamaican Montserratian¹ Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucian Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹

Central	Belizean Costa Rican El Salvador Guatemalan Honduran Nicaraguan Panamanian

North	Bermudian¹ Canadian Mexican United States

South	Argentine Bolivian Brazilian Chilean Colombian Ecuadorian Guyanese Paraguayan Peruvian Surinamese Uruguayan Venezuelan

Asia

Central & North	Afghan Kazakhstani⁶ Kyrgyzstani Russian³ Tajik Turkmen Uzbekistani

East	Chinese Hong Konger Macanese Japanese North Korean South Korean Mongolian Taiwanese⁹

South	Bangladeshi Bhutanese Indian Maldivian Nepalese Pakistani Sri Lankan

Southeast	Bruneian Cambodian East Timorese Filipino Indonesian Laotian Malaysian Myanmar Singaporean Thai Vietnamese

Western	Abkhaz⁵ ⁹ Armenian⁷ Azerbaijani⁵ Bahraini Cypriot⁷ Egyptian⁸ Georgian⁵ Emirati Iranian Iraqi Israeli Jordanian Kuwaiti Lebanese Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ⁹ Northern Cypriot⁷ ⁹ Omani Palestinian⁵ Qatari Saudi South Ossetian⁵ ⁹ Syrian Turkish⁴ Yemeni

Europe

European Union	Austrian Belgian British (BOTC · BN(O) · BOC) Bulgarian Croatian Cypriot⁷ Czech Danish Dutch Estonian (Non-citizens) Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Irish Italian Latvian (Non-citizens) Lithuanian Luxembourg Maltese Polish Portuguese Romanian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish

Other Europe	Abkhaz⁵ ⁹ Albanian Andorran² Armenian⁷ Azerbaijani⁵ Belarusian Bosnian and Herzegovinian Georgian⁵ Gibraltar¹ Icelandic² Kazakhstani⁶ Kosovan⁹ Liechtenstein² Macedonia Moldovan Monégasque² Montenegrin Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ⁹ Northern Cypriot⁷ ⁹ Norwegian² Russian³ San Marino² Serbian South Ossetian⁵ ⁹ Sovereign Military Order of Malta Swiss Transnistrian⁹ Turkish⁴ Ukrainian Vatican City²

Oceania

¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Open border with Schengen Area. ³ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia. ⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ⁵ Azerbaijan and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁶ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. ⁷ Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. ⁸ Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and the Middle East. Has a small part of its territory in the Middle East called Sinai peninsula. ⁹ Partially recognized.

Immigration law

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Visa policy of Laos

Visa policy map

Visa exemption

Visa on arrival

Statistics

References

See also