{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"NZ","name":"New Zealand","slug":"new-zealand"},"destination":{"code":"LA","name":"Laos"},"status":"evisa","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-20","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"laos-current-selector-ordinary-passport-tourist-evisa","title":"Live official selector: listed ordinary passports' tourist eVisa","summary":"The current Lao eVisa selector includes these non-exempt ordinary-passport nationalities for the online tourist eVisa route.","status":"evisa","conditions":["The portal blocks selection of its 15 is_except records; they are the older subset of the current MOFA table's ordinary-passport waiver cohort. The three later MOFA waiver codes Belarus, DPR Korea, and Timor-Leste remain visa-free rather than eVisa.","The selector's stay_day field is not used to set waiver terms: for example, its blocked Japan record says 15 while the current MOFA waiver table says 30. The MOFA table controls the exemption policy and duration.","India and Nepal are selector records with watchlist YES. The application code displays a watchlist acknowledgement; neither the endpoint nor the terms publishes a distinct nationality-wide visa outcome, so this policy does not infer one.","Only ordinary passports qualify: temporary, emergency, special, and other passport types do not. The Tourist Visa T-B3 grants 30 days after arrival and the eVisa is valid 60 days after approval; the cited tourist-eVisa material does not establish work, residence, official/diplomatic, border-pass, or transit routes.","Apply online, pay the non-refundable fee, and carry the approval letter. Use only the nine designated eVisa ports; approval does not ensure admission and immigration may refuse for insufficient funds, criminality, prior deportation, prostitution, drug, or terrorist grounds."],"sourceIds":["laos-mofa-live-evisa-selector-api","laos-mofa-evisa-information","laos-mofa-evisa-terms"],"application":{"url":"https://laoevisa.gov.la/apply","label":"Lao Official Online Visa","processingTime":"Usually three working days after completed application and fee; may take longer.","steps":["Select an eligible ordinary passport and complete the online tourist eVisa application.","Upload the required photo and passport bio page, then pay the non-refundable fee.","Download and print the approval letter; present it with the same passport at an eVisa-designated port."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"laos-mofa-live-evisa-selector-api","title":"Lao eVisa live country-price selector API","url":"https://mxf.laoevisa.gov.la/api/v1/component/getCountryPriceCalculator","publisher":"Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR","jurisdiction":"Laos","kind":"official-dataset","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"laos-mofa-evisa-information","title":"Lao Official Online Visa information","url":"https://laoevisa.gov.la/info","publisher":"Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR","jurisdiction":"Laos","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"laos-mofa-evisa-terms","title":"Lao Official Online Visa terms and conditions","url":"https://laoevisa.gov.la/term/","publisher":"Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR","jurisdiction":"Laos","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"}]}