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Laos visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 20264 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free18Visa on arrival8eVisa144Visa required28
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

18

Visa on arrival

8

eVisa

144

Visa required

28
Policy history

Official evidence timeline

One group agreement or destination policy can support many passport relationships. Dates are recorded only when an official source establishes them.

  1. Visa-free

    Belarus ordinary passports: visa exemption

    The current MOFA agreement table records Belarus ordinary-passport visa exemption, effective 15 January 2026.

    • The MOFA table identifies Belarus ordinary passports as covered; its row does not state a separate ordinary-passport stay period, so none is inferred here.
    • This is not a work, residence, diplomatic/official-document, border-pass, transit, or admission guarantee; ordinary immigration controls still apply.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Belarus

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR: List of countries having reached unilateral and bilateral visa exemption agreement with Laos
  2. Current official routeVisa-free

    Listed ordinary passports: 30-day visa exemption

    The current MOFA agreement table grants these ordinary passports a 30-day visa-exempt stay.

    • The current MOFA table identifies a 30-day stay for the listed ordinary passports. It does not establish a work or residence entitlement.
    • Entry remains subject to travel-document, port, security, immigration inspection, and other Lao legal requirements. Diplomatic, service, public-affairs, temporary, emergency, and special passports are outside this policy.
    14 passport nationalities covered

    Brunei, Cambodia, North Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, South Korea, Russian Federation, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR: List of countries having reached unilateral and bilateral visa exemption agreement with Laos
  3. Current official routeVisa-free

    Myanmar ordinary passports: 14-day visa exemption

    The current MOFA agreement table grants Myanmar ordinary passports a 14-day visa-exempt stay.

    • The table specifies 14 days for ordinary passports. It does not create a work, residence, special-document, or admission entitlement.
    • Normal immigration inspection and lawful-entry conditions remain applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Myanmar

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR: List of countries having reached unilateral and bilateral visa exemption agreement with Laos
  4. Current official routeVisa-free

    Luxembourg and Swiss ordinary passports: 15-day visa exemption

    The current MOFA table lists a 15-day unilateral ordinary-passport exemption for Luxembourg and Switzerland.

    • The table labels these unilateral ordinary-passport exemptions at 15 days. It does not establish employment, residence, special-document, or transit rights.
    • Admission, security, passport, route, and immigration-inspection requirements still apply.
    2 passport nationalities covered

    Luxembourg, Switzerland

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR: List of countries having reached unilateral and bilateral visa exemption agreement with Laos
  5. Current official routeeVisa

    Live official selector: listed ordinary passports' tourist eVisa

    The current Lao eVisa selector includes these non-exempt ordinary-passport nationalities for the online tourist eVisa route.

    • 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.
    144 passport nationalities covered

    Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoro Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong (SAR China), Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macao (SAR China), North Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Palau Islands, Palestinian Territory, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Kosovo, Romania, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Tajikistan, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Tanzania, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela

    Official sourcesConsular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR: Lao eVisa live country-price selector APIConsular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR: Lao Official Online Visa informationConsular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR: Lao Official Online Visa terms and conditions