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Laos visa requirements by passport
Visa rules for Laos for 193 passports: 19 can visit visa-free, 148 can get an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival and 26 must apply in person or give biometrics.
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19
Visa-free
8
Visa on arrival
3
Pre-approval + VOA
137
eVisa
26
Embassy / VFS
Visa-free
No visa needed — just goVisa on arrival
Get your visa at the borderPre-approval + VOA
Approve online, collect at arrivaleVisa
Fully online — no office visit- Albania30 days
- Andorra30 days
- Angola30 days
- Antigua and Barbuda30 days
- Argentina30 days
- Armenia30 days
- Australia30 days
- Austria30 days
- Azerbaijan30 days
- Bahamas30 days
- Bahrain30 days
- Barbados30 days
- Belarus30 days
- Belize30 days
- Benin30 days
- Bhutan30 days
- Bolivia30 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina30 days
- Botswana30 days
- Brazil30 days
- Bulgaria30 days
- Burkina Faso30 days
- Cape Verde30 days
- Central African Republic30 days
- Chad30 days
- Colombia30 days
- Comoros30 days
- Costa Rica30 days
- Croatia30 days
- Cuba30 days
- Cyprus30 days
- Czech Republic30 days
- Denmark30 days
- Djibouti30 days
- Dominica30 days
- Dominican Republic30 days
- Ecuador30 days
- Egypt30 days
- El Salvador30 days
- Equatorial Guinea30 days
- Eritrea30 days
- Estonia30 days
- Ethiopia30 days
- Fiji30 days
- Gabon30 days
- Gambia30 days
- Georgia30 days
- Greece30 days
- Grenada30 days
- Guatemala30 days
- Guinea30 days
- Guyana30 days
- Haiti30 days
- Honduras30 days
- Hungary30 days
- Iceland30 days
- India30 days
- Ireland30 days
- Israel30 days
- Jamaica30 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kenya30 days
- Kiribati30 days
- Kosovo30 days
- Kuwait30 days
- Kyrgyzstan30 days
- Latvia30 days
- Liechtenstein30 days
- Lithuania30 days
- Macau30 days
- Madagascar30 days
- Malawi30 days
- Maldives30 days
- Mali30 days
- Malta30 days
- Marshall Islands30 days
- Mauritania30 days
- Mauritius30 days
- Mexico30 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Moldova30 days
- Monaco30 days
- Montenegro30 days
- Morocco30 days
- Namibia30 days
- Nepal30 days
- Netherlands30 days
- New Zealand30 days
- Nicaragua30 days
- North Korea30 days
- North Macedonia30 days
- Oman30 days
- Palau30 days
- Palestine30 days
- Panama30 days
- Papua New Guinea30 days
- Paraguay30 days
- Peru30 days
- Poland30 days
- Portugal30 days
- Qatar30 days
- Romania30 days
- Rwanda30 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis30 days
- Saint Lucia30 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines30 days
- Samoa30 days
- San Marino30 days
- São Tomé and Príncipe30 days
- Saudi Arabia30 days
- Serbia30 days
- Seychelles30 days
- Slovakia30 days
- Slovenia30 days
- Solomon Islands30 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Africa30 days
- Spain30 days
- Sri Lanka30 days
- Sudan30 days
- Sweden30 days
- Taiwan30 days
- Tajikistan30 days
- Tanzania30 days
- Togo30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago30 days
- Tunisia30 days
- Türkiye30 days
- Turkmenistan30 days
- Tuvalu30 days
- Uganda30 days
- Ukraine30 days
- Uruguay30 days
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Vanuatu30 days
- Venezuela30 days
- Yemen30 days
Embassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa center- Afghanistan
- Algeria30 days
- Bangladesh30 days
- Burundi30 days
- Cameroon
- Côte d'Ivoire30 days
- Guinea-Bissau30 days
- Iran30 days
- Iraq30 days
- Jordan
- Lesotho
- Liberia30 days
- Libya30 days
- Mozambique30 days
- Nauru30 days
- Niger
- Nigeria30 days
- Pakistan30 days
- Republic of the Congo30 days
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria30 days
- Tonga30 days
- Zambia30 days
- Zimbabwe30 days
What the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- Visa on arrivalGet your visa at the border
- Pre-approval + VOAApprove online, collect at arrival
- eVisaFully online — no office visit
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
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