South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern AsiaLaos visa requirements
Travellers from 167 of 198 countries can visit Laos easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Laos
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed21 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival146 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- Visa needed31 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Laos visa
- Tourist entry7 optionsYour passport determines whether you can visit without a visa, apply online, get a visa on arrival, or need a visa before travel.
- Laos e-Visa1 optionsThe e-Visa is an online visa. It is valid for 180 days from issue and allows a stay of up to 30 days.
- Visa on arrival2 optionsEligible travellers can get a visa when they arrive in Laos. It allows a 30-day stay, with extensions available up to 180 days.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe15 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- CambodiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe15 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia14 days
- IndonesiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe15 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MyanmarVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe15 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe15 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- VietnamVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- AndorraVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- AngolaVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- ArgentinaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- ArmeniaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- AustraliaVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- AustriaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- AzerbaijanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- BahamasVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- BarbadosVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- BelizeVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- BeninVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- BhutanVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- BotswanaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- BrazilVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- BulgariaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- Burkina FasoVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- CanadaVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Central African RepublicVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- ChadVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- ChileVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- ChinaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- ColombiaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Costa RicaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- CroatiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- CubaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- CyprusVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- Czech RepublicVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- DenmarkVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- DjiboutiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- DominicaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- EcuadorVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- El SalvadorVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- Equatorial GuineaVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- EritreaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- EstoniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- FijiVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- FranceVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- GabonVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- GambiaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- GeorgiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- GermanyVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- GreeceVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- GrenadaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- GuatemalaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- GuineaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- GuyanaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- HaitiVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- HondurasVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- HungaryVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- IcelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- IndiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- IrelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- IsraelVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- ItalyVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- JamaicaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- KazakhstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- KenyaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- KiribatiVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- KosovoVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- KuwaitVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- LatviaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- LiechtensteinVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- LithuaniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MaliVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- MaltaVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- MauritaniaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MexicoVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- MicronesiaVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- MoldovaVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- MonacoVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- MontenegroVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- MoroccoVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- NetherlandsVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- New ZealandVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- NicaraguaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- North KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- North MacedoniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- OmanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- PalestineVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- PanamaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- ParaguayVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- PeruVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- PolandVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- PortugalVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- QatarVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- RomaniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- San MarinoVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- SerbiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- SlovakiaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- SloveniaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- SomaliaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- South AfricaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- SpainVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- SudanVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- SwedenVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe15 days
- TaiwanVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- TajikistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- TogoVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- TunisiaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- TürkiyeVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- TurkmenistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- UgandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- UkraineVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- United KingdomVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- United StatesVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- UruguayVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- UzbekistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatuVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- Vatican CityVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- VenezuelaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- YemenVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BurundiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CameroonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Ivory CoastVisa requiredWestern Africa
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- SurinameVisa requiredSouth America
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- ZambiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe46 of 46 countries
- Americas34 of 35 countries
- Oceania12 of 14 countries
- Asia41 of 49 countries
- Africa34 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Laos without a visa?
167 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Laos?
Visa on arrival: it applies to 146 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Laos?
31 passports, including Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, DR Congo Iran, and 26 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Laos?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Laos?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Laos?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Laos?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Laos?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Laos?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Laos?
Europe: 46 of 46 passports enter without applying first.
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