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Laos visa requirements in 2026

What Laos's border demands, by nationality — 171 of the 202 nationalities we track can enter without a visa arranged in advance. Pick your passport below for your exact rules, fees and documents.

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Entry rules for everyone

These apply whichever passport you carry and however you enter.

Passport validity more than 180 days from the date of arrival

Who can enter Laos

Fiji — Visa On ArrivalTanzania, United Republic of — Visa On ArrivalWestern SaharaCanada — Visa On ArrivalUnited States — Visa On ArrivalKazakhstan — Visa On ArrivalUzbekistan — Visa On ArrivalPapua New Guinea — Visa On ArrivalIndonesia — Visa Not RequiredArgentina — Visa On ArrivalChile — Visa On ArrivalCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — Embassy VisaSomalia — Visa On ArrivalKenya — Visa On ArrivalSudan — Visa On ArrivalChad — Visa On ArrivalHaiti — Visa On ArrivalDominican Republic — Visa On ArrivalRussian Federation — Visa Not RequiredBahamas — Visa On ArrivalFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Norway — Visa Not RequiredGreenland — Visa On ArrivalFrench Southern Territories — Visa On ArrivalTimor-Leste — Visa Not RequiredSouth Africa — Visa On ArrivalLesotho — Embassy VisaMexico — Visa On ArrivalUruguay — Visa On ArrivalBrazil — Visa On ArrivalBolivia, Plurinational State of — Visa On ArrivalPeru — Visa On ArrivalColombia — Visa On ArrivalPanama — Visa On ArrivalCosta Rica — Visa On ArrivalNicaragua — Visa On ArrivalHonduras — Visa On ArrivalEl Salvador — Visa On ArrivalGuatemala — Visa On ArrivalBelize — Visa On ArrivalVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — Visa On ArrivalGuyana — Visa On ArrivalSuriname — Embassy VisaFrance — Visa On ArrivalEcuador — Visa On ArrivalPuerto RicoJamaica — Visa On ArrivalCuba — Visa On ArrivalZimbabwe — Embassy VisaBotswana — Visa On ArrivalNamibia — Visa On ArrivalSenegal — Embassy VisaMali — Visa On ArrivalMauritania — Visa On ArrivalBenin — Visa On ArrivalNiger — Embassy VisaNigeria — Embassy VisaCameroon — Embassy VisaTogo — Visa On ArrivalGhana — Embassy VisaCôte d'Ivoire — Embassy VisaGuinea — Visa On ArrivalGuinea-Bissau — Embassy VisaLiberia — Embassy VisaSierra Leone — Embassy VisaBurkina Faso — Visa On ArrivalCentral African Republic — Visa On ArrivalCongo — Embassy VisaGabon — Visa On ArrivalEquatorial Guinea — Visa On ArrivalZambia — Embassy VisaMalawi — Visa On ArrivalMozambique — Embassy VisaEswatini — Embassy VisaAngola — Visa On ArrivalBurundi — Embassy VisaIsrael — Visa On ArrivalLebanon — Embassy VisaMadagascar — Visa On ArrivalPalestine, State of — Visa On ArrivalGambia — Visa On ArrivalTunisia — Visa On ArrivalAlgeria — Embassy VisaJordan — Embassy VisaUnited Arab Emirates — Visa On ArrivalQatar — Visa On ArrivalKuwait — Visa On ArrivalIraq — Embassy VisaOman — Visa On ArrivalVanuatu — Visa On ArrivalCambodia — Visa Not RequiredThailand — Visa Not RequiredLao People's Democratic RepublicMyanmar — Visa Not RequiredViet Nam — Visa Not RequiredKorea, Democratic People's Republic of — Visa On ArrivalKorea, Republic of — Visa Not RequiredMongolia — Visa Not RequiredIndia — Visa On ArrivalBangladesh — Embassy VisaBhutan — Visa On ArrivalNepal — Visa On ArrivalPakistan — Embassy VisaAfghanistan — Embassy VisaTajikistan — Visa On ArrivalKyrgyzstan — Visa On ArrivalTurkmenistan — Visa On ArrivalIran, Islamic Republic of — Embassy VisaSyrian Arab Republic — Embassy VisaArmenia — Visa On ArrivalSweden — Visa On ArrivalBelarus — Visa On ArrivalUkraine — Visa On ArrivalPoland — Visa On ArrivalAustria — Visa On ArrivalHungary — Visa On ArrivalMoldova, Republic of — Visa On ArrivalRomania — Visa On ArrivalLithuania — Visa On ArrivalLatvia — Visa On ArrivalEstonia — Visa On ArrivalGermany — Visa On ArrivalBulgaria — Visa On ArrivalGreece — Visa On ArrivalTürkiye — Visa On ArrivalAlbania — Visa On ArrivalCroatia — Visa On ArrivalSwitzerland — Visa Not RequiredLuxembourg — Visa Not RequiredBelgium — Visa Not RequiredNetherlands — Visa On ArrivalPortugal — Visa On ArrivalSpain — Visa On ArrivalIreland — Visa On ArrivalNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands — Visa On ArrivalNew Zealand — Visa On ArrivalAustralia — Visa On ArrivalSri Lanka — Visa On ArrivalChina — Visa On ArrivalTaiwan, Province of China — Visa On ArrivalItaly — Visa On ArrivalDenmark — Visa On ArrivalUnited Kingdom — Visa On ArrivalIceland — Visa On ArrivalAzerbaijan — Visa On ArrivalGeorgia — Visa On ArrivalPhilippines — Visa Not RequiredMalaysia — Visa Not RequiredBrunei Darussalam — Visa Not RequiredSlovenia — Visa On ArrivalFinland — Visa Not RequiredSlovakia — Visa On ArrivalCzechia — Visa On ArrivalEritrea — Visa On ArrivalJapan — Visa Not RequiredParaguay — Visa On ArrivalYemen — Visa On ArrivalSaudi Arabia — Visa On ArrivalCyprus — Visa On ArrivalMorocco — Visa On ArrivalEgypt — Visa On ArrivalLibya — Embassy VisaEthiopia — Visa On ArrivalDjibouti — Visa On ArrivalUganda — Visa On ArrivalRwanda — Visa On ArrivalBosnia and Herzegovina — Visa On ArrivalNorth Macedonia — Visa On ArrivalSerbia — Visa On ArrivalMontenegro — Visa On ArrivalTrinidad and Tobago — Visa On ArrivalSouth Sudan — Embassy Visa
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Belgium
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Finland
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar
Norway
Philippines
Russian Federation
Singapore
Switzerland
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Viet Nam
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Albania
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Fiji
France
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
North Macedonia
Oman
Palau
Palestine, State of
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Seychelles
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Sweden
Taiwan, Province of China
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Türkiye
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Yemen
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Albania
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Fiji
France
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
North Macedonia
Oman
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Seychelles
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan, Province of China
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Türkiye
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Yemen
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Afghanistan
Algeria
Bangladesh
Burundi
Cameroon
Congo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Côte d'Ivoire
Eswatini
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Mozambique
Nauru
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
Tonga
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Compiled from official government sources and kept under continuous re-verification. Entry rules can change at short notice — always confirm with the official source before you travel.