Needed to get a non O visa which I obtained on the basis of having a child who is a Thai national.

 

Documents/proof  required were:

 

Photocopy of birth certificate (childs)

Photocopy of passport main page

Photocopy of laos visa

Passport

2 white background passport photos 

Vientiane application form**

 

At present you cannot print form of their site it is skewed and may be rejected as it is incomplete. When you print it off it misses the bottom field of the page. Will load it up to TV as I have original copies which anyone can then download.

 

Transport:

 

I caught the 17.37 from khon kaen and arrived in nong khai at just before 8pm. 2nd class fan carriage aproximately 140 baht

 

Nong khai train station to Friendship Bridge (border) was a 5 min 40 Baht journey.

 

Caught 20 baht bus over bridge. 5 mins.

 

Got through laos immigration in 10 minutes. 1500 baht for a visa (30 days)

 

Paid 200 baht for taxi to vientiane city centre. 

 

The CONSULATE where I got the visa is on rue boucharine it was easy to locate.

 

I recommend mali namphu hotel

Excellent omelette/breakfast - ìncluded

Fair price £11 agoda

Nice rooms (upgraded me to ground floor)

WiFi was sketchy but they have communal areas which are pleasant.

(Construction was underway on part of hotel for 4-5 hours a day but it was not bad at all)

 

From centre (hotel mentioned) should be no more than a 100 baht fee to the consulate and take 12-18 minutes traffic pending.

 

Got to consulate early shop next door charged 100? Baht for 8 photos. White background. Also supplied the application form for free they say.

 

Declined all other services.

 

Got into consulate 8.30 am I believe it was. App completed within 25 mins.

 

- queues were fairly big. Early is key to getting out early next day for collection. Ticket issue system is same number first day as 2nd day collection. Ticket number 8 first day is ticket number 8 on collection day etc.

 

Chilled for a day. Good spot called sputnik burger in CC. 11-2 lunchtime,  a very decent burger a soft drink and a brownie for about 200 baht. Very nice side of chips. Proper nice chips. No wifi in place though.

 

Next day collection for visa opens 1.30pm. If you were early first day your should not try to be early 2nd day as it uses same ticket number as advised. Just by 1.30pm is fine.

 

Obtained visa and paid 2000 baht and headed to bridge to cross for 100 baht in mini van

 

In thailand by 2.45pm.

 

Expenditure

 

Trains KK to Nong khai x 2 280 baht

Hotels 2 nights 1000 baht

Food 3 days x 1400 baht

Visa laos 1500 baht

Visa non o 2000 baht

Tuk tuk NK to border x 2 - 80 baht

Photographs x 8 but 2 used. 100 baht

Transport while in laos 500 baht

 

Total spent:

6800

 

Time spent

- 48 hours

 

My visa runs to date:

 

HK 

Penang

Vientiane

 

Easiest - vientiane

Quickest - vientiane

Cheapest - vientiane 

 

CURRY - Also widely available in Vientiane 

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12 hours ago, Rc2702 said:

Needed to get a non O visa which I obtained on the basis of having a child who is a Thai national.

 

Documents/proof  required were:

 

Photocopy of birth certificate (childs)

Photocopy of passport main page

Photocopy of laos visa

Passport

2 white background passport photos 

Vientiane application form**

 

Thanks for posting your report. Can you please confirm it was just the childs Thai birth certificate you needed as I have asked at the Thai Embassy in UK (need Thai mothers ID card), and at local immigration here in Thailand (need blue house registration book with childs name on)!  So I was unable to get the non O for having a Thai child. I do have the childs Thai birth cerificate who lives with me but not the Thai mothers ID card or blue book as we are no longer together. Just wondered if it really is as easy as filling out the form, visa copies, photo's and thai  birth certificate? Is that all? No mothers ID or blue book required?

1 hour ago, Freespirit said:

Thanks for posting your report. Can you please confirm it was just the childs Thai birth certificate you needed as I have asked at the Thai Embassy in UK (need Thai mothers ID card), and at local immigration here in Thailand (need blue house registration book with childs name on)!  So I was unable to get the non O for having a Thai child. I do have the childs Thai birth cerificate who lives with me but not the Thai mothers ID card or blue book as we are no longer together. Just wondered if it really is as easy as filling out the form, visa copies, photo's and thai  birth certificate? Is that all? No mothers ID or blue book required?

Hi.

 

Child's thai birth certificate which also has my name on.

 

I took plenty more evidence but all that they wanted was as per my report but I also had with me:

 

Original thai birth certificate child

Original thai ID - gf

Original blue book tabien bahn (tb)

Original yellow book (tb for farang)

Copies of named pages and passport pages of all of the above

Bank book for proof of funds in a Thai bank

 

I also had gf sign the Thai id copy.

 

I took all that evidence just in case. It was my first non O so I was a bit worried. 

 

The general feeling I got in vientiane after purposefully speaking to veterans and youngsters alike was the ease of the process. The experience reflected that.

 

 

 

This is an excellent post. Comprehensive and concise.

Thanks for this very useful and detailed information.

I will be heading there around the second week of May this year and hopefully things will not have changed too much.

Just now, paulsingle said:

This is an excellent post. Comprehensive and concise.

Thanks for this very useful and detailed information.

I will be heading there around the second week of May this year and hopefully things will not have changed too much.

Thanks Paul. I'll be there at some point before then so will post an update at some point. 

Anybody been there recently for a tourist visa?

21 hours ago, phuketlive said:

Anybody been there recently for a tourist visa?

Not Vientiane , but in Savanakhet now , just applied for a tourist visa , I was the only person there and got ticket number 6 at 10 am