Enough pages in my passport?

[ryanhull]

Hi all,

 

Sorry to ask a question thats probably been asked a zillion times,

 

I did search a bit but found one person say 1 page is ok and another said you need 4 pages so im not sure,

 

I need to go to Laos in 10 days and get a tourist 60 day visa, I only have 3 pages free in my passport to do so, is this going to be a problem? I really dont want to be stuck in Laos over christmas as I want to be back for my sons first real christmas dinner! do we know what the exact amount of free pages you MUST have to obtain a visa in Laos? surely its just 1? and then you need 1 obviously to leave Thailand/Enter the UK?

 

Starting to get close to the date now so I was just hoping one of you scholars could set me right,

 

Cheers in advance

[lamyai3]

Never heard about the spare four pages thing, so I'd think you should be fine. Thai visa from Laos takes up a full page, Thailand entry and exit stamp an additional third of a page (so only one free page left would be insufficient). You could probably manage this procedure twice with three empty pages, including 30 day extension stamps, but definitely get a new (48 page) passport at soon as you're back in the UK. 

[Rc2702]

1 visa for laos - 1 page

1 visa for TR visa - 1 page

1 stamp page - maybe 1 page

 

Not sure about minimums.

 

You could get a 90 day non o from Laos and extend that an additional 60 in Thailand. Based on being a non married parent to Thai child.

 

 

[steve187]

55 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

You could get a 90 day non o from Laos and extend that an additional 60 in Thailand. Based on being a non married parent to Thai child.

would be better than a tourist visa, 3 pages is plenty

 

[lamyai3]

8 hours ago, Rc2702 said:

1 visa for laos - 1 page

1 visa for TR visa - 1 page

1 stamp page - maybe 1 page

Oh yes, forgot about the Laos visa! Anyway three is enough. 

[sandyf]

9 hours ago, Rc2702 said:

1 visa for laos - 1 page

1 visa for TR visa - 1 page

1 stamp page - maybe 1 page

 

Not sure about minimums.

 

You could get a 90 day non o from Laos and extend that an additional 60 in Thailand. Based on being a non married parent to Thai child.

 

 

There is no minimum, other than what is physically required.

I went to Malaysia once with about two thirds of a page, unlike the previous visit the Malaysians went and put a small sticker in the middle of the spare space. When I came back into Thailand the IO was pushed to find room for the entry stamp but nothing was said.

[AaronC76]

To be clear a page consists of 2 sides, you will need 3 sides.

Laos visa is 1 side

Tourist visa is 1 side

and the stamps in and out will need to be on another side

[ouagadougou]

Out of interest....

 

Some countries require 2 blank pages to process a visa.  I almost had an issue 2 years ago with Vietnam.  Had to apply for a new passport in BKK before applying for a Vietnamese visa in Lao.

[sanemax]

I do recall a poster saying that they wouldnt let him leave Thailand because he only has 3 pages left in his PP , saying that Laos wouldnt issue him with a Thai visa with just a page and a half remaining .

  Worse case scenario , you could find yourself stuck either in Thailand or Laos and having to quickly get a flight back to the UK to get a new PP , as you wouldnt be able to get a new one in Laos (because you have no permanent address there ) and you would have to go on overstay if you applied in Thailand .

   For all the potential problems , I would have applied for new PP from BKK a few weeks ago , 

[jimmjam]

you need a page for the laos visa, a page for the tourist visa and a page for the 4 stamps from thaland and laos, I did this the a few months ago with 4 pages left. so you should be fine. the immigration officers actually stamped in spaces on previous pages. so I wouldn't worry too much. when you return get a new passport as soon as possible.