I hold a 12 month Non Immigrant 'O' visa, normally when in Bangkok i'll do a border run with one of the organized mobs to cambodia, but this time I will be up around Udon Thani, so I am looking for advice from anybody who has had their visa re-stamped by driving over the bridge at Nong Khai into Laos.

I do not want to pay to jump in a minibus and do this, I would prefer to just drive my car across the bridge go through immigration and come back, but if anybody has any good advice about the experience (or an alternative location if Nong Khai is a nightmare for any reason) , it would be most welcome.

Thanks for reading and responding to this message.

Cheers, J.

This doesn't exactly answer your question but I post it as a bit of info for you. If for some reason you find that you can't drive your car across the bridge then their is a secure parking area located on the right side of the road about 150 meters before you get to the immigration area. We left our car there last July when we visited Vientiane for several days. I think the chagrge was B 70 per day. You might want to consider leaving your car there and visiting Vientiane for the day.

Thanks for that,

what about your experience of immigration into/out of Laos?

Cheers, J.

This doesn't exactly answer your question but I post it as a bit of info for you. If for some reason you find that you can't drive your car across the bridge then their is a secure parking area located on the right side of the road about 150 meters before you get to the immigration area. We left our car there last July when we visited Vientiane for several days. I think the chagrge was B 70 per day. You might want to consider leaving your car there and visiting Vientiane for the day.

I hold a 12 month Non Immigrant 'O' visa, normally when in Bangkok i'll do a border run with one of the organized mobs to cambodia, but this time I will be up around Udon Thani, so I am looking for advice from anybody who has had their visa re-stamped by driving over the bridge at Nong Khai into Laos.

I do not want to pay to jump in a minibus and do this, I would prefer to just drive my car across the bridge go through immigration and come back, but if anybody has any good advice about the experience (or an alternative location if Nong Khai is a nightmare for any reason) , it would be most welcome.

Thanks for reading and responding to this message.

Cheers, J.

You have to go to the Transport Office in NongKhai,with your diver licence and the car book,they'll give you a purple booklet with the information about the car, the owner,and two sticker,T for Thailand to apply on the car,validity one year,renevable.

The cost is about 250 Baht,if you go in the morning,it will be ready in the afternoon.

On the Lao side they will stamp your Passport and the car book too,cost about 260 Baht for 1 person.

It is advisable to make a short car insurance with a Lao company,cost for a week about 220 Baht.

Now you can cross the border by car on the bridge in Mukdahan too.

Hope it heps.