Most Laos land border crossing points now closed

[theVenerable]

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2020/03/16/laos-orders-shutdown-of-10-entry-points-to-curb-virus-spread

 

Getting almost impossible now. 

I want to stay in this part of the world.. A few months in Thailand.. A few in Vietnam etc.. Rinse and repeat. 

Impossible now? 

[ubonjoe]

Not that many for Thailand. About all of them are for Vietnam.

"Those on the Laos-Thai border consist of Namheuang and Nam Ngeun checkpoints in Sayaboury province, and Na Pao checkpoint in Khammuan, as well as Savannakhet International Airport."

Savannakhet airport was about closed already since they stopped issuing visas on arrival.

The only major crossing is the crossing in Nakhon Phanom.

Three are small and little used crossings in Nan, Phayao and Utradit. 

[theVenerable]

I'm in the Nakhom Phanom area. I was going to use the friendship bridge 2 crossing. 

It's closed. Do you know which border crossing reasonably nearby is still open? 

Thanks 

[jackdd]

6 minutes ago, theVenerable said:

I'm in the Nakhom Phanom area. I was going to use the friendship bridge 2 crossing. 

It's closed. Do you know which border crossing reasonably nearby is still open? 

Thanks 

According to Laos news sites this border crossing is still open.

[ubonjoe]

6 minutes ago, theVenerable said:

Do you know which border crossing reasonably nearby is still open?

The bridge in Savannakhet is still open.

[ubonjoe]

Just now, jackdd said:

According to Laos news sites this border crossing is still open.

Do you have a link to one.

I researched it and the article posted indicates it is closed. Had do a search or 2 to confirm.

[ubonjoe]

10 minutes ago, theVenerable said:

I was going to use the friendship bridge 2 crossing. 

It's closed.

It is actually bridge number 3. Savannakhet is number 2.

[jackdd]

5 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

The bridge in Savannakhet is still open.

 

1 minute ago, ubonjoe said:

Do you have a link to one.

I researched it and the article posted indicates it is closed. Had do a search or 2 to confirm.

Friendship bridge 2 is the bridge do Savannakhet or not?

[ubonjoe]

4 hours ago, jackdd said:

Friendship bridge 2 is the bridge do Savannakhet or not?

It is number 2. Three is in Nakhon Phanom. This from a list of crossing on the Laos immigration website.

 http://immigration.gov.la/checkpoints/

 

They do not define in that article but it could be only the crossings by boats and ferry there.

[at15]

i need to do a land crossing this week. Mae Sot and Mae Sai still ok ? 

[Yorkshire Tea]

12 minutes ago, at15 said:

i need to do a land crossing this week. Mae Sot and Mae Sai still ok ? 

Mae Sai was good on Saturday.  I wouldn't delay, things can change quickly.

[ubonjoe]

17 minutes ago, at15 said:

i need to do a land crossing this week. Mae Sot and Mae Sai still ok ? 

Yes since you are entering Myanmar there not Laos that this topic is about.

[lovesthespicy]

Just did a border run on Sunday. I was fearing the borders closing any day now. I did Nong Khai it was the most dead I've seen it.

[at15]

ok good, looking for alternatives to lao. looks like cambodia/myanmar are fine at this point 

[idiot farang]

So, confused (and in Vientiane)... is the border to enter Thailand at Nong Khai closed?!?

[lovesthespicy]

5 minutes ago, idiot farang said:

So, confused (and in Vientiane)... is the border to enter Thailand at Nong Khai closed?!?

Its currently still open, at least the article didnt name that. As of this Sunday it was all good(I'm USA). 

 

My guess is it could be closed any day now so if you're looking to do a run I'd get there. 

[ubonjoe]

4 minutes ago, idiot farang said:

So, confused (and in Vientiane)... is the border to enter Thailand at Nong Khai closed?!?

No

Only a few crossing are closed for entry to Laos.

[Brer]

So if I go to the Nong Khai border with Laos and come back same day to get my extension will you need a health certificate and an app on your phone.

[ubonjoe]

15 minutes ago, at15 said:

ok good, looking for alternatives to lao. looks like cambodia/myanmar are fine at this point 

They just closed down few small land crossing from Thailand and one airport that has very few international flights.

Most of the closing are from Vietnam to Laos.

I think they may be closing down those few little used crossings so they can free up people to man the busier ones.

[Yorkshire Tea]

5 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

No

Only a few crossing are closed for entry to Laos.

Is it possible to change title?  It's misleading.

[ubonjoe]

2 minutes ago, Brer said:

So if I go to the Nong Khai border with Laos and come back same day to get my extension will you need a health certificate and an app on your phone.

Not at this time unless you have recently been in of the listed countries.

[ubonjoe]

3 minutes ago, Yorkshire Tea said:

Is it possible to change title?  It's misleading.

Not that misleading if you include the Vietnam crossings.

Hopefully most people will read my post that is the first one.

[theVenerable]

I guess they might close all of them soon at this rate..
I don't know what to do..
How to stay in Thailand or Laos or somewhere similar for the next few months

Without visa runs..

This is a mess

[theVenerable]

37 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Not that misleading if you include the Vietnam crossings.

Hopefully most people will read my post that is the first one.

Can't edit it now anyway, sorry

[ubonjoe]

9 minutes ago, theVenerable said:

I guess they might close all of them soon at this rate..

As I wrote before they only closed little used crossing and most of them are crossings from Vietnam.

And this.

44 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

I think they may be closing down those few little used crossings so they can free up people to man the busier ones.

 

[sanemax]

4 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

It is number 2. Three is in Nakhon Phanom. This from a list of crossing on the Laos immigration website.

 http://immigration.gov.la/checkpoints/

 

They do not define in that article but it could be only the crossings by boats and ferry there.

A fairy going across by ferry may have some difficulties getting in 

[Tanoshi]

1 minute ago, sanemax said:

A fairy going across be ferry may have some difficulties getting in 

'By' ferry.

Yes, easy to make a typo error isn't it.

[theVenerable]

My visa doesn't expire until March 28th.
By that time maybe even the Mukdahan border will be closed..
I don't know.
Maybe go back to Pattaya and do a Cambodia mini bus visa run?

[ubonjoe]

15 minutes ago, sanemax said:

A fairy going across by ferry may have some difficulties getting in 

Fixed now. May of been a spell check glitch.

[ubonjoe]

5 minutes ago, theVenerable said:

My visa doesn't expire until March 28th.
By that time maybe even the Mukdahan border will be closed..
I don't know.
Maybe go back to Pattaya and do a Cambodia mini bus visa run?

They did not close them as a restriction on people entering the country as I wrote before.

Check for travel restrictions here. https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/international-travel-document-news/1580226297.htm

Check Cambodia. 

Myanmar is good at this time.