Do you need to show passport when paying for evisa Vientiane?

[michael888]

Hi, does anyone know if you need to show your passport at immigration vientiane when you go in to pay for an evisa (non O marriage)?  I ask because I want to rent a motowhen i get to vientiane but cant without giving them my passport.  Quandry.  

[DrJack54]

The OP in this attached thread just went through the process recently. May advise. 

My assumption would be pp is, required at the consulate and also surely there is alternative to handing over pp to some random motorbike hire joint. 

@Wongkitlo 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1360006-non-o-visa-vientiane-laos/

 

[Upnotover]

1 minute ago, DrJack54 said:

surely there is alternative to handing over pp to some random motorbike hire joint

In Laos the usual alternative is a cash deposit equal to the value of the motorbike.  Motorbike theft is a real issue there.

[Rob Browder]

1 hour ago, michael888 said:

Hi, does anyone know if you need to show your passport at immigration vientiane when you go in to pay for an evisa (non O marriage)?  I ask because I want to rent a motowhen i get to vientiane but cant without giving them my passport.  Quandry.  

I would just suffer the tuk-tuk mafia, until you make payment at the consulate, which should be possible the same or next day after you apply via the eVisa site, before final approval.. 

[Upnotover]

3 hours ago, Rob Browder said:

I would just suffer the tuk-tuk mafia

No need to do that.  "Xanh SM" is a perfectly good app based taxi service, cheap and reliable.

[steve187]

4 hours ago, michael888 said:

Hi, does anyone know if you need to show your passport at immigration vientiane when you go in to pay for an evisa (non O marriage)?  I ask because I want to rent a motowhen i get to vientiane but cant without giving them my passport.  Quandry.  

don't give anyone your passport

[rwilem]

5 hours ago, steve187 said:

don't give anyone your passport

With how critically important one's passport is, and especially for folks in this region with the visa and extension stamps contained in them, I'm amazed at people handing over their passports, allowing them out of their possession. 

 

At various tourist spots in Thailand, I didn't have much of a problem finding a bike rental place that would take a copy and not the real thing. I didn't and wouldn't rent a bike from ones that insisted on taking possession of the passport.

OK, that may not fly in Laos, and if the rental places are demanding a deposit worth the value of the bike, that's a no go. 

 

 

[BrandonJT]

5 hours ago, Upnotover said:

No need to do that.  "Xanh SM" is a perfectly good app based taxi service, cheap and reliable.

LOCA app is good too. Also lets you use QR code scan from a credit card with a small fee.

[Wongkitlo]

12 hours ago, michael888 said:

Hi, does anyone know if you need to show your passport at immigration vientiane when you go in to pay for an evisa (non O marriage)?  I ask because I want to rent a motowhen i get to vientiane but cant without giving them my passport.  Quandry.  

From memory you need to show it when you make payment. A tuk tuk to the embassy and back is not so expensive.