Thai Embassy Vientiane New Year Holiday

[mussen]

Hi all, the link below (Thai Embassy Vientiane) states that its 2007 holidays were Jan 1 & 2, so I'm assuming the 2008 year will be the same, any comments or someone who knows otherwise?

Also I see that there were suggestions not to apply for a tourist visa on a Monday, any thoughts on applying for a visa on the 3rd Jan 2008, first day back after a holiday?

http://www.thaiembassy.org/vientiane/about_officetime.html

[funfun]

Hi all, the link below (Thai Embassy Vientiane) states that its 2007 holidays were Jan 1 & 2, so I'm assuming the 2008 year will be the same, any comments or someone who knows otherwise?

Also I see that there were suggestions not to apply for a tourist visa on a Monday, any thoughts on applying for a visa on the 3rd Jan 2008, first day back after a holiday?

http://www.thaiembassy.org/vientiane/about_officetime.html

i think you mean x2 tourist on a monday??????

yep it has been said your less likely to get one but i think if you go on thursday 3rd you may find all ok, just remember they wont want to be back at work with massive ques etc same as we wouldnt back home, so when the guy who is in the que in front of you looking at his watch and saying this is blo@dy ridiculas here,

and he dosent get what he wants, then thats what i think the thais call sum num nar!

good luck & post your results etc

chris

[lopburi3]

2007 is not 2008. This year the holiday is Monday and Tuesday the 31st and 1st. Last year the 31st fell on a Sunday so the 2nd was a holiday for that reason. But you also have to check there are no Lao holidays.

[007]

2007 is not 2008. This year the holiday is Monday and Tuesday the 31st and 1st. Last year the 31st fell on a Sunday so the 2nd was a holiday for that reason. But you also have to check there are no Lao holidays.

Anyone up there in Vientiane can check out whether Monday the 7th of January 2008 is a Substitution Day for Sunday, 6th of January?

My online research was inconclusive, as the 6th is mentioned everywhere as a public holiday, but not the 7th. The U.S. Embassy in Vientiane, however has a remark on their webpage which states that it is custom in Laos to "move" the public holidays which fall on a Sunday to the next Monday..

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Mine is conclusive. There is NO holiday for Thai's in Thailand.

[abdulrahman]

Mine is conclusive. There is NO holiday for Thai's in Thailand.

The 2nd January they won't be so friendly(hangover),the 7th, neither,have to work.