Visa In Laos

[innerspace]

I was discussing visa options with a friend and what he said seems to completely go against what I know about the visa laws.

Yet he seemed convinced and a 3rd party backed it up.

What was said:

Vientiane will not give out tourist visas, not even single entry.

Instead they issue non-O visas (double entry) which give a 60 day stamp at the border, extendable by 30 days.

As far as I know, every other thai embassy/consulate will issue 60 day (extendable) tourist visas and (if eligible) single or multiple entry non-immigrants. Non-imm visas give 90 days every entry.

Can anyone with recent experience SPECIFIC TO VIENTIANE confirm or deny these facts.

It would not surprise me at all, I am aware that consulates rarely talk to each other and always have there own interpretation (making up) of the law.

[InterestedObserver]

Instead they issue non-O visas (double entry) which give a 60 day stamp at the border, extendable by 30 days.

No such visa type exists.

[lopburi3]

Total nonsense. Vientiane issues both single and two entry tourist visas every day. They do not issue a two entry non immigrant O visa and such a visa would not be stamped for 60 days.

This thread is closed as totally false information and not facts at all.