ok i was just filling in my x3 tourist visa application form and when i checked my passport and i noticed that my current ret-visa re-entry permit is valid till 28/03/2012, and as i'm planning

to stay around six months in los,i wouid appreciate any info regarding the latest availability of tourist visa's in lao,my last attempt there more than a year ago was a disaster and i'm not sure if its

ok switching from a retirement to tourist ect,

a single entry tourist visa will do but if its in anyway dodgy or there is any doubt i will get a triple entry here in the uk to save any bother

cheers in adavance

It should not be a problem to obtain a single entry tourist visa.

One time I would think yes. Try double or triple. But than is finish. Everyone can see in your passport, that tourist is not the right status for you. I would go to KL. Not to Laos. Check the holidays before ! You need two working days to get it. And they close 11:30 a.m. So normally, it is difficult to bring the Application in, at the arrival day. So calculate better to stay there 2 nights. And they will close at every holiday they can find. From Malaysia and from Thailand and maybe from the whole Africa too..... It is on the website. Always better, cheaper and easyer is an Non Immigrant O from your home country.