April 2, 201610 yr planning 5-day visit to Louang Phabang in April or May. Lao Airlines from Chiang Mai, round-trip. Visa upon arrival possible? visa fee for USA citizen? Is there a local travel agency which can get visa for me? Thank you.
April 2, 201610 yr Yes, you can get VOA. I think it's $35 for a US citizen. You cannot get a Thai visa in Luang Prabang at all. You must get it, in person, in Vientiane if you want to get a Thai visa in Laos.
April 2, 201610 yr I am American and they charged me $36 a week ago. That process was fairly quick but Immigration lines moved very slowly (new Air Asia flight from Bangkok)
April 2, 201610 yr Author Yes, you can get VOA. I think it's $35 for a US citizen. You cannot get a Thai visa in Luang Prabang at all. You must get it, in person, in Vientiane if you want to get a Thai visa in Laos. SiamReaper Won't be needing a Thai visa upon my return from LPQ, but I would be interested in acquiring a Lao tourist visa prior to boarding the flight here in Chiang Mai. No waiting in line! Is there a way to do that? Thanks!
April 2, 201610 yr Yes, you can get VOA. I think it's $35 for a US citizen. You cannot get a Thai visa in Luang Prabang at all. You must get it, in person, in Vientiane if you want to get a Thai visa in Laos. SiamReaper Won't be needing a Thai visa upon my return from LPQ, but I would be interested in acquiring a Lao tourist visa prior to boarding the flight here in Chiang Mai. No waiting in line! Is there a way to do that? Thanks! It is but the effort:expenditure:return rule says it's not worth it - you could go to their embassy in Bangkok and apply for a visa before you arrive. The folks in Lao are actually pretty good at processing visas quickly and you won't save much time in exchange for that huge side trip - the only real investment of time is filling in the paperwork... it must be the longest VOA form in the world but once that's done - it's usually about 3-5 minutes before you're on your way again.
April 3, 201610 yr is there a Laos VOA Tourist Visa application form online? anybody used it? No, there isn't.
April 3, 201610 yr I have done the VOA to Laos about 40-50 times. The forms take me about 2 minutes to fill in. The Immigration staff aren't particular about the details. Have the following ready- $ U.S.35,Passport photo,your passport and Thai visa Info.,your proposed address in Luang Prabang.......Easy !!!
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