TeliNongzidao Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Hello I googled before my last Visarun and i did not really find any help that is up to date. I got a multiple entry visa and i share here my easy and cheap way to do visa runs. I did about 4-5 visa runs before thisone, but before i spent a night in Vientiane and went back to Thai the next day. There s a bus in Udon bus station (blue-white) that will bring you to Vientiane for 80 bath only, i’m pretty sure thats the cheapest way to get there (They say you need a Lao visa to buy the Bus Ticket, so take care of this before, you can save time and money. Some countries can get free visa on arrival, for sure Switzerland, so you not need to do anything before). The bus will stop at the thai checkout first (after a 1hour drive), you have to get out and they’ll get your departure card. You get back in the bus on the other side of the counters. The bus will pass the Friendship-Bridge now. At Lao border you need to fill in a new arrival card (sometimes they hand it out in the bus already so take a pen with you and you can pass really fast). Don’t forget to buy a border pass for about 1000 kip (it’s more on weekends but still not really worth to mention it). There s an extra counter before you pass the passport control! After the control you have to pass a gate, where you need this card. Get back in the bus and about 30mins later you will arrive in Vientiane. From Vientiane you can take the same bus for 22000 kip and do the same backwards. If you want to go back the same day, so there’s some shorter version. Take the same bus from udon and instead of get on the bus after Lao border (please tell the bus driver you will not get on the bus again so he will not wait for you) just walk around the building and check out from lao again. There you see a counter that say 4000 kip, that’s the ticket for the shuttle to cross the friendship bridge. After check in thai again there will be many tuctucs waiting. Take advantage of this mass to get a good price to get to Nongkhai bus station (around 50 bath). This ride will take you 20mins. At the station you can get an ac shuttle bus for another 50 bath to Udon. The bus went to the airport first so it took a bit longer than an hour). So i spent 200B (plus 5000Kip) for the whole visa run, that takes less than 4 hours. I think this is one of the fastest and for sure the cheapest way. (If tuktuk and local bus stations are not the right thing for you just take a taxi from the border to udon, so you not need to wait for the bus. The price should be about 300-400B.) I got a swiss Passport, so i not have to pay for my lao visa, inform yourself about the visa fees before you go and maybe you can fill out the application formula before (as i mentioned in to buy the bus ticket in udon you nee a Lao visa because the bus will not wait for you doing the visa at the border), some people will try to scam you if they see you have no idea what’s going on. It’s helpful to learn at least some numbers in thai, so you can get lower prices easy when you take a tuctuc (they will take more people in the same tuctuc, if they know you can understand them they cannot ask locals to pay 50 bath and charge you 100). I thought about taking the car to the border and then just take the shuttle bus but i think the gas and the trouble to park and find your car again isn’t worth it. Better sit in a bus, lean back and relax! The only bus that’s in a really shitty condition is the one between the borders, but for 10mins that should be ok. Departure in Udon Thani 08:00, 09:00, 10:30, 11:30, 14:00, 15:00, 16:30, 18:00 Departure in Vientiane 08:00, 09:00, 10:30, 11:30, 14:00, 16:30, 18:00 Pleas add comments if you think i forgot something or if you know more about an easy way getting the Lao visa in Udon (or online). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 3 hours ago, TeliNongzidao said: Some countries can get free visa on arrival, for sure Switzerland, so you not need to do anything before Swiss are among a few nations that can travel visa exempt at no cost. Most nationals represented here in the forum have to pay for a visa on arrival (30 USD as far as I remember). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 2 hours ago, KhunBENQ said: Most nationals represented here in the forum have to pay for a visa on arrival (30 USD as far as I remember). last time for usa was 1500 baht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 26 minutes ago, YetAnother said: last time for usa was 1500 baht Fees for visa on arrival and list of visa exempt countries is here. http://www.laos-guide-999.com/visa-on-arrival.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nong Khai Man Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 5 hours ago, KhunBENQ said: Swiss are among a few nations that can travel visa exempt at no cost. Most nationals represented here in the forum have to pay for a visa on arrival (30 USD as far as I remember). 35 US$ For Us Brits !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I stand corrected. I am Swiss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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