Laos VIsa Cost
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Laos VIsa Cost
I read on one of the forum posts that someone was charged 1,700 bht for their Laos visa at Friendship Bridge.
We went yesterday, the dreaded visa run, and although the sign on the window states US$35 for Britain and USA passport holders (US$30 for other nationals all of which I can't remember) they still charged me 1,500 bht. So they're still overcharging a little. It does state US$1 extra for weekends.
Not sure what the exchange rate is but if it was 40 bht to the dollar, US35 would only be 1,400 bht...... Never mind perhaps I should put myself out and take US$ next time.......
Oh and BTW the immigration guys were perfect gentleman to both my wife and myself...."How are you today" was the first comment to me and the wife said they spoke very nicely to her. Guess we caught the right people at the right time..........
We went yesterday, the dreaded visa run, and although the sign on the window states US$35 for Britain and USA passport holders (US$30 for other nationals all of which I can't remember) they still charged me 1,500 bht. So they're still overcharging a little. It does state US$1 extra for weekends.
Not sure what the exchange rate is but if it was 40 bht to the dollar, US35 would only be 1,400 bht...... Never mind perhaps I should put myself out and take US$ next time.......
Oh and BTW the immigration guys were perfect gentleman to both my wife and myself...."How are you today" was the first comment to me and the wife said they spoke very nicely to her. Guess we caught the right people at the right time..........
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The last time I went to Laos (3+ months ago) the Laos visa on arrival was $30 week days and $31 weekends.
If you buy American dollars before you go (mobile exchange truck on the bridge) you save a few hundred baht because the visa office exchange rate is 50baht for $1.
From the looks of it the visa has gone up by a couple of hundred baht but nothing crazy so not really worth worrying about.
If you buy American dollars before you go (mobile exchange truck on the bridge) you save a few hundred baht because the visa office exchange rate is 50baht for $1.
From the looks of it the visa has gone up by a couple of hundred baht but nothing crazy so not really worth worrying about.
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$5 usd = 181 baht - This is a strange one, guess the price depends on where you cross.Kudjap or Bust wrote:Its gone up US$5 but only for select countries, probably the countries most people are from who cross the border. I can't remember which ones, the wife read them out, but the US and Britain are definitely 2 of them
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According to the Laos Embassy (BKK) website there is:
Multiple entry visa:
* available only from the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR.
http://www.bkklaoembassy.com/
Multiple entry visa:
* available only from the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR.
http://www.bkklaoembassy.com/
Thanks for the link, I had read it but it's a bit ambiguous in as much it doesn't say what categories its available for, but does say under cat: B3, visit visa.papaguido wrote:According to the Laos Embassy (BKK) website there is:
Multiple entry visa:
* available only from the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR.
http://www.bkklaoembassy.com/
"Subject to payment each entry" I was wondering if anyone had been down that road?Thanks.
I saw they do have a Transit Visa: http://www.bkklaoembassy.com/consular%2 ... mation.htm
"* Maximum five days for stay (in Vientiane only).
* Proof of an entry visa and air ticket to the third country."
Which would defer the cost, and more importantly, for me anyway, the hassle of flying into Bangkok and connecting to say an international destination like Vietnam, Cambodia, or China. I'm not sure of what other direct international routes go out of Vientiane?
I think the best will be to talk to the people at the Lao Consulate in Khon Kaen.
Also this: "All types of visas are issued for one entry and must be used within two months of issue date." Which answers a question posed in another thread, about the length of the visa validity for a visa issued at the consulate in KK.
I couldn't find anything on the multiple entry, except them saying that Laos has one.
"* Maximum five days for stay (in Vientiane only).
* Proof of an entry visa and air ticket to the third country."
Which would defer the cost, and more importantly, for me anyway, the hassle of flying into Bangkok and connecting to say an international destination like Vietnam, Cambodia, or China. I'm not sure of what other direct international routes go out of Vientiane?
I think the best will be to talk to the people at the Lao Consulate in Khon Kaen.
Also this: "All types of visas are issued for one entry and must be used within two months of issue date." Which answers a question posed in another thread, about the length of the visa validity for a visa issued at the consulate in KK.
I couldn't find anything on the multiple entry, except them saying that Laos has one.
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