Who can enter Laos visa-free?
🇱🇦 22 nationalities enter Laos visa-free, 148 more with a visa on arrival and 0 with an eTA — 170 passports arrive without pre-arranged paperwork. Find yours below, or see your whole world on the globe →
Capital Vientiane · Currency Lao kip (₭) · Dialling +856
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Visa-free (22)
🇦🇹 Austria 15d🇧🇳 Brunei 14d🇰🇭 Cambodia 30d🇩🇰 Denmark 15d🇫🇮 Finland 15d🇬🇷 Greece 15d🇮🇩 Indonesia 30d🇯🇵 Japan 15d🇱🇺 Luxembourg 15d🇲🇾 Malaysia 30d🇲🇳 Mongolia 30d🇲🇲 Myanmar 14d🇳🇴 Norway 15d🇵🇭 Philippines 30d🇷🇺 Russia 30d🇸🇬 Singapore 30d🇰🇷 South Korea 30d🇪🇸 Spain 15d🇸🇪 Sweden 15d🇨🇭 Switzerland 15d🇹🇭 Thailand 30d🇻🇳 Vietnam 30d
Visa on arrival (148)
🇦🇱 Albania🇦🇩 Andorra🇦🇴 Angola🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda🇦🇷 Argentina🇦🇲 Armenia🇦🇺 Australia🇦🇿 Azerbaijan🇧🇸 Bahamas🇧🇭 Bahrain🇧🇧 Barbados🇧🇾 Belarus🇧🇪 Belgium🇧🇿 Belize🇧🇯 Benin🇧🇹 Bhutan🇧🇴 Bolivia🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina🇧🇼 Botswana🇧🇷 Brazil🇧🇬 Bulgaria🇧🇫 Burkina Faso🇨🇦 Canada🇨🇻 Cape Verde🇨🇫 Central African Republic🇹🇩 Chad🇨🇱 Chile🇨🇳 China🇨🇴 Colombia🇰🇲 Comoros🇨🇷 Costa Rica🇭🇷 Croatia🇨🇺 Cuba🇨🇾 Cyprus🇨🇿 Czechia🇩🇯 Djibouti🇩🇲 Dominica🇩🇴 Dominican Republic🇪🇨 Ecuador🇪🇬 Egypt🇸🇻 El Salvador🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea🇪🇷 Eritrea🇪🇪 Estonia🇪🇹 Ethiopia🇫🇯 Fiji🇫🇷 France🇬🇦 Gabon🇬🇲 Gambia🇬🇪 Georgia🇩🇪 Germany🇬🇩 Grenada🇬🇹 Guatemala🇬🇳 Guinea🇬🇾 Guyana🇭🇹 Haiti🇭🇳 Honduras🇭🇰 Hong Kong🇭🇺 Hungary🇮🇸 Iceland🇮🇳 India🇮🇶 Iraq🇮🇪 Ireland🇮🇱 Israel🇮🇹 Italy🇯🇲 Jamaica🇰🇿 Kazakhstan🇰🇪 Kenya🇰🇮 Kiribati🇽🇰 Kosovo🇰🇼 Kuwait🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan🇱🇻 Latvia🇱🇧 Lebanon🇱🇮 Liechtenstein🇱🇹 Lithuania🇲🇴 Macau🇲🇬 Madagascar🇲🇼 Malawi🇲🇻 Maldives🇲🇱 Mali🇲🇹 Malta🇲🇭 Marshall Islands🇲🇷 Mauritania🇲🇺 Mauritius🇲🇽 Mexico🇫🇲 Micronesia🇲🇩 Moldova🇲🇨 Monaco🇲🇪 Montenegro🇲🇦 Morocco🇳🇦 Namibia🇳🇵 Nepal🇳🇱 Netherlands🇳🇿 New Zealand🇳🇮 Nicaragua🇰🇵 North Korea🇲🇰 North Macedonia🇴🇲 Oman🇵🇼 Palau🇵🇸 Palestine🇵🇦 Panama🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea🇵🇾 Paraguay🇵🇪 Peru🇵🇱 Poland🇵🇹 Portugal🇶🇦 Qatar🇷🇴 Romania🇷🇼 Rwanda🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis🇱🇨 Saint Lucia🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines🇼🇸 Samoa🇸🇲 San Marino🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia🇷🇸 Serbia🇸🇨 Seychelles🇸🇰 Slovakia🇸🇮 Slovenia🇸🇧 Solomon Islands🇸🇴 Somalia🇿🇦 South Africa🇸🇸 South Sudan🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇸🇩 Sudan🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe🇹🇼 Taiwan🇹🇯 Tajikistan🇹🇿 Tanzania🇹🇱 Timor-Leste🇹🇬 Togo🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago🇹🇳 Tunisia🇹🇲 Turkmenistan🇹🇻 Tuvalu🇹🇷 Türkiye🇺🇬 Uganda🇺🇦 Ukraine🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇺🇸 United States🇺🇾 Uruguay🇺🇿 Uzbekistan🇻🇺 Vanuatu🇻🇦 Vatican City🇻🇪 Venezuela🇾🇪 Yemen
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