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🇱🇦 Who needs a visa for Laos?
U.S. State Department travel advisory for Laos: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution (updated 28 July 2026). It is written for U.S. citizens; read the advisory before you book.
Travel essentials for Laos
| Capital | Vientiane |
| Currency | Lao kip (LAK, ₭) |
| Official languages | Lao |
| Calling code | +856 |
| Plugs and voltage | type A, B, C, E, F · 230 V |
| Internet domain | .la |
Neighbouring countries: 🇲🇲 Myanmar, 🇰🇭 Cambodia, 🇨🇳 China, 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Visa requirements by passport
Entry requirements for Laos by passport, grouped from visa-free to visa required. Data updated September 2026; confirm with an embassy of Laos before you travel.
Visa-free (22)
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 15 days
- 🇧🇳 Brunei · 14 days
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia · 30 days
- 🇩🇰 Denmark · 15 days
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 15 days
- 🇬🇷 Greece · 15 days
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia · 30 days
- 🇯🇵 Japan · 15 days
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg · 15 days
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia · 30 days
- 🇲🇳 Mongolia · 30 days
- 🇲🇲 Myanmar · 14 days
- 🇳🇴 Norway · 15 days
- 🇵🇭 Philippines · 30 days
- 🇷🇺 Russia · 30 days
- 🇸🇬 Singapore · 30 days
- 🇰🇷 South Korea · 30 days
- 🇪🇸 Spain · 15 days
- 🇸🇪 Sweden · 15 days
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 15 days
- 🇹🇭 Thailand · 30 days
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam · 30 days
Visa on arrival (146)
- 🇦🇱 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
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- 🇩🇯 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
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica
- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- 🇰🇮 Kiribati
- 🇽🇰 Kosovo
- 🇰🇼 Kuwait
- 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
- 🇱🇻 Latvia
- 🇱🇮 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
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
- 🇹🇻 Tuvalu
- 🇺🇬 Uganda
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- 🇺🇸 United States
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay
- 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
- 🇻🇺 Vanuatu
- 🇻🇦 Vatican City
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela
- 🇾🇪 Yemen
Visa required (30)
- 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
- 🇩🇿 Algeria
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
- 🇧🇮 Burundi
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon
- 🇨🇩 DR Congo
- 🇸🇿 Eswatini
- 🇬🇭 Ghana
- 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
- 🇮🇷 Iran
- 🇮🇶 Iraq
- 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
- 🇯🇴 Jordan
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon
- 🇱🇸 Lesotho
- 🇱🇷 Liberia
- 🇱🇾 Libya
- 🇲🇿 Mozambique
- 🇳🇷 Nauru
- 🇳🇪 Niger
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
- 🇸🇳 Senegal
- 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
- 🇸🇷 Suriname
- 🇸🇾 Syria
- 🇹🇴 Tonga
- 🇿🇲 Zambia
- 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe