{"question":{"passport":"COD","destination":"LAO","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"e-Visa, 30 days","requirement":{"kind":"evisa","message":"Before you travel: you need an e-visa. The authorisation itself is valid 60 days, that is not how long you may stay.","authorisationValidityDays":60},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":30,"ruleType":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 30 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"JOURNEY_LIMIT","text":"The eVisa is valid for single entry only."},{"kind":"PORT_OF_ENTRY","text":"Entry must be through an eVisa-designated port; at an undesignated port the holder must instead apply for a visa on arrival and the eVisa fee is not refunded."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"lao-evisa-fee","url":"https://laoevisa.gov.la/fee-calculator","passage":"Czech RepublicDemocratic People's Republic of KoreaDemocratic Republic of the CongoDenmarkDjibouti","explanation":"The eVisa portal's own 'Nationality as in passport' selector lists 'Democratic Republic of the Congo' among the nationalities eligible for the Lao eVisa facility, and the portal describes the eVisa as an authorisation applied for and approved online before arrival. So a DRC passport holder obtains authorisation in advance; it is not a route they can take up on landing.","publisher":"Lao Official Online Visa - Get your lao eVisa online - Lao eVisa"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-29","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}