Laos
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the passportEdit check
e-Visa, 30 days
Before you travel: you need an e-visa. The authorisation itself is valid 60 days, that is not how long you may stay.
The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions2 to check
- The eVisa is valid for single entry only.
- 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.
Your stay
Add your arrival date to work out the stay that fits this rule.
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Official wording
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Aevamo’s reading
Law No. 59/NA on Immigration and Foreigner Management of the Lao PDR creates the entry regime: Article 11 requires holders of ordinary passports of countries without a visa-exemption agreement to comply with visa application procedures before entering, and Article 19 creates the visa categories including the tourist visa and the visa-on-arrival unit. The MOFA list and eVisa portal implement that law; they do not create the obligation themselves.
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.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
MOFA visa-exemption list signed "Vientiane, 22 December 2025"; the Law is the 2015 English print of Law No. 59/NA adopted 26-12-2014, gazetted 23-06-2015; the eVisa portal pages were fetched live 2026-08-20.
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.