{"question":{"passport":"SWZ","destination":"LAO","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"visa_consular","message":"Before you travel: you need a visa from an embassy or consulate."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"lao-immigration-law-en","url":"https://api.immigration.gov.la/client/law/file/%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%81%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%BB%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%94%C3%A0%C2%BB%C2%9D%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%B2%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%8D-59-r17g2an4cb.pdf","passage":"             The entry into and departure from the Lao PDR of Foreigners and\n      Stateless People shall comply with the followings:\n\n            1. Comply with the bilateral agreement for those who hold diplomatic,\n               official and normal passports of diplomatic, official and normal\n               visa-exempted countries with the Lao PDR;\n            2. Comply with the visa application procedures before entering for\n               those who hold diplomatic, official and normal passports of the\n               countries that have non-visa exempted agreement with the Lao\n               PDR;\n            3. Comply with the Agreement of the Government of the Lao PDR for\n               the citizens of countries that the Lao PDR has one-sided visa\n               exempted;","explanation":"Article 11 governs foreigners entering the Lao PDR; point 2 requires holders of ordinary passports of countries that have no visa-exemption agreement with Laos to comply with visa application procedures before entering. Each issuer in this row is absent from both the MOFA visa-exemption list and the official eVisa nationality selector, so no exemption or online/VOA route is established and the visa must be arranged in advance.","publisher":"LAW\n               ON\n    IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGNER\n    MANAGEMENT OF THE LAO PDR\n\n\n                    Printed by Ministry of Public Security\nIn cooperation of Department of Law Propaganda, Training, Ministry of Justice\n\n                                    2015"},"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"}}