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Can a US citizen hold both a long-term Laos visa and a Thai DTV simultaneously?

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Jan 25, 2026

3 months ago

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Hi, I’m a US citizen applying for my long term Laos visa and then my DTV. Is there any complications by having both? I have no problem getting the Lao one as I have family and business here

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The user is a US citizen applying for a long-term visa for Laos and a DTV (Digital Nomad Visa) for Thailand, inquiring if holding both visas presents any complications. Comments from the community indicate that there should be no issues having multiple long-term visas for different countries, emphasizing that it's possible to live a nomadic lifestyle and manage visas from different nations without conflict.

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Tod *********

no issue at all holding two "long term" visas to different countries

None at all

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Robert *******

You can have multiple visa to visit multiple countries,

The nomad lifestyly is allowed.

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Elías ********

No problem, they're unrelated with each other

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Greg ********

Shpukd be no issue at all.

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James ********

So you live in Laos with your Lao wife and child ?

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