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Can I enter Laos again on land once I have completed my Non-B visa paperwork, considering I'm currently visa exempt?

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Jul 8, 2024

5 months ago

Ja'Nezz *******

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Need some advice. I will be doing my 2nd border run in Loas tomorrow.  I am currently waiting for my paper work to be completed for my non-B visa at a job I just started. Do you guys know once I get my paperwork completed for my non- B visa, do you think I will be able to enter Loas again on land, since I will be getting a different type of visa?

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The user is preparing for a 2nd border run to Laos while waiting for their Non-B visa paperwork. They seek clarification on whether they can re-enter Laos by land once their visa is processed, given their current visa-exempt status. A commenter advises that upon obtaining the Non-B visa, they can leave for Laos using a re-entry permit.

Max *************

When you have your Non-immigrant B visa, you can leave for Laos using a re-entry permit. Fyi, you're not on a visa now,but a visa exempt.

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Joe **********

@Max ************

FYI everyone calls it a VISA on arrival (except you of course)

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Max *************

No,they don't because a VOA isn't the same as a visa exempt. You must be a rookie if you don't know that.

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Joe **********

@Max ************

I've been here since you were in nappies! If you can read I said everyone calls it visa on arrival not that it was visa on arrival, when you've been here a few years longer you will understand!

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Graham ******

not "everyone" by a long chalk

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Joe **********

ok most people

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Bart **************

not most people either. Many who refer to "visa on arrival" actually mean the visa on arrival. And yes some confuse it with exemption, but neither is that everyone, nor most.

And no, you have not been here before any of us. You talk like a newbe.

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Max *************

Joe Wongsena Again,they don't. People with half a brain knows what a visa exempt is.

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Ja'Nezz *******

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@Max ************

thank you

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Phil ******

@Ja'Nezz ******

just let you know you are allowed 2 land crossings per calender year

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Ja'Nezz *******

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thank you

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