Can you exit Thailand and return through a Laos border crossing without a Laos visa?

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Let him try please let him try

Believe me Ash, ain't the first foreigner to try this (& I'm sure he won't be the last either ;) ).

The question comes up on thai related forums ALL the time.

There is an extremely small (and in minuscule) chance the I/O at passport control won't look for your lao visa and entry exit stamps.

Most reports I've read say the foreigner was sent back to get the lao visa along with the entry/exit stamps BEFORE they're stamped into thailand.

I've heard and read of people doing this at various borders. Of course you *should* get a visa for Laos (or wherever) and Thai immigration will probably turn you back if they check and notice you don't have one...but they evidently neglect to check this at least a certain proportion of the time.

Don't get me wrong - I think chances are that you won't get away with it, but the chance of them not noticing are definitely higher than 0%/impossible. How many people enter Thailand each day with the incorrect stamp? It's definitely more than zero. ;)

LOL there is NO way it can be done, in none of the four neighboring countries, Thai immigration will see that you are lacking an entry/exit stamp from the other country and will send you back

What do u mean? You can't cross Nong Khai to Dongphosy without paying the visa on arrival. If you mean u got rejected at border in Poipet well if you don't pay the bribe it's game over.

Done that at Nong Khai. Tried at Poiphet and got sent back!

Did not see his post but he can't, in Malaysia you can.