What Are the Financial Requirements and Process for Applying for a Marriage Visa in Laos?

There are NO financial requirements to get the year-long, multi-entry Non-O visa from Savannakhet OR the 90 day single entry Non-O visa in Vientiane (they don't issue the year one there).

To get a Non-O visa in Laos , you'll need the following:

1. Original Wedding Certificate (the rose border one)

2. Copy of the front an back of the wedding certificate on a single page, signed by the wife and by you.

3. Copy of the wife's ID, front and back page, signed by the wife.

4. Copy of the wife's blue book with the address and name page, signed by wife.

5. Copy of my ID passport page, signed by you

6. 2 Passport Size pictures (for the Thai visa)

7. 5,000THB for the visa fee (for multiple entry - only in Savannakehet) OR 2,000 THB for the visa fee (for single entry).

Arrive at the consulate in the morning, around 8am. Fill out the visa application, put it on top of the copies of the documents, and give it to the officer behind the counter. He'll want to see the original marriage certificate, and he'll give it back to you. You'll give him the 5,000THB (for the multiple entry visa, OR 2,000 THB for the single entry), and you'll pick it up the next day in the afternoon at around 2pm. Don't try to talk, or explain yourself, just hand over the documents. You may be required to show proof of last name change for the Thai wife.

For the Single Entry Non Immigrant O visa no financial requirements other then the 2.000 Thb fees.

For the 1 year Multiple Entry Non Immigrant O visa, only available at Savannakhet the fees of 5.000 Thb