What are the visa options and requirements for Canadians entering Thailand from Laos?

As long as you're there why not get a single entry tourist visa from the thai consulate? I mean you're IN Lao already.

OR

You could just go to the friendship bridge, stamp out of lao, take the bus across the bridge (you CAN'T walk) and stamp into thailand on a 30 day visa exempt entry <- as long as you don't have TWO 30 day visa exempt entries by land this year that is ;)

It is free, but not the visa to visit Laos, even for the short time to do a border run.

BTW, the info for tourist visa from the website of the Thai Consulate in Vientiane in English %20VISA.pdf

And you apply in Vientiane in the morning before 11:30 and pick up next working day in the afternoon.

Thanks, if you make a border run, which you can do twice a calendar year you get 30 day Visa Exempt Entry and this can be extended once with 30 days at your local Immigration Office. If you want to stay longer you can buy a Tourist Visa at a Thai Consulate, as you suggest Vientiane, this visa will give you 60 days of stay and can also be extended with another 30 days. For this visa you need copy of your passport, id page and Laos visa page, 3 passport pictures, validity of minimum 6 months of the passport, 1.000 Thb and the application form you can pick up while waiting in the queu.

There is a Visa Exempt Entry for 30 days, but only for 54 countries, a Visa on Arrival for 15 days for 21 countries, and some other regulations to enter Thailand without a Visa. All depending on the country of origin of your passport, and that is .....?