What is the best visa option for a Spanish national working in Laos while maintaining an apartment in Bangkok?

And btw... an METV allows you to cross the land border at Nong Khai as many times as you like, which makes flying to DMK much cheaper

To further double confirm, this is correct. I worked in Laos for 1 year and got an METV while working there. I was not a permanent resident. The consulate wanted to see a work contract, rental contract and little blue (or red) foreigner book which will get stapled into your passport when you work in Laos. It is very common for expats working in Vientiane to get METVs, because many go to Thailand regularly.

David Sagasti About 4, if immigration dont stamp one bang in the middle of a new page

@Da***

. Yep. 48 pages with the 'jumbo British passport', dont know about the Spanish one

@Steve ******

If he's lucky , but still be a page every month in/out Thailand

@Da***

. Maybe they have some kind of multi entry visas for non laos citizens who officially work there

@David *******

good thinking. Gonna need a jumbo passport!

See my comment further down this thread. If you work in Laos you can get an METV from the consulate in Vientiane

@Iv**

Thanks, good to know

That is my understanding, that you can get it if you are working there. "Residency" in the context of the METV, in most places, means you have some sort of long-term visa for the country you are in, it does not require permanent residency.

>Foreigners who work or reside permanently in the Lao PDR are eligble for applying for the Multiple Entries Tourist Visa (METV) to Thailand. METV costs 5,000 baht, valid for 6 months and foreigners would be able to stay in Thailand up to 60 days per journey.

>Copy of applicant’s Lao business visa, stay and work permit.

>Confirmation of employment letter issued by the applicant’s employer in Laos.

>Statement of the applicant’s bank account with at least Baht 200’000 or equivalent in major currencies.

If he is working in Laos I imagine he'd have a multiple entry visa and wouldn't be paying each time.

Biff Would he still need a Laos visa each time he entered or do they have some kind of re-entry permit for workers/long stay?

@Ivan ***********

Can they? Does working in Laos equate to residency?

He'd be resident in Laos if he was working there. People working there can get it.