Will I Still Be Able to Use an Approved Laos E-Visa Following the Suspension of Visa on Arrival?

Mar 19, 2020

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As I understand, Laos will suspend visa upon arrival from tomorrow (Friday) and require tourists to apply for a visa at an embassy or online before they travel. However, the evisa website is updated with the attached. So basically, unless you can get a Laos visa from the embassy, no more border or visa runs to Laos until at least the 20th April...

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Laos has suspended its visa on arrival policy and now requires tourists to apply for a visa at an embassy or online before traveling, causing concerns about the validity of already approved e-visas.

Sasipa ********

I just got evisa approved today. Can I still use it? Or it becomes useless already with this situation??

5 years ago

Benjamin ******

I believe the eVisa is still valid, but you'd find out when you use it

5 years ago

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