He states "yeah, Ive had a non B visa before and have tourist stamps. Not sure if that's what you are referring too." Are there other embassies that are more open to accepting him? If he was denied in laos why wouldn't he be denied in his home country? Sorry if that's a silly question but I don't know..
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