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Yes it does. Lots of uploading required, but useful if you make regular trips.
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You're good to go. The ME permit is 3,800.
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It's only Savannakhet International Airport that has stopped issuing VOAs. The other international airports in Laos still issue them.
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They can get an O visa like anyone else, if they meet the requirements (my wife did this). But as Tod Daniels says most just do border runs every month (or seemingly overstay!)
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It can occasionally happen at BKK airport too. We now advise all our teachers to travel with their WP or a copy.
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Regency for Expats are fine, but beware of their "semi-private" room clause for their cheaper policies.
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@Tod ********
Cheers. My landlord has insisted on filing the TM30 herself, so if a TM28 is immaterial, I'll leave it that. I have no plans to visit Immigration again until our Extensions are up for renewal in November 2020!
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She can stay as your dependant, but she will need to come back in on an O visa. My wife was able to get her O visa at Immigration in Chaengwattana (she had a tourist visa) but I understand they will no longer do this.
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Can't be done. You need a new passport.
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You should definitely keep them legal if you plan to live here and school them here.