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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Flying from Bangkok to Laos, does a Thai have to have a passport?
Dear readers,
Does a Thai person need a passport when flying from Bangkok to Laos? Or is an ID card sufficient?
Yours faithfully,
Gerard
an ordinary ID card is sufficient, my girlfriend is Thai, lives near Usan Tani and regularly travels to Laos
Hmmmm…..it could be that if a Thai just crosses the border for a day, an ID card is sufficient, but maybe not for entering via the airport and staying longer than a day.
In any case, this is my experience in 2004 when I stood at the border with Cambodia with a Thai girlfriend. We then stayed on Koh Chang and decided to go to Cambodia to travel around. This was possible for my girlfriend with a Thai ID, according to the receptionist of the hotel on Koh Chang where we stayed. She had done this once.
At the border it turned out differently: my girlfriend needed a passport. This while many Thais walked in and out of Cambodia and quickly showed an ID.
Maybe Laos is different, but first inquire thoroughly.
Mark,
Does your girlfriend travel by plane or by road transport? I think you can travel by road with an ID card, but with an airplane, a Thai must also have a passport.
An ID is sufficient by land, although I see them crossing the border here with ID and form with photo. They pick up the form at the amphur where a room is furnished bilingually: Thai and Laotian.
To fly ? I think you can't get into the international part of the airport without a passport. Call an airline that flies to Vientiane.
Laotians and Thais do not need a passport, but a border pass to cross the border on land. Automatically thought 3, and with a paid stamp on the border pass valid for up to 30 days. This treaty between Thailand and Laos was mainly created for commuters and traders. Isn't a passport always required for a cross-border plane trip?
Would be interested to know where this can be read officially.
My madam uses her Thai ID card to Cambodia, but this is only possible if she returns the same day, otherwise passport is required
gr
ronny
The Thai may ONLY travel around with his ID in provinces directly bordering TH and max. only a few days. He/she must also buy a kind of border pass. Ditto for Lao who want to go to TH.
I suspect that you cannot buy that border pass at the airport. This nuances/corrects the stories above.
Here's your answer: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/172653-laos-visa-for-thai/
Thanks Rudi. There it is: previous response turned out to be correct, so the repetition of that info makes sense, thanks for that. Just received confirmation from Laos. But no website. That is unfortunate. The 3 days are actually 2 nights. The poster's question can be considered answered, but not confirmed by a source. That is always welcome. Best regards.
International flight and therefore passport (and visa) required.
No, no visa is required for holders of a Thai passport for a stay of up to 30 days.
That's right.
Thais do not need a visa if they stay there for a maximum of 30 days.
That's a bilateral agreement.
All countries with which such an agreement exists can be found on this link.
This is an official link from Foreign Affairs of Thailand (MFA)
http://www.mfa.go.th/main/contents/files/consular-services-20120410-195410-171241.pdf
On the right you see the list for ordinary passports and the number of days between (), that a Thai may stay visa-free in the country in question.
You can find this link on the website of Foreign Affairs of Thailand (MFA)
I cannot find an official link about the existence / use of the border pass, but I understand that an answer has already been received from the LAO PDR.
Great, someone asks a reader question about Laos, gets an answer about Cambodia, one says yes, the other says no…..What is it now? Please don't respond if people don't know or come up with a link or substantiation!
It would become mandatory if a reader provides information, to credit a source or THE SOURCE. This way you can easily check whether the information is correct. There is too much response from a gut feeling without any knowledge or experience with the question. As has become clear once again and was rightly noted.
I think that the questioner can also expect a serious answer to a serious question, and not a reaction from readers who apparently write something out of sheer boredom.
The best source would have to be the website of the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but it provides little information and is even partly 'empty'. However, the contact details of the Laotian embassy in Bangkok and the consulate-general in Khon Kaen can be found on it, so it should be possible to obtain certainty with a telephone call or e-mail. Incidentally, the question did not concern the visa requirement, but I responded to the incorrect position of 'Bacchus'……….
http://www.mofa.gov.la/index.php/lao-and-asean/19-2013-11-06-08-46-22/22-southeast-asia-links#thailand-bankok
If you're going to fly. I assume you stay longer than 24 hours. Each visitor then needs a valid passport for Laos, which must be valid for at least 6 months. The visa costs $30 US Dollar for 30 days and can be obtained at any border crossing and airport. It also need 2 passport photos.
I've checked this on several (5) sites, all stating the same thing. Nowhere have I read an exception for, for example, Thais or others who, for example, would not need a passport. So that applies to everyone who wants to enter Laos. If you stay longer (unauthorised) if those 30 days will cost you $10/day + possibly jail.
It is best to apply for your visa in advance - then you are sure of your case and you will not have any problems at the border.
Top Martin, again: holders of a passport from an ASEAN country do not need a visa for Laos for a stay of up to thirty days. Incidentally, that was not the question - it was only about the passport - but pertinently incorrect information such as you provide must still be corrected.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Laos#Get_in
Very strange that even the Laos Embassy does not say a word about an ASEAN member country. It may well be that the Embassy is not even aware of the existence of the ASAEN? That is funny.
For that reason I have also clearly indicated for him / her who can read, to do a check BEFORE and not wait until you land in Laos, e.g. as a resident of an ASEAN country.
Because did you land there and you only have your passport, but without a Visa you are colored on it, if they follow your Idea?
I would therefore be a bit more careful with something like this, pertinently incorrect information. The more so, because the truth is not born in Laos either - which from experience also applies to Thailand and other so-called ASEAN countries. In one of the sites I consulted, there was even a bribe payment (Thai traveler experience) if the Visa does not work.
Therefore, what one says, the other need not be known, or even want to be known?. That's Asian. Between rules and regulations, a world of ignorance and corruption exists in this part of the world. We should all be aware of that by now.
If I were you, I would call the Laos Embassy. For a few cents you will know in no time how the fork is in the stem. That is better than relying on information from travel-pedia or so-called official Laos site that turn out to be empty.