Please send TDS your current valid and signed passport. It must not expire within 6 months and must have at least one blank visa page. If you do not have any blank visa pages in your passport, TDS can assist you in applying for additional pages. If your passport expires within 6 months, you must renew your passport and then we will secure your visa with the new passport.

Please send 3 recent professional passport-type photographs.
Digital and non-passport photographs are not acceptable.
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Please send a copy of your round trip airline tickets, or itinerary or e-ticket, or letter of confirmation from a travel agent. The itinerary must show the applicant's name, date of arrival and departure from the country, and flight information. The Embassy does not recommend purchasing your ticket prior to a visa being issued.

Please Send Two Completed and Signed Application Forms

You must complete the Online Order Form.

The order form gives TDS your name, address, shipping information and payment method. Multiple applicants can be entered using one order form. You only need to complete one TDS order form per request. Please print two copies of the confirmation page. Include one copy with the documents you ship to TDS and keep one copy for your records.

While completing the online order form in this step, you will be asked how you want to pay TDS fees. You may pay our fees online with a credit card or enclose a personal or business check or money order.

Please forward the completed requirements detailed above to:

TRAVEL DOCUMENT SYSTEMS, INC.,
925 Fifteenth Street N.W. Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005

Urgent applications should be shipped to TDS using only the FedEx Company.
Please use FedEx Priority Overnight. Do NOT ship "First Overnight." This will delay the delivery of your package.

A Laos Tourist visa is usually issued for a Single entry within two months from the date of issue for a period of stay not to exceed 30 days. The visa may be extended in Laos.

Passport must have at least six months validity remaining, and one blank visa page in order for the visa to be issued. TDS can assist with expediting U.S Passports, whether new issue, renewal, and adding visa pages.

Visa issued on arrival: (please be sure to check this information with your Airline before you travel to Laos)
visa can be obtained at Vientiane
International Airport, Luang Prabang, Pakse and Warray
Airports for a stay of max. 30 days (one extension possible)
provided passenger holds:
- a return/onward ticket and all documents required for
their next destination; and
- has a contact (individual person or organization) based in
Laos; and
- confirmed hotel reservation in Laos; and
- 1 photograph size 3 x 4 cm.
Fee: USD 30.-.



Your application will be hand carried to the Embassy, and is usually processed in 5-7 business days.

Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP)

By connecting on the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program, State Department will be able to assist you better in the case of an emergency, such as if you lose your passport or it is stolen while you are abroad.