Iran passport Laos
Do Iranians need a visa for Laos?
You need a visa.
Laos
Vientiane · Lao kip (LAK) · Lao
Photo: Basile Morin / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it, and applying takes time — start well before you book anything you cannot change.
- Status
- Visa required
- Stay permitted
- Single entry. Enter within 60 days of approval; stay up to 30 days.
- Government fee
- Not published
- Typical decision
- Usually 3 working days
Apply on the official Laos government site
This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there, and there is no service in between.
Checked 18 October 2026 — read the fees and rules on laoevisa.gov.la
Before you fly
- Changing planes: a passport from Iran needs a visa even to stay airside in United Kingdom and Schengen area airports, unless you hold an exempting document. Transit rules legislation.gov.uk · read eur-lex.europa.eu · read
What Laos asks for
- Passport valid for more than 180 days from arrival
- Scan of the passport bio page, including the two MRZ lines
- Photograph 4x6 cm, taken within the last 6 months
- The eVisa Approval Letter, shown on arrival
Worth knowing
- The eVisa fee is not refundable.
- The eVisa can be used only at the airports, bridges and railway stations the site lists as eVisa ports.
- Carry the Approval Letter. Without it you will be refused entry.
How long it takes
Apply no more than 60 days and no less than 5 days before you arrive.