Entry right

Laos, on a Japanese passport

Visa-free entry.

Length of stay — 15 days.

All visa-free countries with a Japanese passport

What changed

Unchanged between the 12 January 2025 and 17 February 2026 datasets: visa-free, 15 days.

The official portal

Applications go through Lao Immigration Department. It is the only source that counts.

Open the official portal
Staying longer

No dedicated nomad stay scheme is documented in this country.

The other way round

A Laos passport travelling to Japan: visa required.

Same region, same passport

Southeast Asia: with a Japanese passport, 6 of the 10 other countries in the region open visa-free or with a simple online authorisation.

Visa-free (6)
Brunei (30 d), Malaysia (90 d), Philippines (30 d), Singapore (30 d), Thailand (60 d), Vietnam (45 d)
Visa on arrival (4)
Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Timor-Leste
Once you are there
Cities rated for working there
The same country, on another passport
All 199 passports, in the Trousseau
What this page does not replace

Entry rules change often, sometimes overnight. This record gives the known state, with its source; it does not replace checking with the destination’s embassy or consulate, the only authority on the day you leave.

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