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Taiwan visa rules for Laos passport holders

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The answer

No. Laos passport holders need a visa to visit Taiwan.

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ONE TIME LIVIN’VISA NEEDED

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Official source

visawebapp.boca.gov.twBureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)Checked 29 Oct 2026

group tourists from India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam visiting with travel agencies designated by the Tourism Administration, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, are eligible for an eVisa.

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Can get an eVisa instead when touring in a group with a travel agency designated by Taiwan's Tourism Administration.
  • Can enter for 14 days with an online Travel Authorization Certificate instead if holding a resident card or entry visa, valid or expired less than 10 years before arrival, from Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, an EU or Schengen country, the United Kingdom or the United States, or a Taiwan visa or resident card issued in the past 10 years.
  • The Travel Authorization Certificate is closed to anyone who has worked in Taiwan as a blue-collar worker, and a past Taiwan migrant-worker visa or group-tourist visa does not qualify.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

A passport with remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What Taiwan passport holders need to visit Laos.

Taiwan passport Laos

Visa on arrival · 30 days

Maximum stay
Up to 30 days

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Visa-free nearby

Other places Laos passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Taipei, nearest first.

  1. PhilippinesManila, about 1,160 km from TaipeiVisa-free · 30 days
  2. VietnamHanoi, about 1,670 km from TaipeiVisa-free · 30 days
  3. CambodiaPhnom Penh, about 2,300 km from TaipeiVisa-free · 30 days
  4. BruneiBandar Seri Begawan, about 2,350 km from TaipeiVisa-free · 30 days

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

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