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FCDO travel advice for Laos. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences. 

• Updated: 29 November 2024

• Warnings and insurance

  Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  Terrorism There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK…

• Regional risks

  Regional risks This section has safety advice for regions of Laos. It only…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Laos.

• Updated: 2 March 2023

Official information British people moving to and living in Laos need to know, including residency, healthcare and driving.

• Updated: 11 November 2024

Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from Laos for healthcare practitioners.

• Updated: 20 September 2021

Information for victims of rape and sexual assault in Laos.

• Updated: 12 January 2023

• Updated: 1 January 2008

Information on the legal and prison systems for British prisoners, their family and friends in Laos.

• Updated: 8 July 2015

Updates, news and events from the UK government in Laos

• Updated: 15 August 2017

• Updated: 1 May 2024

• Updated: 12 January 2023