Vietnam,Laos,Cambodia Visas. Not motorcycle related.

Garry H. · 01-25-2007, 02:12 PM

Did a quick google but all I found were travel agents...

One question someone here may know the answer...

Can we just front up at an airport or border crossing in these countries and get a tourist visa for a few days stay (like Thailand) or do we have to apply in advance through an embassy/consulate?

One Aussie and one Kiwi passport want to visit one of these countries for about a week...(Hell, I want to visit for a year or three but the Mrs thinks buying a house and looking after (her) kids is more important...)

Thanks for any info and apollogies for non advrider topic.

AusStealth · 01-25-2007, 02:23 PM

Vietnam requires that you obtain a visa before entry. There is some other scheme for pre-application and then collecting one on arrival, but I don't have any details. I had my local travel agent arrange a standard visa, the cost was equivalent to about US$50.

Normal entry to Thailand (i.e. via main airports) does not require any visa. Don't know how you'd go at minor land border crossings.

Laos requirements are not known to me.

RunningBare · 01-25-2007, 07:38 PM

need visa before arrival, VN consulate at Double Bay used to take about a week.

MRps56 · 01-25-2007, 08:32 PM

I have visited Laos and Cambodia flying in from Thailand in the last 12 months. Visa's could be obtained on arrival (airport). Ensure that you have a passport size photograph for Cambodia. Visa cost was US$20 for a 30 day visa.
I didn't have a photograph for the Laos visit and that didn't cause any problem but would still recommend having a photograph. Can't remember the visa cost but suspect it was around 1500 Thai baht but slightly cheaper if paid in US $. I also recollect that this visa was only granted for two weeks but could be extended at extra cost.

Garry H. · 01-25-2007, 09:15 PM

Thank You muchly. That's what I wanted to know.

Daintree · 01-25-2007, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garry H.

Did a quick google but all I found were travel agents...

One question someone here may know the answer...

Can we just front up at an airport or border crossing in these countries and get a tourist visa for a few days stay (like Thailand) or do we have to apply in advance through an embassy/consulate?

Gosh that was not the case for me in 1967, we just got flown straight in and free Huey flights once there - even free shooting galleries

Jaqhammar · 01-25-2007, 11:24 PM

Would not the obvious answer be to contact the embassies of the countries you want to visit?

Daintree · 01-26-2007, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Jaqhammar

Would not the obvious answer be to contact the embassies of the countries you want to visit?

waaaay too obvious

rosscoact · 01-26-2007, 03:33 AM

go to http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/ca...s.cfm?catid=24

Garry H. · 01-26-2007, 09:16 PM

I S'pose I could afford a phone call or two...

But I don't have a week to wait for a visa. That would require being organized to some degree and knowing well beforehand when/where you are going...

Found out a week ago we're going to Thailand and if business is taken care of may (or may not) have time for a short visit to one of these countries.

Hence we just want to turn up when/if we're ready and take it from there...

Thanks again for all the info.

Daintree · 01-27-2007, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garry H.

I S'pose I could afford a phone call or two...

Hence we just want to turn up when/if we're ready and take it from there...

Thanks again for all the info.

I remember same in 1986 from UK to France - there was a bombing at time and a temporary rule was in force that Oz [and others] had to get a visa beforehand

so we lobbed at Dover and were told that but my ex wife told THEM "about their parentage" and how she had been to France 6 times over 15 years and no visa

so family got on ferry and at France wife me and 2 kids got arrested and 12 year old son [who was born in UK] was allowed into France while we were escorted back to ferry with our passports in a "plain brown paper envelope" only to be returned once in UK

I got rid of her 3 years later

and my life became easy again

moral is always best to check at embassy BEFORE

01-25-2007, 02:12 PM	#1
Garry H. ^OP nocopsondirt Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney NSW near Kingsford Smith Airport Oddometer: 137	Vietnam,Laos,Cambodia Visas. Not motorcycle related. Did a quick google but all I found were travel agents... One question someone here may know the answer... Can we just front up at an airport or border crossing in these countries and get a tourist visa for a few days stay (like Thailand) or do we have to apply in advance through an embassy/consulate? One Aussie and one Kiwi passport want to visit one of these countries for about a week...(Hell, I want to visit for a year or three but the Mrs thinks buying a house and looking after (her) kids is more important...) Thanks for any info and apollogies for non advrider topic.

01-25-2007, 08:32 PM	#4
MRps56 n00b Joined: Nov 2006 Oddometer: 1	Laos and Cambodia visa. I have visited Laos and Cambodia flying in from Thailand in the last 12 months. Visa's could be obtained on arrival (airport). Ensure that you have a passport size photograph for Cambodia. Visa cost was US$20 for a 30 day visa. I didn't have a photograph for the Laos visit and that didn't cause any problem but would still recommend having a photograph. Can't remember the visa cost but suspect it was around 1500 Thai baht but slightly cheaper if paid in US $. I also recollect that this visa was only granted for two weeks but could be extended at extra cost.

01-26-2007, 03:33 AM	#9
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01-25-2007, 02:23 PM	#2
AusStealth Bohican Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Perth West Oz Oddometer: 699	Vietnam requires that you obtain a visa before entry. There is some other scheme for pre-application and then collecting one on arrival, but I don't have any details. I had my local travel agent arrange a standard visa, the cost was equivalent to about US$50. Normal entry to Thailand (i.e. via main airports) does not require any visa. Don't know how you'd go at minor land border crossings. Laos requirements are not known to me.

01-25-2007, 07:38 PM	#3
RunningBare Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2006 Location: miles from nowhere Oddometer: 432	need visa before arrival, VN consulate at Double Bay used to take about a week.

01-25-2007, 09:15 PM	#5
Garry H. ^OP nocopsondirt Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney NSW near Kingsford Smith Airport Oddometer: 137	Thank You muchly. That's what I wanted to know.

01-25-2007, 11:24 PM	#7
Jaqhammar Hooligan Joined: May 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia. Oddometer: 2,726	Would not the obvious answer be to contact the embassies of the countries you want to visit?

01-26-2007, 09:16 PM	#10
Garry H. ^OP nocopsondirt Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney NSW near Kingsford Smith Airport Oddometer: 137	I S'pose I could afford a phone call or two... But I don't have a week to wait for a visa. That would require being organized to some degree and knowing well beforehand when/where you are going... Found out a week ago we're going to Thailand and if business is taken care of may (or may not) have time for a short visit to one of these countries. Hence we just want to turn up when/if we're ready and take it from there... Thanks again for all the info.