Investor Visa

Register the enterprise with the Investment Promotion Department and obtain a Certificate of Enterprise Registration investlaos.gov.la. Apply for the NI-B2 visa at a Lao embassy or consulate abroad, or upon entry at major airports/borders with a signed employment contract and supporting documents aseanbriefing.com.

Laos. Laos was originally on the partial travel ban list, but updated to the full ban in December. The White House noted Laos's high rate of immigrant overstays and its failure to take back its deported nationals in its rationale for adding the country to its travel ban list.

There are several ways of starting business in Laos, the formation of a Laotian limited liability company being the most common one. Foreign entrepreneurs may also opt to set up a public limited company if they need to raise capital to finance their investment project in Laos.