BASICS - The Rough Guide to Laos - page 39

Extending visas
Visa extensions are fairly easy to obtain, but you'll need to plan ahead if you want to avoid
overstaying your visa (there's currently a $10 penalty for each extra day you spend in the
country). The cheapest option is to visit the immigration office off Lane Xang Avenue in Vi-
entiane before your visa expires. Here, visa extensions are issued at the cost of $2 per day, to
a maximum of sixty days. Alternatively, you could leave the country and enter again (which
might work out cheaper if you're planning to extend by twenty days or more) or pay a loc-
al travel agent to arrange the visa extension for you. Generally this is more expensive, with
most vendors charging around $4 per extra day required. Thirty-day business visas that have
the potential to be extended can also be arranged in advance at the Lao embassies and consu-
lates listedhere.

LAO EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES
Australia(andNewZealand) 1 Dalman Crescent, O'Malley, Canberra 02 6286 4595,
laosembassy.net .
Cambodia 15-17 Mao Tse Tung Blvd, Phnom Penh 23 997 931.
China 11 E 4th St, Sanlitun, Chaoyang, Beijing 010 532 1224, Camelia Hotel, Suite 3226,
154 E Dong Feng Rd, Kunming 087 1317 6624.
Hong Kong Room 1402 Arion Commercial Centre, 2-12 Queen's Rd West, Hong Kong
2544 1186.
India A 104/7, Parrmanand Estate, New Delhi 011 632 3048.
Indonesia 33 Jalan Kintamani Raya, Kuningan Timur, Jakarta 021 522 9602.
Japan 3-3-22, Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku 03 5411 2291.
Malaysia 25 Jalan Damai, Kuala Lumpur 032 483 895.
Myanmar (Burma), Diplomatic Headquarters, Taw Win Road, Yangon (Rangoon) 012
2482.
New Zealand Contact embassy in Canberra.
Philippines 34 Lapu-Lapu St, Magallanes, Makati, Manila 028 525 759.
Singapore 479-B Gold Hill Centre, Thomson Rd 6250 6044.
Thailand 502/13 Ramkhamhaeng Soi 39, Bangkapi, Bangkok 025 393642; 19/1-3

Phothisan Rd, Khon Kaen 043 223698, laoembassybkk.com .
US 2222 S St NW, Washington DC 202 332 6416, laoembassy.com .
Vietnam 22 Rue Tran Bing Trong, Hanoi 049 424576; 93 Pasteur St, District 1, Ho Chi
Minh City 088 297667.