Visa on arrival

Laos visa for citizens of the Gambia

Citizens of the Gambia get a Laos visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of the Gambia: the passport opens 43 countries visa-free; Banjul — Vientiane: ≈ 12,490 km, about 16 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Laos without a visa on a Gambia passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of the Gambia get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Laos visa rules at a glance

With a Gambia passport you can visit 43 countries visa-free, 20 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 93 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Gambia passport ranks 111th of 199.
Gambia passport: visa-free access to 43 countries; Laos passport: 20.
Citizens of the Gambia and Laos can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Rwanda, Haiti, Seychelles, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Laos, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Gambia. Gambia visa for citizens of Laos

Travelling to Laos: good to know

Banjul — Vientiane: about 12,490 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +7 hours.
Local time: Banjul 12:00 — Vientiane 19:00.
Local currency: Laotian Kip.
Languages: Lao.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LAK 22,259.
Laos is the 170th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Gambia.