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Laos visa for citizens of Papua New Guinea

Citizens of Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea: the passport opens 37 countries visa-free; Port Moresby — Vientiane: ≈ 5,760 km, about 7.5 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 Papua New Guinea passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea passport you can visit 37 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 83 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Papua New Guinea passport ranks 129th of 199.
Papua New Guinea passport: visa-free access to 37 countries; Laos passport: 20.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea and Laos can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Micronesia, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Seychelles, Palestine, Zambia, Rwanda, Ecuador, Haiti, Dominica, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Citizens of Laos, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of Laos

Travelling to Laos: good to know

Port Moresby — Vientiane: about 5,760 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −4 hours.
Local time: Port Moresby 12:00 — Vientiane 08:00.
Local currency: Laotian Kip.
Languages: Lao.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LAK 22,259.
Laos is the 27th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Papua New Guinea.