Will I face issues applying for a Non-O visa after multiple trips to Laos?

@Allirà **********************

what country is your passport from?

@All***

3 times or 30 times there is NO RULE about how many times you can enter Lao. :/

Pretty much you just show up at the border, stamp out of thailand, BUY your visa on arrival to Lao, stamp in and you're good to go.

The closest REAL rule that has anything to do with what you were told is the fact that you can ONLY get TWO 30 day visa exempt entries by land in a calendar year to get IN to thailand..

okay, you can enter any border as many times as you want with a VALID visa from a thai consulate in your passport. Meaning

@All***

will have no problem re-entering the country on a valid non-O visa from the consulate

BUT

You can only get TWO 30 day visa exempt entries by land in a calendar year.

@Allirà **********************

and you aren't gonna be entering Lao unless you leave thailand are you? :P There is NO RULE about how many times you can enter Lao in a year.

Again, you have your wires crossed on what you heard or were told and what is really a rule.

@All***

I think you have your wires crossed some. There is no rule about how many times you can LEAVE thailand to another country in a year at all. The rule is how many times you can come back IN to thailand without a visa from a thai consulate in your passport getting a 30 day visa exempt entry. AND for people from 51 countries that's TWO times in a calendar year (Jan 1 - Dec 31).

I think you can, it's just the tourist visas, or the ED visas where they limit them (I think)