LAOS - Passport and visa required.  Visa requires $35 fee, 3
application forms, 3 photos, onward/return transportation, sufficient funds,
cholera immunization and SASE for return of passport by mail.  Transit visas
for stay up to 5 days requires onward/return ticket and visa for next
destination.  Visitor visa are issued for 1 entry and must be used
within 3 months of issue date.  Period of stay:  1 month, can be extended for
another 30 days (visitor visa application must be accompanied by letter
from relative or friends in Laos).  Tourist visas are issued only to
those who apply through a tourist agency.  Business visa requires letter from
counterpart in Laos and is valid for 1 entry and must be used within 3
months of issue date.  Period of stay:  1 month, can be extended for
another 30 days.  For more information, check with the Embassy of the
Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2222 S St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008
(202/332-6416/7).
