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Accompanying Family of Approved Investor

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Which family relationships qualify?

The official source refers to the family of foreign investors in its stay-permit card procedures but does not define which family relationships qualify.

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  • The source does not define which relationships (spouse, children, parents, age limits) count as 'family'.

Who may sponsor or bring the family member, and what immigration/citizenship status must that person hold?

The family member is brought under the investor's NI-B2 procedure: it applies to investors approved for investment in Lao PDR (holding an investment or concession licence and enterprise registration certificate), who submit the request to OSS, IPD, MPI; for the stay permit, investors (stockholders only) and family must have entered on an NI-B2 business visa.

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  • The source does not say whether a non-stockholder investor, director or technician can bring family under this procedure.

What is important for proving marriage, partnership, parentage, custody, dependency or another qualifying relationship?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the evidence needed to prove the family relationship.

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  • Searched the IPD visa/stay-permit page (both complementary-document lists) and the Investment Promotion Law for marriage, birth, dependency or relationship documents; the document lists name company proposal, licences, passport and photos only.

What important financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibilities apply?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance requirements.

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  • Searched the IPD page and the Investment Promotion Law for family support, funds, accommodation or insurance requirements; none stated. The previous concession-validity material belongs to R5.

How does the application work at a high level, what rights does the family member receive, how long does the status last, and how can it become independent or longer-term where officially stated?

Family members of foreign investors holding an enterprise registration certificate apply for business visas by preparing the set printed form and submitting it only to the Investment One-Stop Service Office of the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Where the investor holds a concession agreement with the Government of 10 years or more, the investor and family members can stay and receive a multiple-entry visa with 3-5 years validity. The official source does not state whether family members may work or how they could obtain independent or longer-term status.

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  • The source does not state the validity for family of investors without a 10-year concession agreement.
  • The source does not state whether family members may work or how they could obtain independent or longer-term status.
  • https://investlaos.gov.la/starting-a-business/one-stop-service/visa-stay-permit-card/
    Foreign investors who have received an enterprise registration certificate from Industry and Commerce Sector, together with family members, stockholders, directors, deputy directors who have a purpose to apply for an approval of business visas shall prepare the determined printed form and submit to Investment One-Stop Service Office of Ministry of Planning and Investment only, as per Article 55 of the implemented decree of Investment Promotion Law;
  • https://investlaos.gov.la/starting-a-business/one-stop-service/visa-stay-permit-card/
    Investors holding with concession agreement with Government of Lao PDR from 10 years and above and family members can stay and receive multiple entry visa with 3-5 years validity, (foreign investors of both minor and major stockholders are entitled to the same privilege);

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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