Long-Term Visa Based on Contribution or Funds (I-B3)

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Is this aimed at retirees, pensioners, financially independent people, passive-income holders or another profile?

Laos's Long-term visa (I-B3) is issued to foreigners and stateless people who contribute to national protection or development or provide benefits to the Lao PDR, for the purpose of a long stay.

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Law on Entry-Exit and Management of Foreigners, Long-term visa (I-B3) section
Foreigners and stateless people who have their goodness contribute to national protection and development tasks including those who provide benefits to the Lao PDR with the long stay purpose in the Lao PDR

Which types of income/assets are accepted according to the official source?

For long-stay applicants relying on funds, the accepted money is a bank deposit in a Lao PDR bank, with a minimum of USD 20,000 for a six-month stay or USD 40,000 for a one-year stay. The official source does not state whether other income or asset types are accepted.

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Law on Entry-Exit and Management of Foreigners, Long-term visa (I-B3) section
Foreigners, general stateless people with long stay purpose in the Lao PDR shall have money in their bank account of a bank in the Lao PDR at least twenty thousand US dollars for six-month stay in the Lao PDR and forty thousand US dollars for one-year stay in the Lao PDR.

What income, savings or financial-resources threshold applies and how does family affect it where officially specified?

Foreigners and stateless people with a general long-stay purpose must have at least twenty thousand US dollars in a bank account at a bank in Laos for a six-month stay and forty thousand US dollars for a one-year stay. The effect of family members on the amount is not stated.

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Limits of the record

No family or dependant adjustment is stated.
The threshold is stated for the general long-stay bullet; no amount is stated for the contribution bullet of the long-term visa.

https://api.immigration.gov.la/client/law/file/%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%81%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%BB%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%94%C3%A0%C2%BB%C2%9D%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%B2%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%8D-59-r17g2an4cb.pdf
- Foreigners, general stateless people with long stay purpose in the Lao PDR shall have money in their bank account of a bank in the Lao PDR at least twenty thousand US dollars for six-month stay in the Lao PDR and forty thousand US dollars for one-year stay in the Lao PDR.

Can the holder work locally, run a business or perform other economic activity? What is the family position?

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How long is the status granted, what is required for renewal, what physical-presence obligations matter, and what longer-term residence direction exists?

The long-term visa funds rule refers to six-month and one-year stays. I-B3 holders may be registered and issued a stay permit card; to extend, they must apply to the immigration police before the stay expires, with the extension duration for each visa category specified in separate regulations. No presence obligation or longer-term residence direction is stated.

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Limits of the record

The separate regulations on extension duration were not captured.
No presence obligation or longer-term residence direction is stated in the captures.

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- Foreigners, general stateless people with long stay purpose in the Lao PDR shall have money in their bank account of a bank in the Lao PDR at least twenty thousand US dollars for six-month stay in the Lao PDR and forty thousand US dollars for one-year stay in the Lao PDR.
https://api.immigration.gov.la/client/law/file/%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%81%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%BB%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%94%C3%A0%C2%BB%C2%9D%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%B2%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%8D-59-r17g2an4cb.pdf
3. Hold Official Visa (S-A2), Courtesy Visa (C-B1), Long-Term Visa (I-B3), Student Visa (ST-B2), Media Visa (M-B2), Expert Visa (EB2), Business Visa (NI-B2) and Labor Visa (LA-B2);
https://api.immigration.gov.la/client/law/file/%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%81%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%BB%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%94%C3%A0%C2%BB%C2%9D%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%B2%C3%A0%C2%BA%C2%8D-59-r17g2an4cb.pdf
Foreigners and stateless people who have been approved to stay in the Lao PDR and wish to extend their stay shall apply for the extension of stay with relevant immigration police officers before it expires. Each extension of the stay duration for each visa category is specified in separate regulations.

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Long-Term Visa Based on Contribution or Funds (I-B3)

Is this aimed at retirees, pensioners, financially independent people, passive-income holders or another profile?

Which types of income/assets are accepted according to the official source?

What income, savings or financial-resources threshold applies and how does family affect it where officially specified?

Can the holder work locally, run a business or perform other economic activity? What is the family position?

How long is the status granted, what is required for renewal, what physical-presence obligations matter, and what longer-term residence direction exists?

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