Laos Expat Forum

oren
Joined 2004
Posts: 4

19 years ago

thinking of moving there

19 years ago

hello all. i currently live in seattle wa. and have been seriousally considering moving to laos in a year or two. im curious about how realisic this is and if anyone out there can give me any info. id really appreciate it.
firstly im curious about buying land. is it possible for a non citizen to buy say an old house with a bit of land attached to it? ill have some money, but not enough to build a house. how about rent in the ciities, any idea how it translates into us dollars? im also curious about if forigeners can own buisnesses. and about how difficult it may be to find a job as a forigener, (without a b.a.).
it sounds like visas are easiest to obtain when you have ties to someone there or a buisiness reason for moving. is it possible to get an extended visa just because you'd like to live and work in laos?
thanks a lot for any feed back.

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