Visas and border crossings forum

Hi

I wonder if anyone who has dual nationality can help me?

In short: If I have dual British/ Irish nationality, can I do the following...?

-Enter Laos on UK passport
-Exit Laos on UK passport at border crossing with Thailand
-Enter Thailand on Irish passport
-Exit Thailand on Irish passport
-Re-enter Laos on Irish passport

If you want more of a detailed explanation, see below...

At the moment I have a British passport, but it only has 5 pages left even though it doesn't expire until 2017. I am about to travel to Laos for probably 3 to 6 months, and I've been told that I'll need to keep renewing my 1 month tourist visa. So with my current passport I would only be able to stay 5 months max before running out of space in my passport.

I am entitled to dual British/ Irish nationality, and I've realised it would actually be cheaper for me apply for a new Irish passport than to renew my British one, not to mention the benefits of having two passports.

I will enter Laos on my British passport, as I won't yet have the Irish passport, that will be sent to me once it is issued. Once I have the Irish passport and come to renew my visa, I will need to get the new visa in the Irish passport. I assume I will need to leave and re-enter Laos to do this, but this won't be a problem as I can cross over into Thailand easily. The only problem is whether there are any issues with leaving a country on one passport and entering another country on a different passport, as outlined above. This may be really common, I just thought I'd better check as I'm new to this dual nationality thing!

Are there any other issues with travelling on two passports that I may not have thought of? Any advice gratefully received!

Thanks

Jenny