There is no legal basis in Lao law for two foreigners to be wed. As such, any wedding ceremony you hold in Laos will not be able to be registered as a legal marriage in your home country.
You can get married in Thailand, though.
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<hr>FYI Mick Jagger got married in Bali - he had a ceremonial wedding without the legal bit, hence the fortunate (for him) discovery many years later that he was not legally married.<hr></blockquote>
Actually, the issue was that this his marriage was conducted using a very bad imitation of a Hindu ceremony, with a few compliant priests taking part. When it came to the attention of the more senior religious officials, there was a bit of a stink about it: the Balinese felt rather that it was a bit tasteless just to throw in a few priests for a bit of local colour when no-one there was really a hindu and decided it wasn't a legal marriage. In the end, though, I think Mick still had to part with a lot more money than he was comfortable parting with.
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<hr>A marriage is legal anywhere in the world as long as it is legally registered in the country you married. <hr></blockquote>
Same in Australia, with a few exceptions: for example, in Indonesia you may be able to have more than one wife. Australia only recognizes the first one as being legal, regardless of whether the others are kosher in Indonesia.
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