Manufacturing a wiring board

A process for manufacturing a wiring board comprising a substrate (10) made of an insulation material and having first and second surfaces, first and second conductor patterns formed on the first and second surfaces, respectively, and a via conductor penetrating the substrate to electrically connect the first conductor pattern with the second conductor pattern; the process comprising the following steps of: forming the substrate (10) with a through-hole (12) penetrating thereto and defining openings at the first and second surfaces, respectively; plating the substrate with a metal so that a metal layer (16) having a predetermined thickness is formed on the respective first and second surfaces of the substrate and the through-hole (12) is substantially filled with the metal to be the via conductor; irradiating a laser beam, as a plurality of spots; around a metal-less portion of the plated metal (16), such as a dimple or seam (20), at positions corresponding to the openings of the through-hole (12), so that a part of the plated metal (16) melts to fill the metal-less portion (20) with the molten metal (16). A filler of metal (26) or metal powder may also be provided and melted in to the metal-less portion (20) by the laser beam.