When a tourist comes to Vietnam, he/she need have a 6 months valid passport anf a Visa granted by:
-Vietnamese embassy of consulate (if you want to have visa before arriving in Vietnam).
-Customs at the airport or border gate (if you want to have visa upon arrival)
Normaly, a visa is valid for one month. However, you can get multi-entry visa orask for visa extension (in case, you want to arrive and leave Vietnam many times or stay in Vietnam for a long time).
What are visa doing procedures?
I. Getting Visa before arriving in Vietnam:
Appointment with Vietnamese Embassy You can telephone Vietnamese Embassy in your
country to ask for instructions. You’d better to check
the website before getting visa
Visa service centers You can telephone Vietnamese Embassy in your
country to ask for instructions. You’d better to check
the website before getting visa
Visa service centers:You can contact visa service centers such as:
•Action Visas: sharply but expensive
•Advice Travel: Professional. The consultants
will assist you during visa doing process.
II. Getting Visa at the airport:
You can ask for visa directly when you arrive in Vietnam. It is a very simple and cheap way. We will help you to do this. Following is the procedures:
1. Supplying information: For visa application, we need the following informations:
-Full name (Name as in your passport)
-Sex (Male/Female)
-Date of birth
-Nationality
-Passport Number
-Arrival date
-Arrival flight number
-Departure date.
2. Authorization letter:
These informatin will be sent to Vietnam Immigrationn Department, they will issue a letter of visa upon arrival for you. This letter will be scanned, sent to your email address or your fax. We are happy to be of service to customers
Attention:
You will be allowed to get on broad at departure airport with copy of this letter. At the airport in Vietnam, you can get the visa with this letter, your original passport and 02photos 4cm x 6cm
3. Stamp on the pasport:
When you arrive at the airport (in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City), go tje Customs Gate and show your authorization letter. You will get visa and stamp on the passport.
You have to fill in the form with all the information required and one passport sized photo glued
=> Please Click here to download Application for Entry and Exit Visa.
4. Visa doing cost:
Please contact with travel consultant for more information about the cost of doing visa upon arrival. Getting Visa in this way is much cheaper and more convenient than in Vietnamese Embassy before going to Vietnam.
III. Who does not need to have Visa?
1. All Vietnamese who live and work in other countries (overseas Vietnamese) or foreigners who have Vietnamese wife, husband or parents living and working in Vietnam need not have visa under below conditions:
- Having passport passport valued documents which is valid for at least 6 months in other countries before going to Vietnam.
- Having visa exemption certificate granted by appropriate authorities (Vietnamese Embassy's leader). Visa exemption certificate is valid for 90 days and granted for each individual. Children under 14 years old who share the same passport with parents will have th same Visa exemption certificate with parents.
For more infomation, please contact Vietnamese Embassy in your country.
2. To children: Children will be exemption from doing visa if they share the same passport with parents or they have to do visa as an adult.