Vietnam visa, Guidance for Vietnam visa

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Before you apply


Please make sure that you will need a visa to travel to Vietnam. Some citizens from ASEAN countries can enter Vietnam without visa within 15-30 days.

Read the guidance for the type of visa required for the purpose of your travel. It is quite important as the processing time for each kind of visa is different. For instance, business visa may take longer to complete than tourist visa.

How long will the visa application process take? Normally, the Vietnam Immigration Dept. may need 2-3 days to issue the visa if they receive the normal processing request. For urgent case, customers should apply for rush visa which takes 8 hours for all the procedures. 4 hours visa processing is flexible in some cases but it is not strongly appreciated due to it danger.


What you need to apply


Visa fees: Visa service fee and stamping fee are totally different so make sure that you are clear all.


Correct visa application form: The information filled in the application form must be similar to the one provided on your passport. At the Vietnam airport, the Vietnam Immigration Officer will collect your information in their database to compare with the one on your passport. Any errors will not be accepted.


Supporting documents: normally it will be your valid passport. In some cases, the Vietnam Immigration may require your scanned passport sent to them to carefully check.


Photograph guidance for visa applicants: 1 photo in 4*6 cm will be needed to glue on the form on arrival.


Outcome of your application


Your visa application was refused; can you appeal against this decision? Vietnam visa requests from some countries will not be issued due to the difference between 2 countries diplomatic policy. Therefore, trying to apply other visa may cause you time cost and useless fee.


Frequently asked questions (FAQs): read all questions before making the visa request is strongly encouraged by Visa to Vietnam. It will reduce the hassle at Vietnam airport as information may change from time to time and your travel experience may not be suitable in Vietnam