Guide to Visa’s for Vietnam

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If you are planning for a trip to southeast Asia, it would be incomplete without spending a few weeks in the beautiful country of Vietnam. Getting a visa is more over time consuming and complicated process during travelling. The rules and regulation of visas get changed depending on the nationality of the home country of traveller and type of visa applied for. The Google search results were flooded with lots of agency / websites offering attractive plans for entire visa process.

Visa Exemptions

There are few countries, whose citizens don’t need any visa prior to entering Vietnam, it depends on their nationality, you might be qualified for a visa exemption. If travelers belong to Visa Exempted countries then they can plan to stay only a week or two in Vietnam.

Nationals from ASEAN countries can usually stay 30 days without a visa while nationals from EU countries like the UK, Germany or Sweden only get 15 days of visa exemption.

To get the benefit of Visa exemption, the only thing you need to do is book your flights, take the print out your booking confirmation for the return flight (within the period of your visa exemption) to show at the Immigration in Vietnam.

Tourist Visa

It Depends on travelers plans, which type of entry you are choosing a single or multiple entry for tourist visa with a validity of one or three months.

These are all the available options:

1 month single entry
1 month multiple entry
3 months single entry
3 months multiple entry

If you are travelling to Vietnam by land, sea then you need to obtain visa before arriving to the country, you can simply apply for the visa, at one of the Vietnamese embassies in your country. The process takes 2-5 working days and you will be asked to send the passport by post, or apply in person.

If you are planning to fly (by Air) then the easiest and quickest option is applying online for Visa on Arrival.

E-Visa: From 2017 onwards, citizens of 40 countries can apply for a 1 month single entry to Vietnam online. It costs is $25 and time consumed for processing is 3 working day. You can apply for your e-visa here.

Visa on Arrival (Landing Visa)

Before you enter Vietnam you need to apply for “Visa on Arrival”. This allows you to enter the country without a visa and confirms that you will be getting the visa once you are in Vietnam on Vietnam Airport. This is very important as airlines don’t allow to board, if you can’t proof that you are allowed to enter the destined country.

Overall, the entire process of applying for a Vietnam “Visa on Arrival” was quick and easy. Applying online instead of queueing up at the embassy was very convenient. The entire step by step procedure guide us that we were following the correct steps.

Peter Varela, 43

“ My wife and I were forced to immigrate. We used Vietnammvisa services because we had no second chances and needed the assistance of the best consultant. ”

Phillip Mayer, 35

“ With Vietnammyvisa, there was no need to worry about the immigration process.

I felt welcome and in good hands. ”

Noni Faraji, 25

“ Going abroad to study by myself could have been very stressful. Luckily, Vietnammyvisa was my family away from home and helped me to take care of everything. ”