VIETNAM - Visa

Visa on Arrival to Vietnam at International Airports

Visa procedure: 
Most visitors to Vietnam need a visa to enter the country. Visas are exempted for the citizens of the countries, which have signed a bilateral or unilateral visa exemption agreement with Vietnam, tourist visa.

For Visa, contact Vietnamese consulate or Embassy in your country, or you can obtain Visa upon arrival. To get the Visa on arrival, you need to get the approval sheet first. 

Approval sheet for Visa on arrival to Vietnam cost for normal case ( US$15/pax ) – 3 working days for tourist visa one month single entry

• Stamping fee for Visa US$25/pax (01 month visa & Single entry)
• Stamping fee for Visa US$50/pax  ( Multi entry)

Kind of visa : Tourist Visa

Maximum length of stay: 30 days for foreign tourists and 90 days for Vietnamese. 

Approval sheet for Visa on arrival urgent case cost  (US$25/pax )- 2 working days , some case we can arrange in 1 working day  

Kind of visa : Tourist Visa

Maximum length of stay: 30 days for foreign tourists and 90 days for Vietnamese.

Process to get Visa on arrival to Vietnam (download Visa Form)

• Step 1 : Fill on this Visa form and send to us by email or fax + 84.8 38222 653 
• Step 2 : After receiving this form, we send your Visa request to Vietnam Immigration Department
• (need 1 working days for urgent case – 3 working days for normal case)
• Step 3 : You will receive the Visa approval sheet issued by Police Department by email 
• Step 4: Print the approval sheet for boarding - need to bring 2 passport photos (size 4x6 cm)
• Step 5: Show the Visa approval at the airport in Vietnam - pay 25USD for Visa stamping fees at the  airport to the custom officer.

Citizens from four European countries given vis a exemption

Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Finnish

citizens will be exempted from requiring visas as of May 1 when they enter, exit or stay in Viet Nam for less than 15 days. Decision No. 808/2005/QD-BNG issued by the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry on April 13 stipulates that these countries’’ citizens must have valid passports for at least three months since they enter Viet Nam, return tickets or tickets for a third country. This does not apply to those who have been banned from entering or have not been allowed to enter Viet Nam under Vietnamese laws. After entering Viet Nam, if they want to stay more than 15 days, and have a valid reason as laid out by Vietnamese agencies, organizations and individuals for the Ministry of Public Security and the Foreign Ministry, they will be required to have a visa.

(Source: Vietnam News Agency)

Visa exemption:

- Not more than 30 days: for citizens of  Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Laos.

- Not more than 15 days: for citizens of Japan and South Korea, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland. (Vietnamese diplomatic and official passport holders are exempted from visa requirements to enter Japan).

- French citizens holding valid diplomatic passports are exempt from visa requirements when visiting Vietnam and are allowed to stay for up 3 months at one time or on several visits within six months since their first immigration dates. Vietnamese citizens holding valid diplomatic passports also enjoy similar privileges.

- Citizens of Chile and Vietnam holding valid diplomatic or official passports from one of the two countries are exempt from needing entry, exit and transit visas in the other’s territory and are allowed to stay for up 60 days on each visit.