Vietnam Embassy/Consulate visa

Visistors would like to collect Vietnam entry visa at Vietnam Embassy/Consulate can apply directly at the Embassy of Vietnam as early as six months prior to the arrival date. You should note the following Vietnam visa requirments to collect visa for Vietnam:

1. Original PASSPORT (which requires at least 01 month validity prior the exit date from Vietnam and/or 06 month validity to meet airlines’ requirements).

2. Vietnam visa application form (PDF Form/Word Form) must be completed, signed and attached with 01 original photo (2x 2in) . In case of a loose-leaf-visa request, 01 additional photo must be stapled to the form. If the applicant has already got A visa approval, she/he may write the reference number on the top of the form. For anyone who comes to Vietnam for less than 3 months and does not have visa approval, just leave “visa approval number” blank and the Embassy will take care of it. Additional processing fees for visa approval may be required.


3. Vietnam visa fees must be in the form of MONEY ORDER, or CASHIER’S CHECK, or CERTIFIED CHECK payable to “THE VIETNAM EMBASSY.” Applicants applying together may submit combined payment in one money order or certified check. Vietnam visa stamping fee can be checked at Consular Fee. It may depends on each Vietnam Embassy/Consulate, and Vietnam embassy visa fee may cost around 50 – 100 USD Other current fees (such as Vietnam visa approval  fee, processing fee, shipping, and handling and expedite services) may be ordered

4. In case thr applicant requests the Vietnam visa returning by mail, you should use USPS – United States Postal Service (prepaid postage stamp envelope or return label was bought before applying Vietnam visa and found online at www.usps.com) or prepaid return FedEx label (bought online at www.fedex.com – The Embassy does not accept credit card for FedEx mailing service). For your documents’ safety, the Embassy advices to use USPS Express Mail or FedEx with the tracking numbers. Applicants applying together may use one envelope for Vietnam visa returning to the same address to save up money. For international shipping, please pay in the form of money order payable to the Vietnam Embassy.

5. The time for processing Vietnam Embassy visa or Vietnam Consulate visa is depends on the processing time you request (normal is around 10 days and urgent is around 15 days from your applying date). So as for your convenient, you should count your time and apply Visa entry Vietnam prior about 1 month before coming to Vietnam.

For air travellers to Vietnam, you can chose the easier way to apply for Vietnam visa, particularly for those living far from the Vietnam Embassy or Consulate or save time for stransportion and money for postal fee, shiping fee for sending your original passport. You could apply visa Vietnam online to get  visa Vietnam on arrival. The Vietnam visa approval cost is only from US$19.5 for one month entry visa(excluding the stamping fee at arrival airport) and takes only 2 working days for normal service. Please visit http://govietnamvisa.com/fees for details of Vietnam visa fee and find out how long to get Vietnam visa in the best way.

For any further Vietnam visa online information or guidance, please refer to our website at www.govietnamvisa.com  first or visit FAQs,  or feel free to call us at our 24/7 hotline +84.946.466.068, or email us at support@govietnamvisa.com.

Vietnam visa on arrival for Africa and Middle East passport holders

According to the latest news from Vietnam Immigration Department, Africa and Middle East passport holders are no longer difficult for apply Vietnam visa on arrival for Vietnam. However, Vietnam Immigration Department still requires passport holders of Middle East and Africa longer processing time and higher visa approval fee as following details:

-       The processing time: from 3 to 5 working days depends on your nationality and your requested visa type ( 1 month or 3 months)
-       The visa approval fee is 145 USD for Middle East nationalities and 195 USD for African nationalities for 1 month single entry visa.

How to apply Visa on arrival Vietnam for Africa and Middle East:

 1. Fill out the secure Vietnam visa application form online:
Get started by filling in the secure online form with correct details of the visa applicants’ full name, date of birth, nationality, Passport number, and arrival date.

  2. Confirm and make payment for the service fee:
Waiting our confirmation for your nationality and we will send you a link to make a payment by credit car

  3. Receive visa approval letter & get visa stamped at arrival airport:
After you complete and submit your Vietnam visa application and payment, we will start processing your Vietnam landing visa. After 3-5 working days, you will receive your Vietnam visa approval letter via email. Then, upon arrival in Vietnam (at one of those 3 international airports: Noi Bai, Danang, or Tan Son Nhat), you just submit your printed visa approval letter + Passport + 2 photos, fill out an entry form, and pay for the stamp fee ($25 for single entry, and $50 for multiple one) to the Immigration Desk, you will get your Vietnam visa stamped within couple of minutes. (To save your time at airports, you are recommended to use our airport service).

• List of Africa and Middle East Passport holders:

Middle East:  Africa:  Bahrain Burundi Lebanon Kenya India Mozambique (K) Iraq Rwanda East Timor Tanzania Jordan Uganda Kuwait Djibouti Liban Eritrea Palestine Ethiopia Oman Burkina Faso Qatar Sudan Saudi Arabia Angola Sudan Burundi Syria Gabon United Arab Emirates Republic of Congo (K) Yemen Gabon Nepal Rwanda Civia Tchad Srilanka Zambia Pakixtan Algérie Afghanishtan Egypt Serbia Libya Maroc Angola Botswana Malawi Mozambique (K) Lesotho Namibia Swaziland Zambia Turky(K) Bénin Zimbabwe Gambia Ghana(K) Liberia Mali Mauritania Iran (K) Sierra Leone(K) Tchad Togo Bangladesh (K) Comoros Madagascar Mauritius Seychelles Moroco Tuynidi

For any further Vietnam visa information for Africa or Middle East, please refer to our website at www.govietnamvisa.com  first or visit FAQs,  or feel free to call us at our 24/7 hotline +84.946.466.068, or email us at support@govietnamvisa.com.

5 Reasons to apply Visa Vietnam Online

1. Quick and Easy: It’s very convenient for apply for visa Vietnam online, you just need to sit in your confortabe chair with a computer or mobiphone connecting to Internet and follow our guidance to know how to apply visa to Vietnam. It takes maximum 48 hour processing time to complete your visa entry Vietnam

2. Safe and Secure: Your personal information filling in the Vietnam visa application form will be secrect-keeping in our database. Your payment is easy and secure to use, pay anyone, anytime in different convenience places throught a third reliable party as Paypal, Western Union or Onepay or reliable banks worldwide

3. Clear and Simple: No complicated Vietnam Visa procedures, no hidden Visa charges, easy to get visa Vietnam online.

4. Best rate: As one of the close partners of Vietnam Immigration Department, govietnamvisa.com is pleased to provide clients the best rate at the lowest visa fee for applying visa entry Vietnam in the best quality.

5. Reliable commitment: Please be assured that we ready to help you to collect Vietnam entry visa in the most suitable way and supply related information as Vietnam tourism, Vietnam transporation, Vietnam hotel and tour,… or refund your money 100% and make another free one accordingly in case we have any mistakes.

For any further information about Vietnam visa online,  please refer to our website at http://govietnamvisa.com/ first or visit FAQs,  or feel free to call us at our 24/7 hotline +84.946.466.068, or email us at support@govietnamvisa.com.

Vietnam visa warning from TripAdvisor

In recent time, govietnamvisa.com also received some emergency calling from the hotline explain that they were in Vietnam airport but they could not obtain the visa entry Vietnam, what is the problem? In order to advoid the same situation like that, please read carefully the real story publishing in Tripadvisor.com from one UK travelers shared his experience:

Having booked our flights to Vietnam through a UK tour operator, we were assured that we could obtain a Vietnam visa arrival at HCMC airport by filling out a entry form and presenting 2 passport size photos. This was confirmed to me by a work colleague, who had visited there 4 weeks prior to us. This is definitely not the case! You must have either a Vietnam embassy visa or a letter of recommendation to collect your visa Vietnam on arrival before you travel. After an hour of speaking to 3 different people, showing our pre booked tour itinerary, even though we had a tour guide waiting for us, we could only enter once we agreed to stay at another hotel in the city (the one already booked was’nt suitable) and use the services of an agent to obtain a visa entry Vietnam for the following day. At lunch time, the following day the agent came with our and approx 12 other passports for people in the same position as ourselves. This cost us 120 US dollars each for the Visa entry Vietnam and the cost of 1 night in a 4 star hotel! We have no one to blame but ourselves, as we should have checked for ourselves. Let our experience be a warning get a visa before travelling!!!

For time and money saving to collect visa entry Vietnam, please DO NOT make a mistake like:
-       Book a tour/hotel  but not apply online Vietnam visa upon arrival or Vietnam Embassy visa before coming Vietnam
-       Apply vietnam visa arrival but do not make a payment online for the approval fee to get the Vietnam visa approval letter
-       Get the Vietnam visa approval letter by email but do not print it out to get Vietnam entry visa stamped at the airport.
-       Print the Vietnam visa application form instead of Vietnam visa approval letter
-       Do not check the information in the Vietnam visa approval letter before getting on board. Some wrong information like wrong birthday, wrong full name… will case some unexpected difficulties.
-       Forget to prepare 2 passport sized photo or photos are not followed Vietnam visa photo requirements
-       Forget to exchange money to USD to get Vietnam entry visa stamped at the airport
-       Your passport is not valid 6 months from the date of arrival
-       ….
For any further information about Vietnam entry visa,  please refer to our website at http://govietnamvisa.com/ first or visit FAQs,  or feel free to call us at our 24/7 hotline +84.946.466.068, or email us at support@govietnamvisa.com.

Advantages and disadvantages of Vietnam Visa On Arrival

Visa On Arrival to Vietnam

As other countries in Asia as Indonesia (Bali Island), India, Cambodia, …. Vietnam Immigration Dept agree that travel agencies like govietnamvisa.com can obtain Visa on Arrival Vietnam for their clients on their behalf. It was mentioned in National Ordinance No. 24/2000/PL-UBTVQH10 on the 28 April, 2000, the 26 articles explaints for a potential Vietnam visa applicants know why a travel agency can assist you to get Vietnam visa approval letter by applying for Vietnam visa on arrival

What is Vietnam visa on arrival
To help visitors to Vietnam save their time and money on getting a  Vietnam Visa on Arrival or Online Vietnam visa  has been put into use for years.  Visa on arrival Vietnam is legitimate and posted in Vietnam immigration laws at the official website of Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs - so it is endorsed by the Vietnamese Government. The name of this visa type itself answers the question “Where to get Vietnam visa?”, since “Vietnam Visa on arrival” means “The Vietnam visa  picked up upon arrival at the airport in Vietnam”.

Advantages
1 –  Secure and  Convenient Vietnam visa application (applicants can easily submit their visa application online within couple of  minutes)
2 -  Money and time saving: no postal fee, no time and fee for embassy transportation
3 -  Safe and secured  Vietnam visa approval letter granted by Vietnam Immigration Department
4 –  Quick online payment with all major cards type through the most reliable International Money-Transfer Network as One Pay or PayPal

Disadvantages
1 – Visa On Arrival Vietnam is suitable for air travellers only. So if visitor come to Vietnam by border crossing or on a cruise you should apply for Vietnam Embassy Visa.
2 – It waste about 15 – 20 minutes for waiting for Vietnam visa stamped at the airport. It depends on your location at a queue (in the first, bottom or last), depends on what day and what time you are flying on and where you are flying from.
3 – Vietnam visa approval letter is issued when you apply for Vietnam Visa On Arrival before getting on board. According to Vietnam Immigration Dept’s regulation, this doccument is often processed on a group of others applicants you probably will never know of.

How to apply
You just need to follow 3 Easy Steps To Get Vietnam Visa On Arrival:
Step 1: Fill out the secure online of Vietnam Visa Application
Step 2: Confirm and make payment for the service fee:
Step 3: Receive Vietnam visa approval letter & get visa stamped at arrival airport
For any further Vietnam visa information, please refer to our website at www.govietnamvisa.com  first or visit FAQs,  or feel free to call us at our 24/7 hotline +84.946.466.068, or email us at support@govietnamvisa.com.

How to get a vietnam visa in the best way?

There are two ways for foreigners to apply for V ietnam Visa.  You can apply for Vietnam Embassy/Consulate visa or Vietnam visa on arrival.

In the first option, you can apply for a visa to Vietnam in person or by post at the suitable Embassy/consulate of Vietnam by sending the original passort, Vietnam visa application form with some important notes:

1.  In case the applicant requests the visa Vietnam  returning by mail, you should use USPS – United States Postal Service (prepaid postage stamp envelope or return label was bought before applying Vietnam visa and found online at www.usps.com) or prepaid return FedEx label (bought online at www.fedex.com – The Embassy does not accept credit card for FedEx mailing service).
2. The fee for Vietnam Embassy visa may depends on each Vietnam Embassy/Consulate, and Vietnam embassy visa fee may cost around 50 – 100 USD Other current fees (such as Vietnam visa approval  fee, processing fee, shipping, and handling and expedite services) may be ordered.
3. The time for processing Vietnam Embassy visa or Vietnam Consulate visa is depends on the processing time you request (normal is around 10 days and urgent is around 15 days from your applying date). So as for your convenient, you should count your time and apply Vietnam visa prior about 1 month before coming to Vietnam.

For the second option,  especially for air travellers to Vietnam, you can chose the easier way to apply for Vietnam visa, particularly for those living far from the Vietnam Embassy or Consulate or save time for stransportion and money for postal fee, shiping fee for sending your original passport. That is Visa Vietnam on arrival. What you should do is very simple as a mouse click as following:

1.        Fill out the secure online form for Vietnam visa application:

Get started by filling in the secure online form with correct details of the visa applicants’ full name, date of birth, nationality, Passport number, and arrival date..
      2.       Confirm and make payment for the service fee:
Kindly double check to make sure the information is correct and to select extra services as per your needs (airport/car pick-up/visa extension); and then make payment for the visa service (We accept secure online payment by credit cards/debit cards via Paypal or payment via Western Union/Bank Transfer)
     3.      Receive visa approval letter & get visa stamped at arrival airport:
After you complete and submit your application and payment, we will start processing your visa to Vietnam. After 2 working days (or 1 for urgent service), you will receive your Vietnam visa approval letter via email. Then, upon arrival in Vietnam (at one of those 3 international airports: Noi Bai, Danang, or Tan Son Nhat), you just submit your printed visa approval letter + Passport + 2 photos, fill out an entry form, and pay for the stamp fee ($25 for single entry, and $50 for multiple one) to the Immigration Desk, you will get your Vietnam visa stamped within couple of minutes. (To save your time at airports, you are recommended to use our airport service).
For any further Vietnam visa information or guide, please refer to our website at www.govietnamvisa.com  first or visit FAQs,  or feel free to call us at our 24/7 hotline             +84.946.466.068      , or email us at support@govietnamvisa.com.

Some heplful notes for the Vietnam visa application form

Before you apply Vietnam visa arrival

• Make sure that you will need a visa to enter Vietnam. Some citizens from ASEAN countries can enter Vietnam without visa within 15-30 days. You can click here to check your Vietnam Visa requirements. For more details, you can contact customer center at (84).946.466.068 or email to support@govietnamvisa.com
• Check carefully your passport to make sure that it valids at least 6 months from your arrival date to Vietnam and 1 empty page to paste/glue the visa for Vietnam in this.
• How long will the Vietnam visa application process take? Normally, the Vietnam Immigration Dept. may need 2 working days to issue the visa entry Vietnam for  normal processing request or 1 working day for urgent one. For any super urgent case, customers should apply for rush Vietnam visa on entry which takes 4 hours to process but the fee is a bit higher.

What you need to apply visa on arrival to Vietnam

• Getting a Vietnam entry visa might be a small task but it requires a lot of time, therefore it is useful to access some online sites that not only saves you time but also money to know how to apply visa to Vietnam. You can go online to get all the relevant information regarding visa entry Vietnam. One such site from where you can get full information about Vietnam visa on entry is govietnamvisa.com. This site offers best support to get landing  visa Vietnam with very easy access and hassle free visa fee payment options.
• Correct information fill in Vietnam visa application form: Your information must shown exactly as  the one in your original passport. At the Vietnam airport, the Vietnam Immigration Officers will collect your information in their online database base on your Vietnam visa application online. After that, they will compare your supplied information with the one on your passport. Any errors will not be accepted and may cause difficulties.
• Vietnam visa photo requirements: 1 passport size photos in 4 x 6 cm should be prepare to glue on the Vietnam entry and exit form
• Vietnam visa fee: For getting visa Vietnam on arrival, you are required to pay two kinds of fee: Visa approval fee (pay online) and Visa stamping fee (pay offline), so make sure that you are deeply understand and clear this matter to know how much to pay.

Outcome of your Vietnam visa application

• For citizens holding Africa or Middle East passport holders, their Vietnam visa application online was refused in some cases as Vietnam Immigration Dept need to check your original passport or request the guarantee from the Representative office in Vietnam or your Vietnamese partners. In this situation, you should contact with the suitable Vietnam Embassy and asked them to apply offline for Vietnam Embassy visa.
• Frequently asked questions (FAQs): should be read carefully all questions before making the Vietnam online visa request is strongly recommended. It will reduce the hassle or any unexpected situation at Vietnam airport as Vietnam visa information  may change and your travel experience may not be suitable in Vietnam.

For any further information about Vietnam visa application,  please refer to our website at http://govietnamvisa.com/ first or visit FAQs,  or feel free to call us at our 24/7 hotline +84.946.466.068, or email us at support@govietnamvisa.com.

How to get a vietnam visa in the best way?

There are two ways for foreigners to apply for V ietnam Visa.  You can apply for Vietnam Embassy/Consulate visaor Vietnam visa on arrival.

In the first option, you can apply for a visa to Vietnam in person or by post at the suitable Embassy/consulate of Vietnam by sending the original passort, Vietnam visa application form with some important notes:

1.  In case the applicant requests the visa Vietnam  returning by mail, you should use USPS – United States Postal Service (prepaid postage stamp envelope or return label was bought before applying Vietnam visa and found online at www.usps.com) or prepaid return FedEx label (bought online at www.fedex.com – The Embassy does not accept credit card for FedEx mailing service).
2. The fee for Vietnam Embassy visa may depends on each Vietnam Embassy/Consulate, and Vietnam embassy visa fee may cost around 50 – 100 USD Other current fees (such as Vietnam visa approval  fee, processing fee, shipping, and handling and expedite services) may be ordered.
3. The time for processing Vietnam Embassy visa or Vietnam Consulate visa is depends on the processing time you request (normal is around 10 days and urgent is around 15 days from your applying date). So as for your convenient, you should count your time and apply Vietnam visa prior about 1 month before coming to Vietnam.

For the second option,  especially for air travellers to Vietnam, you can chose the easier way to apply for Vietnam visa, particularly for those living far from the Vietnam Embassy or Consulate or save time for stransportion and money for postal fee, shiping fee for sending your original passport. That is Visa Vietnam on arrival. What you should do is very simple as a mouse click as following:

1.        Fill out the secure online form for Vietnam visa application form:

Get started by filling in the secure online form with correct details of the visa applicants’ full name, date of birth, nationality, Passport number, and arrival date..

      2.       Confirm and make payment for the service fee:

Kindly double check to make sure the information is correct and to select extra services as per your needs (airport/car pick-up/visa extension); and then make payment for the visa service (We accept secure online payment by credit cards/debit cards via Paypal or payment via Western Union/Bank Transfer)

     3.      Receive visa approval letter & get visa stamped at arrival airport:

After you complete and submit your application and payment, we will start processing your visa to Vietnam. After 2 working days (or 1 for urgent service), you will receive your Vietnam visa approval letter via email. Then, upon arrival in Vietnam (at one of those 3 international airports: Noi Bai, Danang, or Tan Son Nhat), you just submit your printed visa approval letter + Passport + 2 photos, fill out an entry form, and pay for the stamp fee ($25 for single entry, and $50 for multiple one) to the Immigration Desk, you will get your Vietnam visa stamped within couple of minutes. (To save your time at airports, you are recommended to use our airport service).

For any further Vietnam visa information or guide, please refer to our website at www.govietnamvisa.com  first or visit FAQs,  or feel free to call us at our 24/7 hotline                         +84.946.466.068            , or email us at support@govietnamvisa.com.

Certificate of Visa Exemption Forms

The certificate of  Vietnam visa exemption is one of Vietnam visa application form, might take the following forms:

For the certificate of Vietnam visa exemption form, visitors may find some useful informtion for reference:

1. A stamped certificate for Vietnam visa exemption: This is stamped on the passports of Vietnamese orversea (Viet Kieu) with Vietnamese passport living abroad or the foreign passport holders in the Vietnam visa exemption list.

2. A Detached Certificate for Vietnam visa exemption: This is issued to Vietnamese people living abroad under permanent resident’s permit (green card or thẻ xanh) granted by foreign authorities and passport holders of foreign countries or territories that Vietnam does not have diplomatic relations.

Source: Vietnam Ministry Vietnam Foreign Affairs

For any further Vietnam visa online requirements or Vietnam visa exemption, please refer to our website at www.govietnamvisa.com  first or visit FAQs,  or feel free to call us at our 24/7 hotline +84.946.466.068, or email us at support@govietnamvisa.com.

Vietnam Visa Application form | Vietnam Entry and Exit Form

Vietnam Entry and Exit Form 

Vietnam Entry and Exit Form (M3) is one of Vietnam Visa application form, required of all air travellers (visitors enter Vietnam by air). Normally, this form will be handed out to visitors on the airplane or when you land at Vietnam airport. After that, all required information should be filled in the form and be retured to the Vietnam Immigration Officer at the aiport/border gate. He/She will stamp the Vietnam Visa on your passport with a Vietnam Visa approval letter for Vietnam visa on arrival or give you an entry stamp if you have a Vietnam Embassy visa (or namely pre-arranged visa at Vietnam Embassy). 

With the aim to save your time and advoid any unexpected situation at the airport (as no pen, no glue to paste the photo…), you should download this Vietnam visa form and fill out, glue a passport-sized photo on it in advance. 

Note: Although at the end of Vietnam Entry and Exit form, it is indicated that you need 2 forms, in fact you only need to fill in 1 form and submit for Vietnam Officer at the Vietnam Airport. It is not necessary for sending anything to Vietnam Embassy.

Instruction to fill  Vietnam Entry and Exit form

1 - Name and surname: as shown as your passport and must write in CAPITAL

Eg: JENNY GARDEN (not Jenny Garden)

2 - Date of birth: write in dd/mm/yyyy order

3 - Sex: fill in male or female

4 - Place of birth: write both city and country name

5 - Write both nationality if you have. Eg: United States / United Kingdom (not American or British)

6 - Passport details: write your exact passport number (both number and lettr of alphabet), kind of passport (standard/diplomatic/official), date of issue and expiry date.

For section "Issued by" - please check the detailed information in your passport.

7 - Profession and place of employment: have to match the detailed information you provide Vietnamese embassy when applying for a Vietnam Embassy visa, or for Vietnam visa on arrival, simply fill in your current occupation.

8 - Present address: fill your permanent address and phone number in your country you are coming from that will be the easiest for us to contact

9 - Children accompanying: list all children enter Vietnam

10 - Purpose of entry and exit: write of tourism/business/study/work/other

Name, address of contact:  Write down:

-          hotel name if you are a tourist

-          company name if you are bussiness

-          school name if you are student

-          address in Vietnam if you choose other purpose.

11 - Proposed duration to entry and exit Vietnam: write as shown as your arrival date/exit date in your Vietnam visa.

12 -  Entry and exit time: should be filled:

-  “single” for enter and exit Vietnam one time in the validity period noted in your visa or

- “multiple” for enter and exit Vietnam more than one time in the validity period noted in your visa

13 - Port of arrival and departure: Write down:

-          Arrival: (Tan Son Nhat Airport, Noi Bai Airport, ...)

-          Departure: (Tan Son Nhat Airport, Moc Bai border gate...). In some special case as you are exempted Vietnam visa, you might be requested to present a return flight ticket

14 - Done at & on

-          -  For “Done at”: write your port of arrival to enter Vietnam (as Hanoi airport, Tan Son Nhat airport,…)
-      - For “On” : write real arrival date (the day that you check – in Vietnam airport) in dd/mm/yyyy order