| All foreign visitors visa
before entering the countries. Visa can be applied at the Vietnam
Embassy or consulate in your country with an application form, original
Passport and 3 photos. Now, travelers may also obtain visa upon arrival
at the airport with special requirement. The fees do vary depending upon
the country. For complete information, please refer to Vietnam Visa.
Vietnam has become more liberalized now in issuing its
visa to the foreign visitors. In many countries, you can apply direct to
the Vietnam Embassy or Consulates, and generally, it takes about 4-10
days. Now the visitors can also obtain the visa upon arrival at the
airport with special requirement.
1. Application of Visa at Vietnam
Embassy
Fill in an application form and submit it with your
original Passport, 2-3 photos with visa fees to the Embassy or
Consulate, who in turn, has to send the information to get the approval
from Hanoi. After 4-10 days depending upon the country, you will get the
visa stamp onto your Passport.
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SPECIAL NOTE: |
| For our clients, we will process the
visa authorization with Hanoi in advance, and then fax to you the
pre-approval letter, of course, Free of Charge! This will facilitate you
to get Vietnam visa stamp from the Embassy in your country at a much
shorter time - generally within 2-3 days (Submit this pre-approval
letter with the signed application form, Passport, 2-3 photos, and visa
fees). |
2. Getting Vietnam visa at the
Airport.
The most important document that you need to have before
travel is the special pre-approval letter to authorize visa upon arrival
at the airport in Vietnam. We are able to provide this pre-approval
letter if the tour was booked with us (min. 3 days). Extension of your
own stay is possible.
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NOTE: |
| For our clients, we will provide this special
pre-approval letter, Free of Charge! However, you will have to pay USD
25 per person to the immigration for visa stamp fee upon arrival. This
is highly recommended as it is time-saving - you do not have to travel
at least twice to the embassy. It takes us at least 5 working days to
process this letter. (You can find specific procedures at Vietnam
Visa Procedure) |
VISA FEES
Single Entry Tourist Visa: USD 25 (or more)
Multiple Entry: USD 40 - USD 100
Although the official rates announced by Vietnam Authority are posted as
above, we experienced that these rates are quite inconsistent and might
be varied in different country. For more specific fees, you can call to
the Vietnam Embassy or Consulate in your country.
VISA VALIDITY
Maximum 30 days (but please also read our advice)
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Vietnam Visa Approval Letter On-line Service
To get pre-approval letter for Vietnam visa, we require the
following information, which can be sent to us by E-mail or by Fax:
- Family Name and Giving Name
- Title (Mr., Mrs, Miss)
- Nationality
- Passport Number
- Date of Passport Issued
- Date of Passport Expiry
- Date of your Birth
- Occupation
- Date of Arrival in Vietnam
You also have to specify - WHERE you would like to get
your visa stamp - at the airport upon arrival or at the Embassy in your
country. Once processing starts, it could not be changed without extra cost,
and more delay.
Once approved, we will fax to you this pre-approval letter.
Information Update
More than 5 years ago, the Embassy no longer accepts visa
application with Passport photocopy and did not issue the Vietnam visa on a
piece of paper as they had done before. However, sometime we still received
enquiries about this type of application as some tourists had gotten this
information from old guidebooks. We, therefore, confirm here that this
procedure does no longer exist.
Important Notes on Vietnam Visa:
During your filling up of Vietnam Visa application form,
there are a few points that you should know:
1. Date of Entry and Exit in Vietnam.
You have to specify the above information on the
application form. The visa validity is generally given in accordance with
your specified in and out date. Since a maximum stay of 30 days is allowed
to a foreign tourist, you should apply with full use of it. For example, if
you were to entered Vietnam on 20 September 1999, we recommend that you fill
in the exit date on 19 October 1999, though you just stayed for a few days.
Beware of the Entry Date! You could not enter Vietnam
before the specified Entry Date. In contrast, you should not depart Vietnam
after the specified Exit Date.
2. Port of Entry and Exit of Vietnam
Just fill in Hochiminh City for entry and Hanoi for exit;
you will be allowed entry and exit at both points. From our experience, it
seems that the consulates issue the visa with the above ports by default. If
you were to enter from the other points, such as Danang (new international
entry/exit point), or Mocbai (a border point between Cambodia and Vietnam),
you must specify it clearly. Do not forget to check if this border point was
clearly stated on your visa in your Passport, otherwise, you will have a big
problem during border crossing.
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