General Vietnam Visa information and How to get It

– Only citizens of certain countries can visitvisa approval code service for you. Yet, you still
Vietnam without an Entry Visa (valid for visitsubsequently have to get the official Vietnamese
within 30 days), specifically as follows:Stamp of Approval on your passport at
- Not more than 30 days: for citizens of Thailand,Vietnamese Embassy in your area by yourself.
Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Laos.Following such an approval, we will send you the
- Not more than 15 days: for citizens of Japan,notification (by fax or email) and fax the approval
South Korea, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland.to your desired Embassy or Consulate. You need
- French citizens holding valid diplomatic passportsto bring that approval together with your
are exempt from visa requirements when visitingpassport to the Embassy or Consulate to get the
Vietnam and are allowed to stay for up 3 monthsVisa Stamp on your passport on the same day.
at one time or on several visits within six monthsYou are now ready to go to Vietnam!
since their first immigration dates.In case there is no Vietnam embassy or
- Citizens of Chile holding valid diplomatic or officialConsulate in your country, or you would like to
passports are exempt from needing entry, exitmake Vietnam part of a multi-destination trip, we
and transit visas in Vietnam’s territory andrecommend Visa on Arrival as your best option.
are allowed to stay for up 60 days on each visit.What is a ‘Visa on Arrival ?’: this is
Citizens from all other countries are required toprobably the easiest way to obtain your visa
get an Entry Visa before departure or awithout having to chase down embassies,
pre-approved Entry Visa (issued on arrival atconsulates and the like prior to your trip. It is a
Vietnam’s International Airports) suppliedvalid alternative when applying for a tourist visa.
before arrival in Vietnam.The Entry Visa will be stamped on your passport
The whole Visa-to-Vietnam Application Processas you pass through our Immigration Checkpoint.
should be recommended to you as follows;Though valid for thirty days, it can be extended
It is common that you obtain your Entry Visa byonce you enter Viet Nam. With this type of visa,
having a valid passport stamped prior to youryou only can enter the country by air
departure by applying to the Vietnam EmbassyHow to get a Visa on Arrival: The service also
and/or Consulate (in case there’s a Consulatefacilitates customers at most in this case. We
instead of Embassy) in your country. However, ifobtain what is called an ‘Approval Letter’
your particular city does not have a Vietnamesefor you from the Viet Nam Immigration
Embassy, and you wish to avoid procedural delaysDepartment in Hanoi. Then we will send you a
(anywhere from 4 to 10 days) which sometimescopy by fax or email. Copies of the same
happen with visa approvals at embassies outsidedocument will be forwarded on your behalf to
Vietnam, can make this requirement a fairly easyVietnam Immigration Checkpoints at International
exercise. We provide a specialized form which youAirports only. Thus when you arrive in Viet Nam,
may copy and paste into a word document, fillthe Immigration officers will have those
out the required information and return to us bydocuments on hand and will be able to issue your
fax or email. We will then arrange to obtain theEntry Visa expediently.