| – Only citizens of certain countries can visit | | | | visa approval code service for you. Yet, you still |
| Vietnam without an Entry Visa (valid for visit | | | | subsequently 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 passports | | | | to bring that approval together with your |
| are exempt from visa requirements when visiting | | | | passport to the Embassy or Consulate to get the |
| Vietnam and are allowed to stay for up 3 months | | | | Visa Stamp on your passport on the same day. |
| at one time or on several visits within six months | | | | You 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 official | | | | Consulate in your country, or you would like to |
| passports are exempt from needing entry, exit | | | | make Vietnam part of a multi-destination trip, we |
| and transit visas in Vietnam’s territory and | | | | recommend 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 to | | | | probably the easiest way to obtain your visa |
| get an Entry Visa before departure or a | | | | without having to chase down embassies, |
| pre-approved Entry Visa (issued on arrival at | | | | consulates and the like prior to your trip. It is a |
| Vietnam’s International Airports) supplied | | | | valid 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 Process | | | | as 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 by | | | | once you enter Viet Nam. With this type of visa, |
| having a valid passport stamped prior to your | | | | you only can enter the country by air |
| departure by applying to the Vietnam Embassy | | | | How to get a Visa on Arrival: The service also |
| and/or Consulate (in case there’s a Consulate | | | | facilitates customers at most in this case. We |
| instead of Embassy) in your country. However, if | | | | obtain what is called an ‘Approval Letter’ |
| your particular city does not have a Vietnamese | | | | for you from the Viet Nam Immigration |
| Embassy, and you wish to avoid procedural delays | | | | Department in Hanoi. Then we will send you a |
| (anywhere from 4 to 10 days) which sometimes | | | | copy by fax or email. Copies of the same |
| happen with visa approvals at embassies outside | | | | document will be forwarded on your behalf to |
| Vietnam, can make this requirement a fairly easy | | | | Vietnam Immigration Checkpoints at International |
| exercise. We provide a specialized form which you | | | | Airports only. Thus when you arrive in Viet Nam, |
| may copy and paste into a word document, fill | | | | the Immigration officers will have those |
| out the required information and return to us by | | | | documents on hand and will be able to issue your |
| fax or email. We will then arrange to obtain the | | | | Entry Visa expediently. |