Vietnam entry/exit requirements for visitors 2012

First and foremost, visitors require the valid passport is in date at least 6 months and has enough pages left in it to stamp the Vietnam entry Visa. Then, you should check whether you need a visa to enter Vietnam or you are in Vietnam visa exemption list. If you required Vietnam entry visa, you can come to Vietnam Embassy/Consulate to collect Vietnam Embassy/Consulate visa or apply online Visa Vietnam on arrival to save time and money. In case you are exempted visa entry Vietnam, you may obtain a visa exemption from Vietnam Embassy or consulate visa or collect at Vietnam airport if you travel by air to Vietnam.

If you enter Vietnam without a Vietnam Consulate visa stamp on your passport, or the visa approval letter for a visa Vietnam on arrival, you will not be permitted to enter and will be subject to deportation. Vietnam Immigration Department issue Vietnam multiple and single entry visa depends on your requests and the fee for multiple entry is higher than single one.  For Vietnam single entry visa, you can enter/exit Vietnam 1 time during the time of valid visa. If you use your Vietnam single entry visa already but it’s still valid, you can not use it again to come back Vietnam. For Vietnam multiple entry visa, you can enter /exit Vietnam unlimited times as long as your visa still valid. You should apply for Vietnam multiple entry if you are planning to leave Vietnam and re-enter from another country.

Please be note that there are two fees to pick up Visa entry Vietnam: 1) the stamp fee visa (USD 25 for single entry and USD 50 for multiple entry) and 2) the visa processing fee also call service fee Pay to the travel agent/Vietnam Embassy arrange the visa.

If you plan to travel to Vietnam by land, you must obtain Vietnam Embassy/Consulate visa with Vietnam entry visa that adheres to the passport before arrival.  You should contact directly at Vietnam embassy/consulate to get this type of visa if travelling by land to Vietnam.

If your passport is lost or stolen in Vietnam, you must obtain both a replacement passport and a replacement Vietnam visa. In case of emergent case, please contact your Embassy/Consulate in Vietnam, they can issue you a limited validity replacement passport in as little as one day; however, the Vietnam Immigration Department  needs three to five working days, in addition to the day of application, to issue a replacement visa.

The Whole Process of applying Vietnam visa online

Nowadays, applying for Vietnam visa is very easy and getting Vietnam visa online is no longer a hardship to advoid procedural delays (from 5-10 working days), expensive fee for Vietnam entry visa. The whole process of applying Vietnam visa online is very simple and convenient at http://govietnamvisa.com as followings:

1.    Fill out the secure Vietnam visa online application:

Get started getting Vietnam visa online by filling in the secure online Vietnam visa application 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 Vietnam visa approval letter & get Vietnam entry visa stamped at arrival airport:

After you complete and submit your application and payment, we will start processing your visa. 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 Vietnam 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 saving time at Vietnam airports, please DO NOTICE some following useful information:

-       The visa approval letter may include several people whose requests were sent on the same day, but each person will receive one separate visa at the airport. There is definitely no need for you to worry about it.

-       You should also download, print out, glue your photo(s) and fill out the entry and exit form IN ADVANCE. In addition, remember to BRING it with you to Vietnam airport, SHOW it to Vietnam Immigration Officers associated with the visa approval letter. Should you have any problem filling out the entry and exit form, please follow instructions here.

And now, you are ready to enter Vietnam to enjoy one of the best beautiful and friendly country in Asia.

Please feel free to contact us for any further related Vietnam visa online information and Vietnam Travel consultation service, totally FREE OF CHARGE, at:

* Email address: support@govietnamvisa.com; and/or

* Local phone: +84-4.668.07.638  within daily working hours

* Hotline: +84-946.466.068 (24/7)

Welcome to Vietnam and We wish you an enjoyable trip!

How to get Vietnam visa in the fastest, easiest and cheapeast way?

The whole procedure to get visa for Vietnam now is quite easy as Vietnam now opening and calling for more travellers, more business people coming to Vietnam.

It is common that travellers get Visa for Vietnam by having a valid passport stamped Vietnam entry visa before going to Vietnam by applying Vietnam Embassy/Consulate visa in their countries, which may takes 5-10 working days and USD 70-120 for 1 month single entry visa).

However, it’s a better way for travelers to choose  Vietnam Visa online service to enjoy time and money savings (2 working days for normal service and 1 working day for Urgent Vietnam visa, USD 49.5 for 1 month single entry visa).www.govietnamvisa.com provides air travelers a reliable and quick service with simple and much cheaper fee online service, namely Visa on arrival Vietnam.

What is a ‘Visa on Arrival to Vietnam?’:

Visa on arrival Vietnam is used for air travelers to Vietnam and stamped the Visa for Vietnam at the Vietnam airport with the visa approval letter in hand. For visa on arrival, you apply Vietnam visa online at our websitewww.govietnamvisa.com,  wait 1 working day (urgent service) or 2 working days (normal service) to get visa approval letter. At Vietnam airport, you can get Visa for Vietnam easily with your original passport, 2 photos and stamping fee (25 USD for Vietnam single entry visa, 50 USD for Vietnam multiple entry visa)

This is probably the fastest, easiest and cheapest way to obtain Visa for Vietnam without having to chase down embassies, consulates and the like prior to your trip. It is a valid alternative to apply for Vietnam tourist/business visa, Vietnam single/multiple entry visa.

Why Visa on Arrival Vietnam is the best option for visitors?

- There is no Vietnam Embassy or Consulate in your country, or you are too far from the Embassy or

- You would like to choose Vietnam as a multi-destination trip, or simply

- You do not want to wait for your visa stamped after 5-10 working days at Vietnam Embassy, or just

- You would like to avoid all the embassy/consulate chasing-down, hassle, and to save your time especially your value money

How to get a Visa on Arrival Vietnam:

Step 1: Fill out the secure online Vietnam visa application with the details of visa applicants’ full name, date of birth, nationality, Passport number, and arrival date..

Step 2: Confirm and make payment for the service fee: (We accept secure online payment by credit cards/debit cards via Paypal or payment via Western Union/Bank Transfer).

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

After receiving your full payment for your Vietnam visa application, we will start processing your Visa for Vietnam. After 2 working days (or 1 for urgent Vietnam visa 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 Vietnam single entry visa , and $50 for Vietnam multiple entry visa) to the Immigration Desk, you will get yourVietnam visa stamped within couple of minutes. (To save your time at airports, you are recommended to use our airport service).

With Vietnam visa online, Vietnam wishes to attract more tourists, more businessmen to come to Vietnam for holidays or business.

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 Visa Vietnam Embassy or Vietnam Consulate 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 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 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            +84.946.466.068      end_of_the_skype_highlighting      , 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 Vietnam Visa.  You can apply for Vietnam 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 Visa Vietnam Embassy 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 Visa Vietnam Embassy Embassy 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.

Vietnam Airport Procedures

Everyday, govietnamvisa.com receives many queries about airport proceduces when the clients leave their country to Vietnam via email, live chat or phone… To advoid any difficuluties for entering Vietnam by air, we list some common immigration procedures might take place to help clients find the most convenient to come to Vietnam.

1, When you leave your coutry, you have to make sure that your passport has at least 6 months validity with left space for visa stamping. At the check in time,  you will be asked for your valid passport and visa for Vietnam, wherever you fly from. There are 2 kinds of Vietnam visa: Vietnam Consulate Visa  with a ready stamp into  your passport or Vietnam visa on arrival (with a signed Vietnam visa approval letter)

2, When you are getting on board, you will be supplied a boarding pass to fly to Vietnam after submiting your passport and your visa to Vietnam/Vietnam visa approval letter.

3, When you land in Vietnam International airport (Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Danang airport in Ho Chi Minh City orTan Son Nhat airport in Ho  Chi Minh), the Immigration Office with the bright sign saying “visa-on-arrival” or “landing visa” in the right or ahead beasides the Custom area will be seen at first.

-          If you have Vietnam Consulate Visa with the stamped Vietnam visa in your passport, just go ahead to the Customs area, hand in your passport for checking and proceed to the baggage area.

-          If you use visa on arrival Vietnam service, you just submit your printed Vietnam 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

After receiving the granted entry by Vietnam immigration officers and customs officers, you can collect your luggage easily and fastly in Vietnam airports, call the taxi or bust to your destination.

4, When you exit Vietnam, you only need to show your original passport at the immigration stations before heading to security checkpoint. In case you stay longer than your exit date in the Vietnam Visa stamped on your passport, you may pay fines. So don’t forget to check out this date or extend your Visa Vietnam before leaving.

For any further Vietnam visa information or guides, 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.