Hanoi – Vietnam Visa Application

Whether I need a Visa for Hanoi Vietnam Tours?

In later years, Vietnam has implemented a new and easier policy about visa for Hanoi Vietnam tours. Check out the below list to know if you need to apply for the visa to Vietnam.
1. Passport holders from Brunei and Myanmar are not asked for a Vietnam visa within 14 days with return tickets.
2. Passport holders from the following countries are not required a Vietnam visa within 15 days with return tickets: South Korea, Japan, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Besides, passport holders from these 5 European countries do not need a Vietnam visa for stays within 15 days till June 30, 2017: UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. From July 1st, 2015 till June 30th, 2020, passport holders from Belarus can stay in Vietnam without a Vietnam visa within 15 days.
3. Passport holders from the Philippines do not need a Vietnam visa within 21 days with return tickets.
4. Passport holders from the following countries do not need a Vietnam visa within 30 days with return tickets: Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Laos, and Cambodia.
5. Other circumstances are required with an entry visa to get to Vietnam (issued before departures by local consulates or embassies) or a pre-approved letter for picking up an entry visa (issued on arrival at Vietnam International Airports). Both are provided before the arrival in Vietnam.

Exception Conditions in Applying for A Vietnam Visa

1. Vietnam visa is exempted for France and Chile citizens in case they hold valid diplomatic or official passports within 90 days or any Vietnam visit of 6 months from the arrival date.
2. APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) Holders from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) do not need a Vietnam entry visa for travel within 60 days.
3. Citizens owning foreign passports who enter Vietnam by an international border gate to embark into Phu Quoc Island and stay there within 15 days will also be exempted from a Vietnam visa. In this case, passports must be valid for at least 45 days; after the arrival of Phu Quoc Island, Vietnamese Immigration Department receives the duty in issuing visas on the site if tourists desire to look over other landscapes or dwell in the island for more than 15 days.
4. If you own a Vietnam visa exemption certificate, no visa needed for Vietnamese overseas within 90 days.

How to Apply Visa to enter Vietnam?

Apply Vietnam Visa Online

Some visa service websites are available for application. Here are several professional and official ones that can be ensuring for your Vietnam tour:
http://www.vietnamembassy.org.au/Consular.htm
http://www.vietnamembassy.org.uk/

Apply Vietnam Visa Upon Arrival

You can get a Vietnam visa upon arrival (VOA) at Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, Nha Trang or Da Nang Airports. The visa issued is the same as the one issued by any Vietnamese Embassy/Consulate. What you need to prepare is a visa approval letter before arrival, 2 passport-sized photos, and pay a visa processing fee (visa stamping fee) in cash.

The visa approval letter is an official letter for you to get the visa stamped on your passports at the VOA counter of the airport on arrival. You should hold in your hands with the letter every time through an agent. Without the approval letter, you can not check in any international flights to Vietnam.

The visa processing fee relates to the type of visa. Normally, you need to pay $45 for a one-month or 3-month single entry visa, $65 for multi-entry with a validity of 1 month, $95 for a multi-entry visa with a validity of 6 months, and $135 for a multi-entry visa with a validity of 6 months. The fee is accepted in USD or Vietnamese Dong.

Note: The process of visa on arrival at the airports is sometimes slow as many people do not queue in order. You should prepare to wait about 15-30 minutes getting the visa stamped at Vietnam airports upon arrival. However, at the peak of the tourism season, you may have to wait for up to an hour or even more.

Apply Via Hanoi Local Tour

In order to save a little of your time, our team would be pleased to give you a hand in applying a Vietnam visa for a tour if you decide to travel with us. Your information needs to be included the following stuff: your scanned passport, full name, gender, date of birth, place of birth, nationality, father’s name, valid passport number, issued date, current profession, permanent address, and visit’s purpose. An approval letter will be sent to you so that you can get the visa stamped on your passport at the arrival of the airport.
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