Vietnam visa – How to get a Vietnam visa

Most nationalities require a visa for Vietnam before departure or a pre-approved entry visa (visa is issued on arrival at Vietnam’s International Airports). Still, there are certain foreign tourists are eligible to have Vietnam visa exemption. The detailed information as follows:

Vietnam visa on arrival

It is available for citizens of all countries around the world traveling to Vietnam by airplane. If customers enter Vietnam via land or sea port, they will need to apply for a visa in advance at the Vietnamese Embassy or Consulate in their home country or consider applying for the Vietnam e-Visa. For further information, please check here

Customers must get the visa approval letter prior to traveling to Vietnam. ANP Travel will assist you the process to obtain the letter. Please provide us the following information:

• Arrival  date and  airport of entry
• Full passport details (including names, nationality, date of birth, passport numbers and  expiry date)
• Occupation

It normally takes five working days to get Visa approval letter. ANP Travel will send you a scanned copy of the letter to print it out and present the hard copy when boarding your flight to Vietnam. Please note that you are not allowed to enter Vietnam before the effective date mentioned in the letter or at an airport other than the one stated in the letter.

Please note that customers holding the following passports are not able to get Visa on Arrival to Vietnam:  Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Libya, Nigeria.

To apply for visa on arrival, applicants will need to prepare:

• Passport with a validity no less than six months and at least 2 blank passport pages

• Two recent passport size photos

Visa fee:

• 25 USD for Single 1 month or Single 3 months
• 50 USD for Multiple 1 month or Multiple 3 months
• 135 USD for Multiple 1 year (US passports only)

Vietnam Visa Exemption:

There are some exceptions for citizens of ASEAN countries and Japan, Korea, Russia, Scandinavia and 6 countries in Europe. For more information, please visit here.

E-visa:

It is available for 80 countries.

Please find passport holders are eligible to apply for Vietnam E-visa here