Vietnam Visa on Arrival
Sample of Visa
issued on arrival
What are
required documents to get visa stamped on arrival?
Stamping fee?
Photo requirement?
Where to get
visa on arrival? How long?
Vietnam visa on arrival
Visa on arrival is officially issued by Vietnam Immigration
Department (Vietnamese Government Agent), it has same validity with the visa
get from Vietnamese Embassy/ Consulate abroad.
Visa on arrival is the most comfortable way to obtain your visa without
wasting time. With this visa service, you can only enter the country by air
at Vietnam international airports (Noi Bai in Hanoi, Tan Son Nhat in Ho Chi
Minh City and Da Nang airport). We are proud of being one of the first travel
agencies in Vietnam offering
Vietnam visa on arrival for travelers. With our
approved service, travelers only need some minutes to apply visa online and
be ready for a wonderful trip to Vietnam.
Sample of a Vietnam visa issued on arrival at Vietnam airport:
Instruction to apply Vietnam visa on arrival
Just go to application page to check service fee then fill out your visa
information and pay for the service. It is very clear with detail
instruction. The required information is simple. It takes about 10 minutes
to finish this work. After settling the payment, you will get a mail
confirming your application. All you do then is waiting some days (depending
on your request) to get visa approval letter. With the approval letter, you
will easily get visa stamped at Vietnam airports. See our
service fee and online application page.
Vietnam visa approval letter
Visa pre-approval letter is a letter issued by Vietnam Immigration
Department (Vietnam Government Agency) allows you enter and exit Vietnam for
a given time period. With the approval letter, traveler can pick up visa at
all international airports in Vietnam (Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Tan Son
Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang airport in Da Nang City).
Copy of the same document will be transmitted to Vietnam immigration
checkpoints at Vietnam International Airports, so that when the
applicant arrives, the Immigration officers have those documents on hand
already and will be able to issue your entry visa.
Before issuing an approval letter, the Office checks and screens visa
application very strictly, so there is no case that you will be rejected at
Vietnam airports when you have a visa pre-approval letter in hand. See a
sample of Vietnam visa approval letter below:
Required documents to get Vietnam visa at airport
To get Vietnam visa stamped in your passport at airport, you need to bring:
1- Your passport (with validity at least 6 months and has 2 blank pages)
2- 2 passport–size photos (front view; 4 x 6 cm).
3- Copy of approval letter that we sent to you.
4- At the airports, you have to fill 1 more form, to save your time please
download and fill in
this form in advance (photo and signatures are required).
5- Stamping fee, you pay directly in cash at the Immigration desk at
airport:
* US$25 for single entry from 1 to 3 months;
* US$50 for multiple entries from 1 to 3 months.
* US$135 for 1-year multiple entries
Accepted currencies are Vietnam Dong and US Dollars, paid in cash only.
Russian travelers are exempted from this
fee.
Photo requirement:
- Photographs must be identical, taken within the past 6 months.
- The image size from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head should
be between 1 inch and 13/8 inches.
- The photographs may be in color or black and white.
- The photo must be full face, front view with a plain white or off-white
background.
- Photographs should be taken in normal street attire, without a hat or
headgear that obscures the hair or hairline.
- Uniforms should not be worn in photographs with the exception of religious
attire which is worn daily.
- If prescription glasses, a hearing device, wig or similar articles are
normally and consistently worn, they should be worn when the picture is
taken.
- Dark glasses or nonprescription glasses with tinted lenses are not
acceptable unless required for medical reasons. A medical certificate may be
required to support the wearing of such glasses in the photographs.
Where to get visa at Vietnam airport
At the airport, on the way to baggage claim, you will see Landing Visa (or
Visa Upon Arrival) office. All you do is to hand in the above documents and
wait to get your passport back with Vietnam visa stamped.
It depends on the number person(s) applied visa on arrival like you. Usually
it takes from 15 to 30 minutes. Make sure you have all required documents
ready.
See images of the
Office in Noi Bai airport and Tan Son Nhat airport below:
