Vietnam travel Visa Information prior to your trip

Only citizens of below countries can travel to Vietnam without an entry visa (valid for a short stay only). All other citizens are required to get an entry visa before departure or a pre-approved entry visa (visa is issued on arrival at Vietnam’s International Airports) supplied before arrival in Vietnam.

We recommend that you obtain your entry visa by having a valid passport stamped prior to your departure by applying to any one of the Vietnam Embassies and/or Consulates worldwide or just free your mind by asking us to do the task. We will submit your request to the Vietnam Immigration Department from Vietnam and we will send you the Approval Code once your visa request is approved. With this Approval Code, you will contact The Vietnamese Embassy in your country to obtain your visa stamped on your passort.

However, if your particular city does not have a Vietnamese embassy, or Consulate in your country, or you just want to make Vietnam part of a multi-destination trip, then we recommend Visa on Arrival as your best option.

Arranging the necessary paperwork for a Vietnamese Visa has become fairly straight forward. Having a valid visa stamped in your passport prior to your departure is strongly recommended. You can apply from Vietnamese Embassy and Consulate oversea worldwide, however, not all cities you are staying have Vietnam Embassy. In this case, you need to do either via a third country or an inbound tour operator. Online Travel Vietnam is able to assist you in the most helpful and effective way of handling all type of Visa to Vietnam such as: tourist Visa to Vietnam, Vietnam Visa exemption.

What you need is to decide which forms of visa you would like to have. We provide two kinds of services which are:

Visa Arrival Vietnam (Abbreviation as: VOA)
This is fastest and the most convenient way to avoid the expensive and unnecessary time-consuming queuing at Embassies and the like. The entry visa will be stamped locally at the Immigration office on arrival international airports within Vietnam comprising Hanoi/Noibai, Ho Chi Minh City/Tan Son Nhat and Danang - procedure is rather fast. You can choose either to settle directly the stamp fee (US$25-nett person/one month tourist visa) to the Authority or you pay to your travel agent - it is always the same. Although, the validity of visa is 30 days but you can easily extend it when you arrive Vietnam.

You need to have what is called an Approval Letter from Vietnam Department of Immigration to be able to get a stamp at airports. We will do this for you taking within 3 working days then we send you a copy either by email or fax, you hold it to board your flight - stamp procedure will be done when you arrive Vietnam.

Visa On Arrival arrangement cost

*Wonder about payment?
                                                                                                                                               *Normal processing: 3 working days
*Urgent process: 1 working day


Visa Approval Code
As said, this is the second way of obtaining Vietnam visa, fullfill Vietnam Visa requirements through our service network. If you live in a city/country in which it has a Vietnam Embassy or Consulate, then you consider to do this. We will need your personal data in advance to process then we send you again an approval code enables you to get visa stamp into your passport.

Service cost on Vietnam Visa application by Online Travel Vietnam:

              (Excluded stamp fee at Embassy or Consulate which varies)

*Wonder about payment?

*Normal processing: 3 working days
*Urgent process: 1 working day

Visa requirements and procedure
*Requirement: The following personal data is needed
1. Your full name (exactly as in your passport)
2. Date of birth (DOB)
3. Place of birth (POB)
4. Nationality
5. Passport Number
6. Date of issuance of Passport
7. Date of expiration of Passport
8. Proposed arrival date
9. Flight details/reference
10. Port of arrival - Hanoi/Noi Bai, Ho Chi Minh/Tan Son Nhat or Danang
11. Purpose of your visit (Vacation/Business/Visit family)
12. Type of service (Visa approval code or Visa on arrival)
13. The city in which a Vietnam embassy or consulate is located, where you plan to get the visa (only applicable for visa approval code case)

*Procedure: Please do the following steps
a- Please contact us over telephone or e-mail us at: sale@hanoitravel.com.vn
b- When we receive your information via e-mail, our dedicated staff working at visa section will advise on the safe receipt of your information and/or payment needed to start processing right away upon your payment. The process time is 3-4 working day for normal visa and 1-2 days for urgent case. Super urgent is 12 hours or 1 hour - cost for this is different case by case.
c- We send you approval letter or code (depends what type of visa you chose).
You keep it to board airline or get stamp at Embassy/Consulate.

Special note:

The visa application form may vary from Embassy to Embassy, so you need to take the form from the specific Embassy where you will obtain your visa. Submit this form filled with your original passport, 2 or 3 photos, accompanied by the visa fee. If you apply directly to The Embassy, your information will then be sent to Hanoi for approval. Therefore, it will take between 4 to 10 days depending on your country of origin. In case the Visa has already been approved at the Hanoi Immigration Office, this will then take only one day. The tourist visa is for a single entry only and a one-month stay, but it can be extended after you enter Vietnam. Diplomatic, official visas, business and other types of visas should be handled through the official agencies or government or business sponsor of the traveler.

Vietnam visa is essential, please make sure you have it prior to your departure!

We all wish you a great trip to Vietnam!