Due to the spread of COVID-19 in Vietnam and around the world, the Vietnamese Government has decided to stop issuing temporary residence card temporarily, work permit and suspend unilateral visa waiver for citizens of Belarus, Russia and Japan and holders of visa exemption certificate for people of Vietnamese origin and their family members in March 2020. For the visa extension in Vietnam, the maximum visa validity is 3 month single only and extendable. The new notification from Vietnam Immigration and provincial Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs will be updated regularly by Visa5s.com

Due to the growth of tourism and economy, Vietnamese government is improving their administration system and visa policy to encourage foreigners coming to Vietnam, especially foreign investors. One of the most outstanding changes in the new regulation of immigration policies is to allow foreigners to change their Vietnam visa category. This indicates that foreigners who have already arrived in Vietnam are now entitled to change their visa type without leaving the country. The new regulation is supposed to take its effect from July 2020.

Going abroad is the always a pleasure for a lot of people. However, beside the cost, the Visa policy in always a big concern every time you want to travel overseas. To understand your concern and to help the Vietnam tourism reach its target: To be more and more popular as a tourist destination, the Vietnamese government has bring out the easiest and most convenient type of Visa: electronic visa (e-Visa). In this article, we would like to supply you more information on New Policy of Vietnam electronic visas for foreigner from July 2020.

The new Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam which will come into effect in July, 2020 is expected to promote investment and economic growth in the country by allowing foreigners to enter and reside in Vietnam with more ease and convenience. One of the most outstanding changes with Vietnam visa policies is the visa waiver policies for some foreign nationals, according to which those visa-waived nationals will no longer be subject to a 30-day cooling-off period upon their latest exit, so they can enter and exit Vietnam freely. In this article, we would like to bring you the Latest updates on Vietnam Visa Waiver Policies when the New Immigration Law taking effect in July 2020.

With changes to the new immigration law, taking effect in July 2020, foreign nationals will be allowed to change the visa purpose “entry purpose” in-country without leaving the country under some specific circumstances, and visa-waived nationals will no longer be subject to a 30-day cooling-off period. One of the big changes impact on the temporary residence card Vietnam for foreign investors is that, in the new law, they will be granted temporary residence cards “TRCs” with a duration up to 10 years (current law is maximum duration of 5 years) depending on the investment amount (the value of their contributed investment) on the investment and business registration certificate, dependents of foreign investors will be granted a visa or temporary residence card with a maximum of 3 years duration, renewable.

The New Immigration Law No. 51/2019/QH14 (“New Visa Policies 2020”) has been passed by the National Assembly of Vietnam on 25 November 2019 and will take effect on 1 July 2020. In this article, key changes and updates on visa policies of Vietnam for foreigners include: Allowing the change of entry purpose (change visa purpose) without leaving and re-entering Vietnam; Implementing new visa types and longer visa validity for foreign investors based on the value of their contributed investment; Foreign nationals who enter Vietnam under unilateral visa waiver status will no longer be subjected to the 30-day cooling-off period between the last exit date and the next entry date as before; Additional changes to the types Vietnam visa as ĐT1, ĐT2, ĐT3, ĐT4, LĐ1, LĐ2, EV and LS Visa, etc.