Doing business in Vietnam leaves you many questions about Visa matter such as How can you get a visa for business purpose? Do you need a visa for a short-term in Vietnam? How about the visa procedures? Vietnam business visa coded DT, DN, LV is a short-stay visa, which permits foreigners to enter and stay in Vietnam from 1 to 6 months with a single or multiple entries depending on their business plan or purposes. Except for businessman from countries included in the exemption list with a given period of time, you have to issue a Vietnam visa to perform business making. There are three channels to get a visa such as visit Vietnam Embassy or by post in your country, Visa on arrival, and E-visa. More importantly, you must have a sponsor company registering and operating in Vietnam currently. The whole procedure consists of 2 steps: obtaining approval letter and pick up your visa by yourself via the channel you decided before. Let’s follow the procedure as below to get Vietnam business visa in order to explore business opportunities in Vietnam.

Vietnam working visa categorized as DT, DN, LV is issued for those coming to Vietnam with some related-business purposes. After obtaining a visa, you are permitted to enter and stay in Vietnam from 1 month to even one year with a single or multiple entries. You can choose either obtain Vietnam visa on arrival by submitting online or applying for a Vietnam Embassy or Consulate nearby your living space. However, we strongly recommend you choose Visa on arrival service as an air-passenger since it is one of the best way of getting a valid visa to Vietnam that the travelers will need to get a visa approval letter issued by Vietnamese Government  (Immigration Office) beforehand and getting a full visa sticker at Vietnam international airports upon arrival. Therefore, to avoid delaying or changing your departure day, please remember to issue your flight ticket after you obtain the approvel letter because you cannot enter Vietnam before the entry day on your approval letter. You please sastify these requirements and procedures as below to obtain your working visa at the airport. 

Visa on arrival is a legal document authorized by Department of Immigration that permits foreigners to enter and remain in Vietnam during a given period of time.We strongly recommended you to use this service to issue your visa with traveling, visiting family or friends, business purpose due to its convenient and cost-effective. You will get your visa on arrival at any international airports you have decided based on your flight ticket. Visa on arrival can be issued for any kind of visa (1 month, 3 months or one years with a single or multiple entries). In addition, while tourist approval letter takes about 2 working days to process, the business one takes 7 business days. Despite of any purpose, you should issue your air flight ticket after receiving your visa result because you are not allowed to enter Vietnam before the entry date on the approval letter. The guideline below may help you during getting Vietnam Visa at the airport.

Investment visa categorized as DT is authorized for foreign investors in Vietnam mentioned in the Enterprise Registration Certificate and the Investment Registration Certificate and foreign lawyers having the Foreign Registered Lawyer Licenses. This type of visa allows its holder to stay in Vietnam up to 5 years based on case by case. If you are planning to invest or practice as a foreign lawyer, you are required to have a sponsor company operating legally in Vietnam. The applicant must go through two steps to get a Vietnam investment visa including having an approval letter sponsored by a company in Vietnam (Pre-Visa), picking up your visa at Vietnam international airports, Vietnam Embassy or Consulate in your country and Vietnam’s international border crossings. Here is a specific guideline to get a Vietnam investment visa.

Vietnam Business Visa on arrival is issued by the Department of Immigration that allows  businessman to enter and remain in Vietnam to explore Vietnam business opportunities such as working with enterprises, meeting B2B, signing contract, ect. We strongly recommend you use this service for doing business due to its convenience and effectiveness. Compared with the traditional ways - visiting Vietnam Consulate or Embassy/ by post, Visa on arrival is much better in terms of time, procedure, fee and simple required documents.  Visa on arrival is valid from one month to one year with a single or multiple entries depends on your purpose and your budget. You can issue your visa via online application and your passport is not required. Although, it is only for air passengers, you can choose any international airports in Vietnam flexibly to obtain the stamp on your passport. Unlike the tourist visa, business visa on arrival takes 5 business days to get approval letter. Please notice that you should not book your flight sooner than obtaining your business approval letter to avoid delaying or changing your departure day. If you would to know more pros and cons of this service, please follow our article as below.

Tourist visa is granted for foreigners attempting to enter Vietnam for tourism purpose. The tourist visa is valid from 1 to 3 months with single or multiple entries (Only United States nationals are able to arrange one-year visas), and the tourist visa must be sponsored by a travel company. Or Visa exemption apply for the citizens of some countries, including Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Finland, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Belarus. The duration of stay is 15 days provided that the gap between the 2 entries via visa free access is 30 days. Like business visa, you can pick up the tourist visa either through visa on arrival at Vietnam’s international airports or through Vietnamese Embassy/Consulate in your countries. If you wish to extend your stay without having to leave the country, you can do so by applying for a visa extension or renewal. However, not all nationalities are eligible to apply for a visa extension/renewal, and the requirements change accordingly as well. So we will update the latest changes from the Vietnam Immigration Department to help foreigners have a well-preparation for their stay in Vietnam.