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.

A Vietnam Business visa is a short-stay visa, which permit its holder to enter and remain in Vietnam up to 1 month, 3 months or 6 months with single or multiple entry. It is issued to people who come to Vietnam to perform business making, attend meetings, sign contracts, or people who have a long-term plan working in Vietnam, etc. When applying for a business visa, the applicants have to consider three points, these are: estimated date of arrival, duration of stay and place of stamping visa. There are three ways to obtain a business visa: Apply in person or by post through your nearest Vietnamese Embassy or Consulate, Visa on Arrival (VOA) or e-visa. Below are our guidelines to help you having an overview of procedure to apply a business visa in Vietnam.

Tourist visa is issued for foreigners attempting to enter Vietnam for tourism, visiting family, friends or relatives purpose. The tourist visa must be sponsored by a travel company, valid for 3 months single or multiple maximum. In the case that you need more time to stay in the country, you could extend your stay by using visa extension or renewal service, conducting this service depends on their current visa type, nationality, the time of the year and purpose, the visa extension or renewal allows you to stay more in Vietnam without leaving the country, the visa extension and renewal must be applied from 5 to 7 days before the visa expiration date, and it takes 7 working days for processing. If you overstay for your visa in Vietnam, you could not leave the country without paying the fines and obtaining a visa extension stamp (exit visa) on the passport in advance. Whoever intentionally commits repeated offenses for a long time, without respecting for the law, the level of punishment may include administrative penalties, limitation of Vietnamese immigration and enforced deportation. Please remember that overstaying is a serious offense and to avoid all this, pay attention to your visa validity and that it coincides with your date of departure.