Can Canadians apply for Vietnam tourist visa?

Question:

I am a Canadian passport holder wishing to travel to Vietnam in the next month. Can Canadians apply for Vietnam tourist visa?

Answer:

Yes, Vietnam Immigration law regulates that Canadians traveling to Vietnam are required to have Vietnam tourist visa or Vietnam visa approval letter to get visa on arrival.

Normally, Vietnam tourist visa is valid around 30 days for either single or multiple entries.

At present, Vietnam tourist visa can be picked up at Embassy of Vietnam or Vietnam airport. For both these two modes to get visa to Vietnam, Canadian are required to have valid passport of 6 month in validity length, and 2 blank passport pages at least.

However, to request Vietnam visa at Embassy of Vietnam, besides making sure about the validity length of passport, your original passport, some other document are required to be fulfilled. It will takes averagely about 5 working days for processing time, and USD 90/ person for the cost to get Vietnam tourist visa issued for you.

While getting Vietnamvisa at Embassy takes too long time, getting online Vietnam visa on arrival for Canadians is very simple. Canadians just need to spend some minutes completing visa application online and all steps for visa requirement. The cost of Vietnam visa for Canadians will be quoted clearly by the system right after you submit adequate information for visa application. For single entry, it will be charged USD 20/ person, and for multiple entries, the cost is USD 25/ person.

After completing visa application, and payment, applicants will receive visa approval letter granted by the Immigration Department of Vietnam via email within 2 working days. This document is managed by unique codes that allow you to get Vietnam tourist visa stamped straight away at Vietnam airports.

In comparison with getting visa at Vietnam Embassy, getting Vietnam visa on arrival is much more convenient, economical and time-saving as no any passport is required, Canadians also do not have to go to any Embassy. Thus getting Vietnam visa on arrival is the best choice for Canadian travelers entering Vietnam by airway. For travelers entering Vietnam by land or seaway, as there is no visa on arrival service at Vietnam border, you are advised to plan for the trip clearly to have enough time for getting visa at Embassy of Vietnam.

In some other case, if Canadians want to enter Vietnam for business trip of no more than 30 days, Vietnam tourist visa is still valid. Or in case, you want to stay in Vietnam longer you’re your Vietnam tourist visa’s permitted validity, you can extend your current visa. However, due to the expensive cost and complicated procedure of Vietnam visa extension, applying for business visa with 3 month of validity length is highly advised if Canadian plan to stay in Vietnam longer than 30 days before entering the country. Using a business visa for the purpose of tourist is no matter at all.

For any further information relating the query “Can Canadians apply for Vietnam tourist visa?” please feel free to contact us via email support@evietnamvisa.com or hotline (84) 943 25 25 52.