How long can Benin citizens stay in Vietnam

Question:

Hi, I am Benin passport holders planning to enter Vietnam to visit my friends. I am going to stay here for more than 1 month. Thus, I wonder that staying in Vietnam for more than 1 month is eligible for Benin citizens or how long can Benin citizens stay in Vietnam?

Answer:

Benin citizens are not in the Vietnam visa exemption list. Thus they are required to have Vietnam visa to enter and stay in Vietnam legally. One of the most concern of Benin citizens when plan to enter Vietnam is the length of staying in the country. Below information can help Benin citizen answer that question.

According to Vietnam Immigration Department, foreigners including Benin citizens can stay in Vietnam with validity of 3 months at the maximum. In case Benin citizens enter Vietnam to visit, your Vietnam visa will be issued as 1 month. Therefore, 1 and 3 months are two kind of length that Benin citizens can choose for their visa for Vietnam.

In fact, there are many circumstances that citizens of Benin want to stay in Vietnam longer than the time regulated in immigration policy of Vietnam. For those cases, Benin citizens can extend or renew your Vietnam visa to stay longer in Vietnam without exiting the country.  The required document to extend a Vietnam visa for Benin is original passport with validity of more than 6 months submitting at our office. Benin citizens as well as foreign citizens can extend Vietnam visa 3 – 4 continuous times. The procedure to extend or renew a Vietnam visa should be carried out in order as following:

• Sending us your scanned passport containing Vietnam visa page via email address support@evietnamvisa.com. We will check all information related to your Vietnam visa to give you the best advice.
• Receiving the advices about extension/renewal fee as well as processing time to extend and important document to extend or renew your visa.
• Send your original passport to our office directly. We will bring it to Vietnam Immigration Department to extend it.
• After 5 – 10 days, you will receive your passport back with a new Vietnam visa stamped.

Extending or renewing Vietnam visa is recommended in case Benin citizens do not want to exit Vietnam. In case of exiting, applying for a new Vietnam visa on arrival when you come back to the country is the best option to save time, money. As procedure to get new visa for Benin is very cheap, fast (only 2 – 3 working days to process visa approval letter and 15 minutes to stamp visa at Vietnam airport), and convenient ( submitting your passport directly is not required), most of foreigner use this way if they have chance to leave Vietnam before their current Vietnam visa expires.  

For Benin citizen who own a Vietnam work permit wishing to stay longer than 3 months in Vietnam, applying for temporary residence card is a good solution to stay in Vietnam from 1 to 3 years without leaving. Benin citizens can get guidance on procedure, fee and processing time to get that card here.  On the other hand, if Benin citizens do not have Vietnam permit work, but still want to stay longer than 3 months in Vietnam, applying for a 3 months visa and then extend it is the best way. The procedure to apply for a 3 month Vietnam visa for Benin passport is very simple as including 4 steps: submit Vietnam visa application online, pay visa approval cost for Benin which ranges from USD 240 to USD 290, receive a visa approval letter via registered email after 3 working days, show the letter printed out to Vietnam officers at Vietnam airport to stamp visa.

For further information related to how long can Benin citizens stay in Vietnam, please contact us via email support@evietnamvisa.com or hotline number (84) 943 25 25 52.