How to get Vietnam visa from South Africa?

According to the regulation of Viet Nam Immigration Department, South African passport holders wishing to enter Viet Nam for any purpose have to apply for Vietnam visa before departure. Below information is some guidance on how to get a Vietnam visa from South Africa.

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Currently, South African citizens can apply for Vietnam visa at Vietnam Embassy or apply for Vietnam visa online. 

1. How to apply for Vietnam visa at Vietnam Embassy from South Africa

From South Africa, applicants come to Embassy of Viet Nam located in 87 Brooks St., Brooklyn, and Pretoria to submit your original passport and some other required form for Vietnam visa. The processing time and visa applied fee at Embassy is not fixed, it is various from Embassy of Vietnam in different countries. For your visa request smoothly processed, applicants are advised to contact to staff in charge at the Embassy before coming there to get details about the procedure, estimated fee and other necessary documents.

Due to feedback of many travelers, getting visa from Embassy of Vietnam is quite complicate as applicant from South Africa are required to have a guarantee letter from a company/ organization in Vietnam besides original passport.

Because of these disadvantages, applying for Vietnam visa in person at Embassy of Vietnam is only recommended for people planning to enter Viet Nam by land or sea way.

For South African citizens enter Viet Nam by air, Vietnam visa on arrival is the best choice to get visa to Vietnam.

2. How to applying online for a visa to Vietnam from South Africa?

To get Viet Nam visa on arrival, you can complete Vietnam visa application online and then make payment for getting visa. Due to diplomatic relation between Vietnam and South Africa, Vietnam visa fee for South African passport holders is higher than visa fee for some other countries as the guarantee fee is included. For detail, the approval fee in this case is USD 35/ person for 1 month single entry visa, USD 40/ person for 1 month multiple entries visa, USD 45/ person for 3 month single entry visa and USD 85/ person for 3 month multiple entries visa.

After receiving your application and your payment, your visa request will be sent to Viet Nam immigration department. For standard service, it takes 2 working days to get visa approval letter approved by Vietnam Immigration Department and sent to your registered email. This is an electronic document managed by unique code that allows you to get Vietnam visa upon your arrival at Vietnam airport.

For rush situation, South Africans can choose urgent service with USD 10 plus or super urgent service with USD 25 plus to speed up processing time.

For any further assistance on how to get Vietnam visa from South Africa, please feel free to contact us via email support@evietnamvisa.com or hotline number (84) 943 25 25 52.