According to update policy of Vietnam Immigration Department, Egyptian passport holders wishing to enter Vietnam for any purpose are required Vietnam visa. So which is the most convenient way to have a visa to Vietnam?
Below information is guidance about steps to get visa to Vietnam for Egyptian and recommendation about visa type for citizens of this country.
The first step Egyptian passport holders should do is to prepare for your trip. You should make a clear travel plan to Vietnam and estimate the earliest date of arrival to Vietnam as Vietnam visa will be valid from the date of arrival you plan. In addition, as it takes four working days for visa issuing, Egyptian should pay attention to your plan trip and apply for visa about 1 week before departure to make sure you have enough time for processing visa.
After planning the trip carefully, the next step you should do is choosing an applying method for visa basing on the mean you will travel to Vietnam. Currently, there are two eligible way to get visa to Vietnam: applying at Embassy of Vietnam or applying online for visa on arrival.
1. Procedure to get visa at Embassy of Vietnam for Egyptian:
To use this way, Egyptian passport holders can come directly to any Vietnam Embassy in the country you living to submit visa requirement. Vietnam visa requirement, visa fee and processing time are various from Embassy of Vietnam in different countries. Normally, Vietnam Embassy requires your original passport, an invitation letter from a company in Vietnam, or a pre-approved visa from the Immigration Department of Vietnam and it takes 5 working days upward to process visa.
2. Procedure to get Vietnam visa on arrival online for Egyptian:
While getting visa at Vietnam Embassy need applicants to submit original document directly to the Embassy, procedure to get visa online just requires a completed visa application online. What requirement Egyptian applicants should do is to submit Vietnam visa application and make payment for visa approval fee as quoted by the system. Then applicants should wait 2 or 3 working days to get visa approval letter issued and sent to you via email. Upon your arrival at Vietnam international airport, by presenting this document for Vietnam Immigration officer to check your information and stamp Vietnam visa onto your passport.
In brief, both getting visa at Embassy of Vietnam and getting visa on arrival online can help Egyptian passport holder to obtain a legal visa. However in comparison, Vietnam visa on arrival is much more convenient, economical, time-saving and secure than applying visa at Embassy as this applying method does not require any original document, and applicants also do not need to visit any Vietnam Embassy to get visa. Thus this visa types is the most chosen now for Egyptian in particular and foreign travelers in general.
Please notice that currently, Vietnam visa on arrival service is applicable for air travelers only. For foreigners entering Vietnam by land or seaway, you should arrange your trip and come to Vietnam Embassy to apply for visa before traveling.
For any further information relating steps to get visa to Vietnam for Egyptian, please feel free to contact us via email support@evietnamvisa.com or hotline (84) 943 25 25 52.
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