Vietnam visa for American Samoa passport holders

Question: 

Hello Vietnam visa agent. I hold American Samoa passport. I want to apply for Vietnam visa to enter you country, but it is confusing because I cannot find an official information on the internet about Vietnam visa for American passport holders, for example Wikipedia. So I want to ask you for more details about and whether you can provide me with an official information about Vietnam visa for American Samoa passport holders.Thank you in advance and best regard

Answer:

According to Vietnam immigration policy, American Samoa passport holders can apply for Vietnam visa to enter the country for purpose of tourist or business. Some following official information about Vietnam visa for American Samoa passport holders might help you a lot.

Before applying for Vietnam visa, American Samoa citizens must guarantee that the validity of your passport is 6 month upward with at least two blanks pages.  After that, you should prepare for your trip by planning you arrival date, your transportation means and length of time you will stay in Vietnam. When completing all prepared steps, American Samoa citizens should start applying for Vietnam visa.

1.      Steps to get Vietnam visa for American Samoa passport holders

At present, American Samoa citizens can apply online for Vietnam visa on arrival to get visa at Vietnam airport or apply at Vietnam embassy.

• Applying online for Vietnam visa on arrival for American Samoa passport holders

In order to apply Vietnam visa on arrival for American Samoa passport holders, a connected- internet device is necessary. After submit Vietnam visa application online at our website, you should transfer payment for visa approval fee by credit card via OnePal, PayPal, or pay through Western Union and Bank transfer. After 5-7 working days as the longest, you will receive a visa approval letter issued by Vietnam Immigration Department via email. By presenting the hard copy of this letter accompanied with your passport at any Vietnam international airport, you will be stamped Vietnam visa onto passport. Because Vietnam visa on arrival is picked up at Vietnam airport after applying online, this visa type is highly recommended for American Samoa passport holders who enter Vietnam by airway.

• Applying at Vietnam embassy for American Samoa passport holders

In fact, Vietnam government has not set up embassy in American Samoa presently, so to apply for Vietnam visa at embassy, American Samoa should search information about Vietnam embassy in the nearest country and contact them to know the detailed Vietnam visa fee, processing time and required document (s) that you should prepare before visiting embassy. When receiving adequate confirmation form embassy, American Samoa citizens need to visit embassy directly to apply for Vietnam visa in person. However, in fact, almost American Samoa’s Vietnam visa request might be rejected by embassy.  Moreover, it takes from 5 working days to a whole week to process Vietnam visa for you in case embassy accept your request. Because all of disadvantages of applying at embassy, this Vietnam visa type is not recommended for American Samoa citizens

2.      Applicable types of Vietnam visa for American Samoa passport holders

Vietnam visa is divided into 4 types with different validity length and number of permitted entrances. The visa types are quoted clearly as below

• 1 month single Vietnam visa: with this type of Vietnam visa, you can enter and exit Vietnam only 1 time within 30 days  (1 month)
• 1 month multiple Vietnam visa: by requesting for this type of Vietnam visa, American Samoan can enter and exit Vietnam more than 1 month within 1 month
• 3 months single Vietnam visa: this type allows you to enter and exit Vietnam 1 time within 3 months

3.      Vietnam visa fee for American Samoa passport holders

Like citizens of other countries, American Samoa is required to pay two kinds of fee when applying for Vietnam visa: approval fee and stamping fee. If you apply online for Vietnam visa on arrival, those kinds of fee will not be paid at the same time. Approval fee is paid for processing visa approval letter for you, so it should be paid before we send your Vietnam visa request to Vietnam Immigration Department. The appied fee for American Samoa passport holders is USD 240/person for 1 month single Vietnam visa, and USD 290/person for 1 month multiple, 3 month single and multiple Vietnam visa. In case, you enter Vietnam to do business and have a Vietnam company making guarantee for you during the time you stay in Vietnam, the approval fee will be lower ,ranging from USD 150 to USD 200 for one person. Stamping fee is the fee that you pay to get Vietnam visa stamped onto passport at one of three Vietnam international airports (Noi Bai- Ha Noi, Da Ngang- Da Nang, and Tan Son Nhat- Ho Chi Minh city). The current stamping fee is the same for every nationality. It is USD 45/person for single visa (1 month and 3 months), USD 65/person for multiple Vietnam visa of no more than 29 days , and USD 95/person for multiple Vietnam visa of more than 29 days but less than 90 days.

Notice:  at present, Vietnam immigration laws permit foreigners including American Samoa passport holders to apply for Vietnam visa with validity of 3 month as the maximum. However, you can use our extension service to extend your Vietnam visa 1 month or 3 months. By using this service, you are able to stay in Vietnam without exiting while your Vietnam visa is going to expire. American Samoa passport holders should extend your Vietnam visa 7- 10 working days before your Vietnam visa expires. You can follow the hereby steps to extend Vietnam visa

• First of all, you need to send the scanned copy of your passport with all Vietnam visa pages(s) via our email support@evietnamvisa.com. We will check with Vietnam Immigration Department and inform you the best advice related to extension fee, time to process and necessary document (s) to extend.
• Then, you should submit your passport at our office to extend it
• After a few working days, you need to visit our office again to take your passport back. Now, it has been stamped a new Vietnam visa.

In case American Samoa passport holders can exit Vietnam before the expired date noted in your Vietnam visa, your should re-apply for a new Vietnam visa, especially applying online for Vietnam visa on arrival if you will fly to Vietnam again. This option help you to save time money as applying for a new Vietnam visa is faster, cheaper and simpler than extending your visa.

Briefly, thanks to the positive adjustments in the immigration policy of Vietnam Immigration Department, American Samoa citizens as well as citizens of other countries can get Vietnam visa easily.

For further information about Vietnam visa for American Samoa passport holder, please do not hesitate to contact us via email support@evietnamvisa.com or hotline +(84) 943 25 25 52 (Tracy)  or  +(84) 8 5336 5336 (Marjorie). We will assist you at our best.