Vietnam visa for Bahraini passport holder

Question:

I and my little son have visited China, and some other Asian countries. Our next destination is Vietnam- a cultural country. I have searched some information about Vietnam including how to enter the country as the most convenient way. I know that Vietnam visa is a compulsory requirement that I need to meet, but I do not know how to apply for Vietnam visa, how does Vietnam visa cost, how long does it take to get Vietnam visa,  how can we  stay in the country with a Vietnam visa and how to get Vietnam visa for my boy.  I will be very thankful if you can answer all above information for me. P/s: we hold Bahraini passport

Answer:

Vietnam immigration policy regulates that Bahraini passport holders need to have Vietnam visa if you wish to enter to the country for purpose of business or visit. Due to some diplomatic policies between Vietnam and Bahrain, citizens of this country are recommended to learning carefully information about Vietnam visa for Bahraini passport holders. Some following information might be useful for you

1.      How to apply for Vietnam visa for Bahraini passport holders?

At present, Bahraini citizens can apply for Vietnam visa by two alternative ways: applying online for Vietnam visa on arrival and applying directly at Vietnam embassies abroad.

Applying online for Vietnam visa on arrival for Bahraini passport holders

It is very simple; Bahraini citizens just need to spend a couple minutes doing following things:

• Complete Vietnam visa application online with some necessary personal information as shown in your passport which must be at least 6 month
• Make payment for visa approval fee. This fee is paid to process pre-approved Vietnam visa or visa approval letter for you.
• After 3 working days since you transferred your payment, a visa approval letter issued by Vietnam Immigration Department will be sent to your registered email. This letter has a unique code which allows you to get official Vietnam visa at any Vietnam international airport.

By showing the letter printed out accompanied with your passport to staff in charge at airport, you will get your official Vietnam visa. Now with a Vietnam visa stamped onto passport, you are able to enter Vietnam

Applying directly at Vietnam embassy for Bahraini passport holders

Presently, no Vietnam embassy is located in Bahrain. To apply for Vietnam visa at embassy, Bahraini citizens can search for the nearest one in the neighboring countries. However, even if you can find a nearest Vietnam embassy, applying for Vietnam visa at embassy is very complicated. You must visit embassy directly, submit your passport, pay a high Vietnam visa fee and wait for about 5 to 7 working days to process Vietnam visa for you. Moreover, for citizens of Bahrain, your Vietnam visa request might be rejected at any embassy of Vietnam. This is the reason why this applying way is only recommended for Bahrain citizens who will enter Vietnam by land or sea way. If you choose airway to enter Vietnam, applying online for Vietnam visa on arrival is the most suitable way to have Vietnam visa.

2.      How much is Vietnam visa fee for Bahrain passport holder?

If Bahrain citizens apply online for Vietnam visa on arrival, Vietnam visa fee will contain visa approval fee and stamping fee. While visa approval fee can be paid online by credit card via OnePay, PayPal, or pay through Bank transfer, Western Union, stamping fee must be paid in cash directly at Vietnam airport. Visa approval fee is type of fee that Bahraini citizens should pay to visa agent who process Vietnam visa approval letter for you. This fee is various from different type of Vietnam visa regarding validity length and number of entry. The detailed fee is USD 190/person for 1 month single visa type, USD 240/person for 1 month multiple visa and 3 months single Vietnam visa type. The stamping fee, on the other hand, is the same for every nationality, which is USD 45/person for single entry visa (1 month and 3 months), USD 65/person for multiple entries visa of no more than 29 days and USD 95/person for multiple entries visa of more than 29 days but less than 90 days. Bahrain passport holders can refer to Vietnam visa fee for Bahraini passport holder to get more information.

If Bahrain citizens apply for Vietnam visa at embassy, both approval fee and stamping fee are paid to embassy directly. To get the exact fee, you are recommended to contact embassy in advance.

3.      How long does it take to get Vietnam visa for Bahrain passport holders?

With Vietnam visa on arrival, Bahrain citizens just wait for 3 working days to get the issued visa approval letter and about 15 minutes to get Vietnam visa stamped onto passport at Vietnam airport (We also provides SSS- stamping support service which cost only USD 25/person in case Bahraini citizens want to shorten the waiting time to stamp Vietnam visa at airport). Otherwise, if you apply for Vietnam visa at embassy of Vietnam, the waiting time will be longer which is from 5 working days to a whole week. Because Vietnam embassy needs more time to check you information and process Vietnam visa for you.

4.      How long can Bahraini passport holders stay in Vietnam?

According to Vietnam immigration policy, Bahraini passport holder can stay in Vietnam 3 months as the longest for every time applying for Vietnam visa. In case, you want to stay longer in the country without exiting while your Vietnam visa is going to expire, requesting for Vietnam visa extension service is a good solution. To extend your Vietnam visa, you just need to scan your passport containing all Vietnam visa page(s) to our email support@evietnamvisa.com. We will check and give you the information about extension fee, processing time and necessary documents to extend your Vietnam visa. And then, you should send your passport to our office directly. After a few working days, you should come back to our office to get your passport back with a new Vietnam visa stamped. In order to get detailed procedures to extend Vietnam visa,. It is noticeable that extension service should be used in case Bahraini passport holders do not have any chance to exit Vietnam. If you can leave the country and plan to come back by plane, re-applying online for Vietnam visa on arrival is always recommended to save money time as well as avoid complicated procedure of extending Vietnam visa.  

5.      How to apply for Vietnam visa for Bahraini children?

As mentioned above, every Bahraini citizen needs to have a valid Vietnam visa to enter the country legally and Bahraini children are not in the exemption case. Thus, Bahraini children still need to have Vietnam visa like adult. However, procedure to apply for Vietnam visa for Bahraini children is divided into two circumstances

The first circumstance is children have their own passport. In this case, the procedure to apply for Vietnam visa for children is similar to adult’s procedure. You can read the first item to get details.

The second circumstance is children do not their own passport and share passport with parent. In this case you should scan the first page of shared passport to our email support@evietnamvisa.com and when submitting visa application form of children, you should fill information of children’s parent because both information of children and parent will be sent to Vietnam Immigration Department to process Vietnam visa for your children.

Notice: like citizens coming from other country, Bahraini citizen can apply for 1 month single, 1 month multiple and 3 month single Vietnam visa with purpose of tourist or business. However, for children, if you want to apply for 3 month visa of both types, an accompanied adult is required as 3 month Vietnam visa is issued as business Vietnam visa automatically. 

Nowadays, applying for Vietnam visa to enter a country like Vietnam is no longer difficult for citizens of Bahrain. With Vietnam visa on arrival, Bahrain passport holders can get Vietnam visa simply, easily and conveniently.

For further information related to Vietnam visa for Bahraini passport holders, please contact us via email support@evietnamvisa.com or hotline +(84) 943 25 25 52 (Tracy)  or  +(84) 8 5336 5336 (Marjorie). We are happy to assist you.