Vietnam visa for China passport holders

Question:

 I plan to visit some Asian South East countries including Vietnam. Can I apply for Vietnam from China or another country during my trip?

• Vietnam visa on arrival for China citizens
• How to get Pre-approved Vietnam visa for China passport holders

Answer:

China is not in the Vietnam visa exemption list. Therefore, Chinese citizens must have Vietnam visa to depart to Vietnam from China or any other countries. This article provide Chinese citizens with basic information about Vietnam visa for Chinese passport holders including Vietnam visa requirement, procedure to apply, visa fee, visa type, etc.

1. Vietnam visa requirement for Chinese citizens

Chinese citizens can apply for Vietnam visa to visit Vietnam if you can make sure two following things.

The first is your passport has 6 months validity with at least 2 unused pages

The second is that you has your estimate arrival date. This is very important as you should not enter Vietnam earlier than the arrival date noted in your application form

2. Vietnam visa types for Chinese citizens

Regarding the applying way, there are two types of Vietnam visa for Chinese citizens: Vietnam visa online and Vietnam embassy visa.

Vietnam visa online: Vietnam visa online is applied for Chinese people who enter Vietnam by land, sea and airway. Applying for this visa type, you will get a pre-approved Vietnam visa issued by Immigration Department of Vietnam, to get official Vietnam visa you can bring the Vietnam visa approval letter to Vietnam airport (for airway entry) or bring Vietnam visa approval code to Vietnam embassy (for land and sea way entry).

Vietnam embassy visa: applying for Vietnam embassy visa is a traditional way to get Vietnam visa. Vietnam embassy is only recommended for Chinese people who plan to travel to Vietnam by train, ship or bus from some Asian countries such as: China, Laos, and Cambodia. Applying for Vietnam embassy visa, you have to visit Vietnam embassy in person, and then wait there for some working days as your Vietnam visa request will be processed within 5 working days in the minimum.

Regarding purpose of entry, Chinese citizens can apply for Vietnam tourist visa and Vietnam business visa.

Vietnam tourist visa:  Chinese citizens can apply for Vietnam tourist visa with validity length of 1 month or 3 months. Although 3 months Vietnam visa will be granted as business visa, you absolutely can use 3 months visa with purpose of tourist.

Vietnam business visa: the same as tourist Vietnam visa, Vietnam business visa can be issued as 1 month or 3 months visa. However, you should be noted that 1 month is issued as tourist visa automatically. Therefore, you need to note business for purpose of entry in your application form if you want to get 1 month business visa. 

3. Procedure to apply online for Vietnam visa on arrival for Chinese citizen

• Submit Vietnam visa application online with necessary personal information shown in your passport.
• Transfer payment for Vietnam visa approval fee. Currently, for secure reason, we have third party accept payments for visa approval fee online. You can pay this fee via PayPal, OnePay if you have credit card, or you can pay through bank transfer or western union.
• Get the visa approval letter or visa approval code via your email which you provided when applying online.
• Bring the letter to Vietnam airport and bring the approval code to Vietnam embassy to Vietnam embassy to stamp Vietnam visa onto passport.

To apply for Vietnam embassy visa, Chinese citizens need to bring your original passport, your passport photo sized to Vietnam embassy. At embassy, the staff in charge will require you to complete the necessary forms to get your Vietnam visa.  

4. Vietnam visa fee for Chinese passport holders

The visa fee includes approval fee and stamping fee. You need to pay both of the two fees at Vietnam embassy directly if you apply for Vietnam embassy visa. In contract, if you apply for Vietnam visa online, the approval fee is paid to visa agent who assists you to get the pre-approved Vietnam visa, and the stamping fee is paid to immigration officers working at Vietnam airport if you apply for Vietnam visa on arrival, or to officers working at Vietnam embassy if you apply for Vietnam visa approval code. To get the detailed approval fee and stamping fee in case of applying for Vietnam visa on arrival, you can visit visa fee page. And stamping fee depends on each embassy if you apply for visa approval code, you are suggested to contact embassy to get exact fee.   

In fact, Vietnam visa online brings about much more outstanding advantages than Vietnam embassy visa. The following advantages are reason why Vietnam visa online has been chooses by more and more travelers including Chinese travelers.

• Cheaper: the approval fee and stamping fee when applying for Vietnam is much cheaper than applying for Vietnam embassy visa.
• Faster: if you apply online for Vietnam visa, it takes only 2working days as the longest to get your pre-approved Vietnam visa, and about 15 minutes at Vietnam airport or 1 working day at Vietnam embassy to stamp Vietnam visa.
• Easier: while Vietnam embassy visa requires you to visit Vietnam embassy directly, applying for Vietnam visa on arrival, you no need to do that. You just stay at home and apply via internet.
• Safer:  applying for Vietnam visa online you no need to send you passport. Otherwise, if you apply for Vietnam embassy visa, you must bring your passport to Vietnam directly and submit your passport during the time your Vietnam visa request has been processing.

In brief, getting Vietnam visa online especially Vietnam visa on arrival is always the good option for not only Chinese citizen but also for citizens of the countries wishing to enter Vietnam.

For further information about Vietnam visa for Chinese passport holders, please do not hesitate to contact us via email support@evietnamvisa.com or hotline number (84) 943 25 25 52