Vietnam visa on arrival for China citizens

Vietnam Immigration law regulates that for China citizens wishing to visit Vietnam for tourist or business trip, Vietnam visa is required.

• Vietnam tourist visa for China citizens
• How to get pre-approved Vietnam Visa for China passport holders
• Vietnam Visa For Chinese

Currently, with the aim to facilitate Chinese getting visa to Vietnam conveniently, Vietnam visa on arrival is applicable for Chinese for many years. However, there are some notices on Vietnam visa on arrival for China citizens as below:

1. Procedure to get Vietnam visa on arrival for China citizens:

Vietnam visa on arrival may not work for Chinese passport holders flying from China mainland because the officers at China airports will not approve Chinese with only pre-approved Vietnam visa to get on board departing to Vietnam. To be able to enter Vietnam by airway from China, Chinese are required to have a stamped Vietnam visa ready on Chinese’s passport by the Embassy or Consulate of Vietnam. Thus, in this case, China citizens should go to Vietnam Embassy/ Consulate in your country to apply for a visa for Vietnam in person. The waiting time and the cost for Vietnam visa is various from different Embassy/ Consulate. Due to experience of China customers, you should prepare USD 90/ person averagely for 1 month single entry visa and wait for 3 to 5 working days to get Vietnam visa issued.

However, if China citizens enter Vietnam by airway from a third country, then visa on arrival is eligible. The procedure to get Vietnam visa on arrival for Chinese is very simple as below steps:

-          Submit Vietnam visa application online

-          Make the payment for visa approval letter via Paypal, Onepay, Western Union or Bank Transfer

2. Vietnam visa on arrival fee for China citizens

Like citizens from other countries, China citizens getting Vietnam visa on arrival are required to pay: visa approval fee to process pre-approval Vietnam visa and stamping fee to get Vietnam visa stamped at Vietnam airport. For further details about Vietnam visa on arrival fee for Chinese, please refer to visa fee page.

3. Waiting time for Vietnam visa on arrival

For standard service, Chinese can receive the scanned of visa approval letter granted by the Immigration Department of Vietnam via email after 2 working days. In rush situations, China can get visa approval letter within 1 working days (urgent service), few working hours (super urgent service), or even from 2 to 4 hours at weekend (holiday service)

Then with the issued visa approval letter, Chinese can get visa stamped on arrival at Vietnam airport and enter the country with the permitted period of residence in Vietnam noted in their visa. The waiting time to get Vietnam visa stamped at Vietnam airport just takes 15 minutes averagely.

In brief, currently Vietnam visa on arrival is considered as the most convenient way to get visa to Vietnam as it can be requested online just in some minutes. It is also very economical and secure as applicants can get visa straight away upon your arrival at Vietnam airport without going to any Embassy of Vietnam. Because of these various advantages, Vietnam visa on arrival is the most popular choice for not only Chinese but also for foreigners from almost countries.

For any further information about Vietnam visa on arrival for China citizens, please feel free to contact us via email support@evietnamvisa.com or hotline (84) 943 25 25 52.