Vietnam tourist visa for Korea citizen

According the policy regulated by Vietnam Immigration Department, Vietnam tourist visa for Korea citizens will not be required if Korea passport holders wishing to enter Vietnam with the purpose of tourist and you stay in the country no more than 15 days.

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To get exemption visa, Korea citizens just need to prepare original passport to show at Vietnam airport then you will get Vietnam visa exemption seal for 15 days by Immigration officer of Vietnam there.

 For those Korea citizens wishing to enter Vietnam, and stay in Vietnam longer than 15 days are required to apply for Vietnam tourist visa or Vietnam visa approval letter to be able to get visa on arrival at Vietnam airport before departure.  

Currently, there are 2 ways for Korea citizens to apply for a visa to Vietnam: applying online for Vietnam tourist visa or applying at Vietnam Embassy

1. How to apply online for Vietnam tourist visa?

To apply online for Vietnam visa, Korean citizens can complete visa requirement as following steps:

+ Submit the application form online with information as shown exactly in your passport

+ Make payment for approval fee by credit card via Onepay, PayPal, or send payment via western union or bank transfer

+ Receive confirmation about exact time of receiving visa approval letter/code.

+ Receive visa approval letter sent to your registered email after processing time

For standard service, applicants should wait for 2 working days to get the visa approval letter. In case, if you want to spend up processing time, you can choose urgent service with USD 10 plus (1 working day processing) or super urgent service with USD 25 plus (4 working hours processing).

After getting visa approval letter, what you need to do then is print it out and put it into the same place with your original passport. Upon your arrival at Vietnam airport, by presenting visa approval letter for Vietnam Immigration officer, you will get Vietnam visa stamped onto your passport.

2. How to get Vietnam tourist visa from Embassy of Vietnam?

In the other way, Korea citizen can go directly to Vietnam Embassy in Korea to submit visa request and fill all required forms there. The required document in this case if your original passport. Processing time and approval fee to get visa to Vietnam depends on Vietnam Embassy in different countries. For tourist visa, it takes about USD 90/ person and 5 working days for processing averagely.

In brief, due to experience of customers, getting Vietnam visa at Embassy of Vietnam is often more expensive and complicated than visa on arrival. By applying online for Vietnam visa on arrival, applicants can complete visa requirement online quickly without going to anywhere. In addition, getting visa on arrival is also very convenient, and economical. Because of various advantages, applying for visa on arrival is always the best choice for Korean citizens entering Vietnam by airway.

For any further information relating Vietnam tourist visa for Korea citizen, please feel free to contact us via email support@evietnamvisa.com or hotline (84) 943 25 25 52.