How to extend Vietnam visa in 2020

While residing in Vietnam, foreigners may need to extend their visa for longer staying than the expiry date of their visa. In 2020, there are several noticeable regulations and notices for extending visa for Vietnam.

1. How to get visa extended?

Basically, your visa needs to be approved of extension by the Immigration Department of Vietnam. Therefore, your original passport must be submitted to the Immigration office for visa extension processing.

In almost all cases, the sponsor company, i.e. your partner company or a visa agent will request the visa extension on your behalf. The passport need be handed in at the Immigration officer by the expiry date.

2. Steps to get visa extended in 2020

  • Contact us and send us the photo your temporary visa, and the previous visa as well (if any), and tell us your extension length request to the email address support@evietnamvisa.com
  • Further information regarding your temporary visa may be required. We will contact you in this case and consult you with the applicable option(s) for you and the most efficient solution(s) for your wish.
  • Submit your original passport for visa extension
  • Receive passport back with visa extension seal/stamp 
  • How to extend Vietnam visa in 2020

    3. In 2020, what are the required document for visa extension?

    In 2020, Vietnam visa extension requirements include original passport and information about Vietnam temporary residence address of applicant.

    4. Visa Run Advice

    For those people who would like to stay in Vietnam longer than their visa’s permitted duration or to get Vietnam exit visa, you can do the needful for visa extension before the expiration date of your current visa about 1 week. Visa extension also should not be done too soon because visa result will be counted from the date visa request is submitted to Vietnam Immigration Department in stead of your current visa’s expiration date.

    Visitors residing in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh can submit requirements dirrectly at our office for visa extending procedure. Those people who stay in other cities can send passport via post office to our nearest office. Kindly contact us to be assisted about address to send passport.

    5. Expired visa solutions (overstay issues)

    All of visitors staying in Vietnam with an expired visa are required to pay the fine for this action and need to request an exit visa in order to leave Vietnam. In reality, the fine for overstaying Vietnam visa is very high. According to the policy of Vietnam Imigration Department, the minimum fine is 1,250,000 Dong for overstaying situations in less than 5 days duration. More importantly, residing in Vietnam with an expired visa is seen as an illegal action, so all of visitors are highly recommend to not overstay in Vietnam. At present, people who overstay 15 days upward can be marked into the black list and will be disallowed to come back Vietnam in 1-3 years.

    For further updated information about Vietnam visa extension regulation or how to extend Vietnam visa in 2020, please feel free to contact us:

    -   Email: support@evietnamvisa.com

    -   Phone number: (84) 8 5336 5336 (Whatsapp/ Viber/ Zalo, iMessage)

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