Vietnam 30-day visa

• Vietnam tourist visa
• Vietnam business visa
• Vietnam visa extension

A 30-day visa is currently the most popular visa type for foreigners entering Vietnam. With this visa type, you can be in Vietnam for purpose of tourist or doing business. Take notices below on the procedures to get this visa, the visa cost, processing time, and useful tips on how to get this visa.

Regarding purpose of entry, there are four types of 30-day visa: tourist, business, visit, and study. The first two ones tourist and business are the most popular types.
How long can I stay in Vietnam with 30-day visa?

Vietnam Immigration Department grants a visa and allows foreigners to Vietnam to stay exactly the same as the period noted in the visa. Therefore, with 30-day visa, you can stay in Vietnam up to 30 days provided that your entry date is also the starting date of your visa. You are not allowed to enter Vietnam before the starting validity date. If you enter Vietnam later than the proposed date of arrival, make sure that it is still in the validity duration. Besides, you would be allowed to stay in Vietnam within the remained validity days of your visa.

What is the procedure to get a 30-day visa for Vietnam?

Besides issuing visa at Embassy of Vietnam, currently Vietnam Immigration Department offer foreigners an alternative way to get visa for Vietnam: getting pre-approved visa online and then get stamped at airport when you arrived.

The online way is not only helpful for air travelers (since they need not spend time going back and forth to the Embassy of Vietnam) but also enable citizens of such countries as India, Egypt, Saudi Arabians, as well as the countries in the Middle East and Africa (who are required to have sponsor in Vietnam) to have their visa smoothly and quickly. People wishing to get a 30-day visa are subjected to do the simple steps as below.

-       Send visa application online

-       Get visa approval letter

-       Get stamped at the international airport in Vietnam (there are temporarily 5 airports)

How much is a 30-day visa for Vietnam?

The visa cost is not the same for all visa types. The tourist visa always costs much less than that of business visa.

Go to the link to have details on Vietnam visa fee of all types.

How long does it take to get one month Vietnam visa?

The standard processing time for tourist visa is 2 business days, and 3-4 business days for business visa. Options for rush processing include: urgent processing takes one business day (8 business hours), super-urgent processing takes a half day (4 business hours), and emergency processing takes two business.

Each option of rush service will show the charge accordingly in the application online when selected.

Can 30-day visa be extended?

Yes, when a foreigner in Vietnam have 30-day visa, they can totally get the visa extended if they wish to stay later than the expiry date of their current visa. If you do the extension yourself with the Immigration officer at Immigration office, they may require your reasonable proof of staying longer, e.g. the itinerary of your booked tour (if you are on tourist visa), or your business partner/organization’s sponsor.

Details on fee and related requirements are included in Vietnam visa extension page.

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