Vietnam Visa Types

Before traveling to Vietnam, the very first thing you should prepare is Visa. When applying for Vietnam visa, it is also important to search for information which Vietnam visa type is suitable for your entry purpose. Customarily, people often enter Vietnam with following purpose: tourist, business, studying, visiting and transiting.

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

Vietnam tourist visa is regulated to have a validity of 1 month or 3 months. During the valid period, if you need to leave Vietnam (for visiting another country, for example) and then come back, multiple entries- tourist visa is recommended. Those who wish to stay in Vietnam more than one month or three months can get Vietnam visa extension to the maximum period length of 3 months.

Vietnam business visa has validity from one month up to 1 year (either single entry or multiple entries).  Depending on different business types of different people, Vietnam business visa has different codes (as list below).

According to the regulation on issuing visa of Vietnam Immigration Department, the approval cost of business visa type is more expensive than the approval cost of tourist one. About visa stamping fee, it is applied with the same fee for both tourist and business purpose. For detailed price of each visa type, please refer Vietnam visa fee page.

Vietnam transit visa: when transiting in Vietnam, you are not required to obtain a Vietnam visa if you just stay in the airport and waiting for your flight. It is the common case for those who transit in Vietnam less than one day. Those who are obligated to transit longer may find a place nearby for temporarily stay or pay a short city visit. In this case, a transit visa is required. As an itinerary for your short stay or travelling is required when applying for Vietnam transit visa, you are advised get help from an agent in Vietnam to get the Vietnam visa approval letter beforehand. Contact us for further assistance in applying for a transit visa.

Vietnam Visa Types and Codes

Pursuant to the Circular number 47/2014/QH13 by the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry Of Public Security on June 16th 2014 regulating the execution strictly following the Ordinance on the Immigration, residence of foreigners in Vietnam, Vietnam visa types have been borne the following codes since January 01st 2015:

1. NG1 (has a validity of no more than 12 months) is visa type granted to members of official delegations invited by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President, Chairman of the National Assembly, Prime Minister.

2. NG2 (has a validity of no more than 12 months) is visa type granted to members of official delegations invited by Permanent Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Vice President, Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly, Deputy Prime Minister, President of Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, Director of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, State Auditor General, members of official delegations whose positions is similar to the minister and equivalent to minister, Provincial party secretary, Party secretary, Chairman of the People's Council, Chairman of People's Committee of provinces or centrally-run cities.

3. NG3 (has a validity of no more than 12 months) is visa type granted to members of diplomatic representative offices, consulates, international organizations under the United Nations’ representative offices, representative offices of intergovernmental organizations and wife/ husband/children (under 18 year-old)/ servant of representations,

4. NG4 (has a validity of no more than 12 months) is visa type granted to persons who enter Vietnam to work with diplomatic representations, consulates, international organizations under the United Nations representation, intergovernmental organizations representation; or  visit members of foreign representations.

5. LV1 (has a validity of no more than 12 months) is visa type granted to persons who enter Vietnam to work with units under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the National Assembly, Government, Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuracy, State Auditor, the ministries, the ministerial-level agencies, the agencies attached to the Government, the Peoples Committees of the provinces or centrally-run cities, and the central bodies of the mass organizations.

6. LV2 (has a validity of no more than 12 months) is visa type granted to persons who enter Vietnam to work with socio-political organizations, social organizations, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

7. ĐT (has a validity of no more than 5 years) is visa type granted to persons who execute investment projects already licensed by competent Vietnamese State agencies and foreign lawyer working in Vietnam.

8. DN (has a validity of no more than 12 months) is visa type granted to persons who enter Vietnam to work with Vietnam enterprises.

9. NN1 (has a validity of no more than 12 months) is visa type granted to Chief of Representative office, project of international organizations, foreign non-government organization in Vietnam.

10. NN2 (has a validity of no more than 12 months) is visa type granted to Heads of Representative office, branches of foreign traders, economic, cultural or other professional organizations of foreign countries in Vietnam.

11. NN3 (has a validity of no more than 12 months) is visa type granted to persons who enter Vietnam to work with non-governmental organizations, of Representative office, branches of foreign traders, economic, cultural or other professional organizations of foreign countries in Vietnam.

12. DH (has a validity of no more than 12 months) is visa type granted to students entering Vietnam for internship or study purpose.

13. HN (has a validity of no more than 3 months) is visa type granted to persons entering Vietnam to attend conferences or seminars.

14. PV1 (has a validity of no more than 12 months) is visa type granted to reporters, journalists having permanent residence in Vietnam.

15. PV2 (has a validity of no longer than 12 months) is visa type granted to reporters, journalists having temporary residence in Vietnam.

16. LĐ (has a validity of no more than 2 years) is visa type granted to persons who enter Vietnam for working purpose.

17. DL (has a validity of no more than 3 months) is visa type granted to persons who enter Vietnam for tourist purpose.

18. TT (has a validity of no more than 12 months) is visa type granted to wife, husband, children (under 18 year old) of persons having LV1, LV2, ĐT, NN1, NN2, DH, PV1, LĐ visa or foreign persons who are father, mother, wife, husband, children of Vietnam citizens.

19. VR (has a validity of no more than 6 months) is visa type granted to foreign persons who enter Vietnam for visiting their relatives or other purposes.

20. SQ (has a validity of no more than 30 days) is visa type granted to persons related to the Ministry of foreign affairs, consulates entering Vietnam for market survey, tourist, visiting relatives, or medical treatment purposes.

For Vietnam residence card, please refer here

For further information about Vietnam visa types, please feel free to contact us via email support@evietnamvisa.com or hotline number (84) 943 25 25 52.