Visa for Vietnam application

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Easily apply for your Vietnam visa online

If you are travelling to Vietnam for a holiday or a business trip, you can easily apply for the visa with an online form. You will receive the visa by email. The cost is € 54,95 per person (see details).


Warning: You can no longer obtain a Visa on Arrival upon arrival in Vietnam. You will have to apply for a visa before departure.

How can I apply for the Vietnam e-visa?

1. Apply for the visa

Apply for the Vietnam visa

You complete the online application form for the Vietnam visa in just a few minutes.

2. Pay online

Pay visas online

You can pay for the visa securely with credit card, or by using Google Pay, Apple Pay, Trustly or PayPal.

3. Receive your visa

Visa by email

You receive the visa by email within a few days. Print it and take it with you on your trip.

Which type of Vietnam visa do I need?

Since 2018, you can easily apply for the visa online for your holiday or business trip to Vietnam. You will receive the e-visa as a PDF document. With this e-visa, you can stay in the country for up to 90 days.

Do you want to stay in Vietnam for 45 days or less? You may be exempt from the visa requirement. Travellers with the nationality of Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, or Switzerland always require a visa. Tourists and business travellers with the nationality of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, or Spain only require a visa if they want to stay in Vietnam for longer than 45 days.

Do you want to stay in Vietnam for more than 90 days? You will not be able to use the e-visa from on this website. Apply for a paper visa by making an appointment at the Embassy of Vietnam.

Be aware of the Visa On Arrival

Warning: You cannot obtain a visa upon arrival in Vietnam
Several websites still state that you can also obtain your visa upon arrival in Vietnam. This information is incorrect and outdated.

The visa upon arrival was available in the past. To apply for this visa, you had to arrange a so-called approval letter before departure to Vietnam, allowing you to purchase a Visa On Arrival (VOA) upon arrival in Vietnam. During COVID-19, Vietnam closed its borders. Since the reopening of the borders in March 2022, e-visas have been available again. However, the Visa On Arrival has not been brought back.



Requirements of the Vietnam e-visa

The online application procedure for the Vietnam e-visa is available to tourists and business travellers, but only if all these requirements are met. For example, your passport needs to be valid for six more months upon arrival. Additionally, you cannot pose a risk to the safety or public health in Vietnam. This applies if you have a contagious disease, for example.

It is important to keep in mind the validity period of the e-visa. You can stay in Vietnam a maximum of 90 days. When filling in the application form, you select your presumed arrival date. The validity period of the visa will start on this day, meaning that you are allowed to enter Vietnam at the earliest on that date. You must also indicate your departure date from Vietnam in the form. You are permitted to leave prior to this date, but not later.

You can enter and exit Vietnam through 8 airports, 16 border crossings, and 9 seaports with the e-visa. You fill in which entry or exit location you are planning to use. You cannot change these locations at a later stage.


Apply for your Vietnam visa

The application procedure for the electronic Vietnam visa is online. First, you must complete this application form. You can do so from a computer, smartphone or tablet. Next, you complete the payment securely and easily with your credit card or with Google Pay, Apple Pay, Trustly or PayPal. To complete your application, you will have to provide an image or scan of your passport and a photograph. The photograph can also be a high-quality selfie. You can submit both documents online.

Once you have submitted the application, a visa specialist at e-Visa.ie will check if you made any mistakes. One of the checks they perform is comparing the passport details you filled in with the scan of the passport you submitted. You will be notified of any mistakes you made, so that you can correct them in time. Your application will then be sent to the immigration service in Vietnam, which decides whether to approve the application. Once your visa is granted, you will receive it by email. You have to print it twice and take the copies with you on your trip.


Processing time and cost

The Vietnam visa is usually granted within 13 days. You can also choose for an urgent delivery. Urgent applications are usually processed within 5 days. The delivery times mentioned on this pages are averages, not maximum delivery times. If the immigration service performs a random check, your application could be delayed.

The total cost of the Vietnam visa is € 54,95 per person. This price consists of 640.352 VND in consular fees and € 30,97 in service fees. If you choose 'urgent delivery', you pay a surcharge of € 17,50 per visa.


Questions about the Vietnam visa

If you have any questions about applying for your visa for your holiday or business trip to Vietnam, continue reading the page with frequently asked questions and their corresponding answers.


Summary

Travel purpose Tourism, business, or transit
Validity period 90 days
Delivery time Standard: average 13 days
Urgent: average 5 days
Application procedure Online only: apply now

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Specified price per Vietnam visa
Consular fee Service fee Total price
640.352 VND € 30,97 € 54,95

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e-Visa.ie is a commercial and professional visa agency, and supports travellers in obtaining, among others, the Vietnam visa. e-Visa.ie is an official partner of the International Air Transport Association, IATA, with membership number 57231226, acts as an intermediary, is no law firm, nor does it employ lawyers, does not provide legal advice, and is in no way part of any government. You can also apply for a visa directly with the immigration service (640.352 VND per visa, via evisa.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn). However, not with our level of support. If you submit your application via e-Visa.ie, our support centre is available to you 24/7. In addition, we manually check your application and all the documents you provide before submitting it to the immigration authorities on your behalf. If we suspect any errors or omissions while doing so, we will personally contact you to ensure that your application can still be processed quickly and correctly. To use our services, you pay us 640.352 VND in consular fees, which we pay to the immigration service on your behalf, as well as € 30,97 in service fees as compensation for our services, including VAT. Our services have saved many travellers from major problems during their trip. Should an application be rejected despite our support and verification, we will refund the full purchase price (unless an application for a previous Vietnam visa was rejected for the same traveller). Read more about our services here.