Like some other country like Italy, Spain, and more, Switzerland citizens don’t have visa exception for 15 days to visit Vietnam. They should have a visa to visit Vietnam. The two visa exception, the Switzerland citizens have are,
- If the Switzerland citizens want to visit and stay in Phu Quoc island for 30 days for below, they will be permitted without Vietnam visa and with an air return ticket.
- If the Switzerland citizens have APEC business travel card, they will be allowed to visit and stay in Vietnam for 90 days.
So, as a Switzerland citizen, if you are not an APEC business travel cardholders, or want to visit other places in Vietnam than Phu Quoc island, you should apply for a visa.
Visa Applying Options
You are allowed to apply for a visa in three ways,
- Applying via Local Embassy
- Applying Via Online (visa on arrival)
- Applying Via Online (E-Visa)
How Long Does It Take To Get a Vietnam Visa via These Three Options
Local Embassy
You need to visit your nearby local embassy on a working day before 5:00 PM with your original certificate, which will take a day. Then, the visa approval process takes more than four days. And again, you have to visit the embassy on one working day to collect your approved visa and certificates.
So, totally, if you apply for a visa at the embassy, it takes more than five business days to 6 days to get the approved visa to start your trip.
Visa on Arrival
Here, you have to apply via online by required data.
Normally, with visa on arrival option, your visa will get approved within two working days. If you add on to the rush service, you will get your visa approved even more sooner than this.
In case, if you add on “Get visa approved letter by tomorrow”, your visa will approve within 8 hours.
In case, if you add on “Get visa approved letter by today at 5:00”, your visa will approve within 4 hours.
In case, if you add on “Get visa approved letter by today at 2:30”, your visa will approve within 2 hours.
Also, here, you no need to visit any place to collect your approved visa. All you have to do is, get your visa approved letter print, and stop at the “visa on arrival” office in your destination international airport of Vietnam to show them and pay the Vietnam visa fee for Switzerland citizen to pick up your visa.
E-Visa
Applying for an E-visa procedure is same as you do for visa on arrival.
Normally, with the E-visa option, your visa will get approved within two working days. In case, if you are in an emergency and add on to “get visa approved letter by tomorrow”, your visa will approve within 8 hours.
Final Recap
If you want to apply for a cheap Vietnam visa for Switzerland citizen reliably and speedily, then visa on arrival is the option to choose. Contact us; we only charge for a successful application.
