What kind of visa does Vietnam airport issue the landing visa?
Visas issued at Vietnamese airports (also known as landing visas or visas on arrival) are a very convenient and straightforward way to apply for visas to enter Vietnam. When tourists arrive in Vietnam, they can directly collect this visa at one of Vietnam’s international airports.
To apply for a visa at Vietnam International Airport, tourists must fill in an online application form to obtain a visa approval letter before leaving for Vietnam.
When applying for the visa approval letter online, tourists do not need to prepare documents and send the original passport to any institution.
Is a Vietnam landing visa permitted, or just a scam?
This kind of landing visa for entering Vietnam by air is entirely legal. Many countries issue this kind of visa, but one difference in landing visas in Vietnam is that tourists must apply for a visa approval letter before traveling.
Although tourists submit visa applications through the visa support service (agent) provider, the visa approval letter that allows them to receive a visa seal upon arrival in Vietnam is received by the Vietnamese immigration department at the entry level rather than the service unit level. The service unit is only an intermediary connecting tourist with the Vietnamese Immigration Bureau because tourists can’t directly apply for visas with the Immigration Bureau.
What are the types of Vietnam landing visas issued at the airport?
The most common types of Vietnamese entry visas include:
- Tourist visas (symbol DL).
- Business visas (symbol DN).
- Work visas (symbol LD).
- Student visas (symbol DH).
However, Foreign citizens who want to apply for a landing visa to receive the visa at the airport can only apply for one of the following two types of visas:
- Tourist visa
- Business visa
Who can apply for a visa at Vietnam airport?
According to visa requirements, most tourists who go to Vietnam can apply for an airport entry visa as long as they enter Vietnam by air.
List of Vietnamese airports with landing visas. If you enter one of the following seven international airports in Vietnam, you can apply for a visa on arrival:
- Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi city
- Tan Son Nhat international airport in Ho Chi Minh city
- Cam Ranh international airport in Nha Trang city
- Da Nang international airport in Da Nang city
- Cat Bi international airport in Hai Phong city
- Can Tho international airport in Can Tho city
- Phu Quoc international airport on Phu Quoc island
How much is it to apply for a Vietnam landing visa?
Applicants are required to pay two kinds of fees, including:
- Service fee: pay online with the visa application support unit to obtain the visa approval letter (also known as the official approval for entering Vietnam): click here to check the fee.
- Stamp fee: pay visa stamp in cash at Vietnam airport (single entry: US $25; multiple entries: US $50).
Processing time when applying for a Vietnam landing visa:
The processing time of a Vietnam visa approval letter may be one to two working hours (tourist visa) or 2 to 7 working days (business visa). This time range does not apply to Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.
Procedures for applying for a Vietnamese visa issued at the airport:
- Apply for a visa approval letter online before your trip: https://www.vietnam-visa.in/apply-vietnam-visa/
- I received the visa approval letter by e-mail and printed it out. The disciple’s e-mail also contains an entry and exit application form, which is printed and filled in together. Meanwhile, be ready for 4×6cm portrait photos, the original passport, and the amount of the seal fee in cash.
- Get a visa at the airport: when you arrive at the Vietnamese airport, submit the original passport and all the prepared documents and cash on it to get a visa stamp.
Noted when applying for a Vietnam visa at the airport:
- Unlike the landing visa for entering Cambodia, Thailand, or Laos, tourists must obtain a visa approval letter before leaving for Vietnam to be eligible to board the plane and get a visa at the Vietnamese airport.
- Visas issued at Vietnamese airports only apply to guests entering Vietnam by air. If you enter Vietnam by land or sea, you must apply for a visa at the embassy or an Evisa (if possible) before entering Vietnam.
- Your passport must be valid for at least six months from the entry date.
- The visa application fee for children holding passports is the same as for adults.
- So far, all the websites that provide support services for visa document applications issued by Vietnamese airports are commercial websites operated by private companies. Therefore, websites with domain names of org.vn or. Govt that provide this service are not government websites.
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