*NEW: Urgent Landing Visa
In case you need to go to Viet Nam urgently, you can apply for an urgent landing visa (urgency fee will apply). Approval could be granted within 24 hours (not including weekends and holidays in Canada and Viet Nam) from the time we confirm with you by phone or by email of the processing of your request. Approval Letter will be sent to your email and you can pick up the visa at the airport in Viet Nam when you arrive. For urgent landing visa, you need to apply by Email or in person, and specify your urgent request in Application Form.
For normal application, you can apply by one of the following 02 ways
APPLY ONLINE
Click HERE to Apply Online.
Guidelines on How to Fill out the Online Form
- Multiple applicants: If you have more than one applicants, you can apply for all of them in the same application. Please specify the number of applicants on the top of the form and click “Update” (the Green Button on the right) when you start filling out the application form.
- Dates of entry and exit: Date of first entry and the date of last exit (Please note that the visa duration is up to 30 days only).
- Credit card: Please provide a valid Visa or Master credit card’s details in your application. AMEX and debit cards are not accepted. Remember to add a space after every 4 digits of your card number; for example: 3434 2223 3344 3222. Please double check all of your card details again before submitting your application. Many applications are not processed because of incorrect credit card details.
- Scanned Passport: Please upload only the personal information page of your Passport, not the signature page. The scanned version need to be very clear (without blurred texts or numbers) and with full information. If you take the ph0to of your passports by your smart phone, it is better to take the photo in natural sunlight, not in house. Alternatively, you can use this software to scan your passports: https://www.camscanner.com/
- Personal photos: You need to provide a recent colour personal photo (taken in the past 6 months). In the photo, you must not wear glasses.
- Before submitting the Form, you should check all the details to make sure they are correct. The System will then automatically send to you a message with your Reference Number. Please note down this Reference Number because you would need to quote it when contacting us later on.
APPLY BY EMAIL:
Please send to visa@vietnamembassy.ca the following:
- Visa Application Form: click HERE to download and fill out the Form by your computer. Note: You need to send to us the filled out Application Form in MS Word file, do not convert it into pdf file or image file before sending, because our system will not be able to process.
- Scanned Passport: The scanned passport(s) will need to be pasted in the (MS Word) Application Form you downloaded from the above link. Please scan or take photo of only the personal information page of your Passport. The scanned version need to be very clear (without blurred texts or numbers) and with full information. If you take the ph0to of your passports by your smart phone, it is better to take the photo in natural sunlight, not in house. Alternatively, you can use this software to scan your passports: https://www.camscanner.com/
- Your personal colour photo: You need to provide a recent colour personal photo (taken in the past 6 months). In the photo, you must not wear glasses. Please paste your photo in the following file, and send it together with the Application Form to Viet Nam Embassy by email: PERSONAL PHOTO
IMPORTANT NOTES
- Visas issued by Viet Nam Embassy are regular (physical) visas, not electronic visas (e-visas). Visas issued by Viet Nam Embassy are accepted to enter Viet Nam through any airports, seaports or land border gates, but electronic visas can only be used to enter Viet Nam through airports and certain sea ports/land border gates. Electronic visas (e-visas) are issued by Immigration Department of Viet Nam. Applicants for e-visas sometimes encounter technical problems (such as failed payment, incorrect information on e-visas issued to them, delay in processing leading to the applicants having to miss the flights…). In those cases, you need to contact Immigration Department of Viet Nam by yourself to fix it.
- For Visas issued by Viet Nam Embassy, standard processing time is about 2 weeks. In cases of urgency, you should apply for Urgent Landing Visas and Approval could be granted within 24 hours. (Urgent Processing fees will apply). Please contact us by email visa@vietnamembassy.ca for more details.
- The valid duration of tourist visa issued by Viet Nam Embassy is up to 01 month.
- If you want to apply for business visas, your business partners in Viet Nam need to work with Immigration Department of Viet Nam and obtain Approval Letter for your visa request. Then, you can send your Visa Application (together with the Approval Letter) to Viet Nam Embassy for processing.
- Visa application fees are non-refundable. However, your credit card will not be charged until we have contacted you by phone to advise you of the fees and you have confirmed with us by email that you are OK with the fees.
- Visas issued by Viet Nam Embassy will be shipped to you by either Fedex or Canada Post. Fedex service is usually faster and fewer delays. Important: You need to make sure the mailing address you provide in your application is correct and complete (with postal code and unit number, if any). If the visas can not be delivered to you due to incorrect or incomplete mailing address, the visa package may be returned to Viet Nam Embassy, and you will need to pay for shipping again.
- For cruise travel: if all the ports are in the territory of Viet Nam, then you only need a single entry visa. If you leave Viet Nam maritime area, go to another port in another country, and then return to Viet Nam, then a multiple entries visa will be required.
- For transit: You do not need a visa if you just transit and stay in the airport before taking the connecting flight. If you leave the airport to go to the city before taking the next flight, you will need to apply for a visa.
- Your Passport needs to be valid for at least 6 months upon your arrival in Vietnam. Holders of Travel Document can not apply for visas issued by Vietnam Embassy.
- The best way to contact Viet Nam Embassy about your visa application is by email visa@vietnamembassy.ca because our phone system is often overloaded with phone calls.