How to apply for a visa to Vietnam for Hong Kong citizens

To travel to Vietnam, the first thing Hong Kong citizens need is a visa. You must have learned about visa to Vietnam but there is too much information that makes you have a headache and you do not know if the information is real or fake.

Apply for Visa to Vietnam at the Embassy - traditional method

For those who want to get a Vietnam visa beforehand or want to travel to Vietnam by land or sea, Hong Kongese can go to the Vietnamese Embassy/Consulate nearest your location to apply for the visa.

The address of the Vietnamese Embassy/Consulate in Hong Kong for your information:

• Address: 15/F, Great Smart Tower, 230 Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai, HONG KONG, CHINA
• Telephone: (852) 2591 4517
• Fax: (852) 2591 4524
• Email: tlsqhk@mofa.gov.vn

Advantages:

• Your Vietnam visa is already stamped on the original passport when you get your passport back.
• It’s required for an applicant to deal with the Vietnam Embassy in person directly.

Disadvantages:

• An original passport will be required to submit to the Embassy.
• It takes at least 5 days to get your visa.
• It is time-consuming and inconvenient for those who live far from the Vietnam Embassy.
• Besides visa fee, there are some more fees applicants need to cover including delivery, processing fee, handling, and expedited fees.

Apply for Vietnam visa on arrival - The most used method

This method was made to make the Hong Kongese trip to Vietnam simpler and more economical. It is applicable only to those traveling by air to Vietnam. Vietnam visa on arrival is especially an advantage to those living far from the Vietnam Embassy/Consulate in Hong Kong.

You only need to perform 4 simple steps as soon as you will have a Vietnam visa:

Step 1: Fill out the form online at https://www.visa-vietnam.org.vn/apply-visa.html

Step 2: Make online payments via PayPal, OnePay, Gate2Shop, Western Union or Banking Transfer

Step 3: Follow the instructions that our staff sent you and you will get your approval letter via email. Please check your mailbox (including your Junk and Spam mail).

Step 4: Get your visa at the Vietnam international airport when you arrive in Vietnam.

Vietnam visa fee for Hong Kong citizens

For example: If you apply for 1-month single tourist visa for 1 person for a normal process, you will have to pay $19 processing fee in advance to get visa approval letter and pay $25 stamping fee later at an airport to get visa stamped. To get an urgent visa in 4-8 working hours, you have to pay $15 extra fee or getting an emergency visa in 1-4 working hours, you have to pay $45 extra fee.

Advantages

• Convenience: Foreigners are able to apply for this type of visa anywhere as it is completely done online
• Time-saving: You don’t need to wait outside the Embassy for hours just to get the official Visa
• Money saving: service fee and visa stamp fee are what you have to pay if you apply for Vietnam visa on arrival. However, there is no extra fee to be paid and these fees are fixed on the website of the company.
• Safe: all your personal information are highly secured and governed by the Vietnamese Immigration Department.

Disadvantages

• Vietnam visa on arrival is a type of visa for Vietnam that foreign travelers with leisure or business purposes.
• Vietnam Visa on arrival is acceptable for air travelers only.
• After 1 or 2 working days, you will receive a Visa Approval Letter issued by Vietnam Immigration Department. This is not a Vietnam visa. You will get Vietnam visa when arriving at Vietnam airport at a check-in counter. Therefore, it may take time to queue to have the visa stamped on your passport.

Apply for Vietnam e-visa

Vietnam is currently launching a pilot e-Visa system for citizens from 80 countries. An e-Visa is single entry and valid for a maximum of 30 days. According to Vietnam Law, the visa expiry date must be at least 30 days before the passport expiry date. Therefore, an e-Visa expiry date must also be at least 30 days before the passport expiry date.

Advantages

• Convenience: Like Vietnam Visa on Arrival, e-visa can be easily obtained anywhere and anytime as long as you have a device with the Internet connection.
• Time-saving: It takes you only about 3 working days to know whether your Vietnam visa application is approved or not. Also, you can apply for e-visa online; therefore, you don’t need to spend time traveling to Vietnam Embassy or queuing at Vietnam airport check-in counter to get a visa.
• Vietnam e-visa will be sent to your email after 3 days if your visa application is accepted.
• Money saving: Applicants only need to pay US$25 for each Vietnam e-visa.
• Visitors can enter Vietnam via air at any of Vietnam’s 8 international airports; via land at 13 international border gates, and via sea at 7 seaports across the country.

Disadvantages

• Vietnam e-visa is only applicable for the citizens of 40 countries in the list.
• If your visa application is not be accepted, your visa fee will not be refunded.
• Vietnam e-visa is only available for 30 days with one single entry.
• Vietnam e-visa is valid for foreigners traveling to Vietnam with vacation purposes.
• People who have this kind of visa should check with your airlines before booking a flight as e-visa is new, some certain airlines or even immigration staff at the airports may not accept it.

Here are 3 popular ways to apply for a Vietnamese visa for Hong Kong travelers. Depending on the current situation, you can choose yourself appropriately. If you still do not know which way to choose, we recommend that you choose a Vietnam visa on arrival because this is the most convenient and most convenient way.

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For more information:

Visit us at http://www.visa-vietnam.org.vn

Email: visa@visa-vietnam.org.vn

Hotline: +84.909.597.525, toll-free: 1-855-972-8379.