Vietnam visa fees by new regulations

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What are the charges and fees?

CHARGES
The fee is an amount that an organization or individual must pay in order to basically cover the cost and serve it when it is assigned by a state agency, a public non-business unit and an organization assigned by a competent state agency which providing public services.

FEES
Fees are fixed amounts that organizations and individuals must pay when being provided with public services by state agencies to serve the state management work.

Thus, the criterion to distinguish here is the purpose. The purpose of the fee is to compensate a part of the expenses spent on providing public goods and services in addition to the direct budget support. Meanwhile, the charge is mainly to meet the requirements of state management, to ensure the legal and administrative interests of the payers, not to offset costs.

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Based on this analysis as well as the law, the use of "Vietnam visa fee" is not standard. But most accurately, it must be "visa granting fee and Vietnamese immigration documents for foreigners". However, not everyone knows this and often confuses two concepts, even people who learn and work in the legal field. Or it is possible that people use the word "charge" to distinguish it from the "fee" for Vietnamese visa services of companies.

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PAYER
The main payer is a foreigner who, when carrying out the procedures, requests a competent authority in Vietnam to issue a visa or a residence, exit or entry document.

TAX AGENCY
Are state agencies competent to administer in the field of immigration? Depending on the procedure, we can mention some agencies such as Immigration Department, Border Security Department (Ministry of Public Security); Police, Ministry of Border Guard Command of provinces and cities under central authority; Consular Department, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), ...

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VIETNAM VISA FEES AND CHARGES
This fee level is prescribed in the Table of charge and fee rates issued together with the Finance Minister's Circular No. 219/2016 / TT-BTC of November 10, 2016, prescribing the rates, collection and remittance regimes, managing and using fees and charges in the field of exit, entry, transit, and residence in Vietnam.

$25/pax for single entry visa
$50/pax from 30 days to less than 90 days multiple entries visa
$95/pax from 90 days to less than 180 days multiple entries visa
$135/pax for 1-year multiple entries visa

Note:
In case of loss or damage to the above-mentioned papers, they must be re-granted with the application of the same rates as new ones.
You can see that the fee is collected in Vietnamese Dong and US Dollar (USD). For the rate set in USD, it will be collected in USD or collected in Vietnam Dong on the basis of converting from USD to Vietnam dong, applying the buying exchange rate in the form of bank transfer of the Head Office of the commercial bank. Vietnam foreign trade shares at the time of payment of fees or at the end of the working day immediately before holidays or holidays.
Thus, we have completed the Vietnam visa fee or more accurately visa fees and documents relating to Vietnamese immigration for foreigners. Hope this article is helpful to you in obtaining a Vietnamese visa. Good luck!

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