Vietnam Immigrant Department policy for Visa on arrival (VOA)

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II. Vietnam Immigrant Department policy for Visa on arrival (VOA)

Visa on arrival or Vietnam visa approval letter is a document issued by Vietnam Immigration Department, the unique authority in Vietnam has the full right to consider and approve visa application. It is recognized by IATA (International Air Traffic Association), visa on arrival is totally legitimate. Hereinafter is the information cited from the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Please check out through the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs website if you have any further consideration in relations to the visa on arrival.

1. Regulatory documents
 Law No. 47/2014/QH13 on 16th June 2014 on entry, exit, transit, and residence status of foreigners in Vietnam.

2. General provisions

• Foreigners who enter and exit Vietnam must have their passport or passport substitutes (hereinafter referred to as passports) and visas issued by competent authorities of Vietnam, except in case of visa exemption. The passport substitutes must be introduced to and accepted by Vietnamese competent authorities through the diplomatic channel.
• Vietnamese nationals who reside overseas holding travel documents issued by foreign competent authorities as valid documents to enter into, exit from the host country, the sample of which has been introduced officially to and accepted by Vietnamese competent authorities through diplomatic channels, are allowed to enter Vietnam with these documents.

3. Types of visas

• Single entry visa is a visa having validity to enter into and exit from Vietnam for one time.
• Multiple entry visa is a visa having validity to enter into and exit from Vietnam for more than one time.

4. Visa on arrival

a. The following foreigners are eligible for visa on arrival

• Departing from a country where there is no competent Vietnamese visa-granting authority;
• Traveling through many countries before entering Vietnam;
• Visiting Vietnam on tours organized by an international travel agency operated in Vietnam;
• Foreign crewmembers on board vessels anchored in Vietnam’s seaport wishing to exit through other border checkpoints;
• Visiting Vietnam to attending a relative’s funeral or visit a seriously ill family member;
• Entering Vietnam to engage in emergency response, search/rescue activities, disaster or epidemic control or for other special purposes at the request of the competent authority in Vietnam.

b. Before entering Vietnam, applicants for visa on arrival must apply for a visa approval for picking up visa at the border checkpoint issued by the Immigration Department, the Consular Department or the Department of External Affairs of Ho Chi Minh city.

c. Foreigners eligible for visa on arrival shall submit their passports or international travel documents and fill in the visa application form with an attached photo at the Vietnam’s border control authority. Over-14-year-old children sharing a passport with others must fill in a separate visa application form.

d. The visa on arrival shall be granted after the Vietnam’s border control authority completes checking applicant’s information and the visa approval

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