Introduction
Why customer need visa extension?
- This service helps customer extend or renew the visa for the temporary staying permission in Vietnam with the purpose for visiting relatives, traveling, business or others.
- Extending Vietnam visa must be applied at least 7 days before the visa expired date.
- Please remember that you are allowed to stay more in Vietnam without reentering if you exit Vietnam before your visa expired. So it means you must apply for a new visa if you wish to come back Vietnam after leaving.
What is the different between Extend and Renew visa?
You have an opportunity to extend your stay in Vietnam by visa extension and renewal. So what is the difference between a visa extension and renewal? Please note that visa extension or renewals belong to your current visa.
In order to apply Visa Extension or Visa Renewal, your current visa has to meet some requirements of Vietnam Immigration Department.
| VISA EXTENSION | VISA RENEWAL |
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| You will get a new visa stamp only. | You will be granted a new visa stamp and visa sticker on your passport with the new duration permission. |
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- Your current visa type has to be correspondent to your staying extending requirement (single to single).
- You want to extend your current visa to single entry visa type (multiple to single).
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Your current visa type is not correspondent to your staying extending requirement (single to multiple, multiple to multiple). |
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For tourist visa type: - 1 month single/multiple -> 1 or 3 months single
- 3 months single/multiple -> 1 or 3 months single
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For tourist visa type: 1 month single/multiple -> 3 months multiple
3 months single/multiple -> 3 months multiple
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For tourist visa type: 1 month single/multiple -> 1 or 3 months single
3 months single/multiple -> 1 or 3 months single
6 months multiple -> 1 or 3 months single
1 year multiple -> 1 or 3 months single
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For tourist visa type: 1 month single/multiple -> 3, 6 months or 1 year multiple
3 months single/multiple -> 3, 6 months or 1 year multiple
6 months multiple -> 3, 6 months or 1 year multiple
1 year multiple -> 3, 6 months or 1 year multiple
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How it Work
How much would it cost for Vietnam visa extension?
The service fee to extend Vietnam visa is various for each application. It depends on your nationality, port of your entry and duration of visa extension you select. Due to recent changes in immigration laws, the visa extension process is more requirement involved. In order to get the exact price for extension or renewal visa, could you please send us passport scan, Visa stamp and visa sticker through visa@visa-vietnam.org.vn. Then we will check and inform you later.
