http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26680 Canadian citizens will need a valid visa to visit, do business or work in Vietnam. There are two ways which you can obtain a Vietnam Entry Visa.

- Get Vietnam Visa on Arrival (collecting at Vietnam International Airport on arrival)

- Issuing unit: Vietnam Immigration Department
- Processing time: 1 working day for urgent request and 2-3 days for normal request.
- Processing service fee: 19– 34 USD/person (stamping fee NOT included)
- Without Passport requirement
- How to get it? You go online at www.vietnamvisa24h.com, fill in the secure form, and just wait 1-2 days until you receive your Visa Approval Letter, and take this + your passport + 2 photos to Vietnam to get your visa at airport. This seems to be the cheapest and easiest way to get a visa to Vietnam from Canada.

- Get normal Vietnam Entry Visa (before traveling) – a traditional way.

You apply for Visa approval code by email. After receiving the code, you will come directly to the Vietnam Embassy and Consulate in Ottawa to ask for a visa stamp. The embassy will base on our approval code to stamp on your passport. You will need to bring with you a passport, 2 passport-sized photos and some dollars as stamping fee.

The Vietnam Embassy in Ottawa, Canada:

Address: 470 Wilbrod Street,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6M8 Canada
Office hours:
Monday to Friday
9.30 a.m - 12.00 p.m
13.30 p.m - 16.00 p.m
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1. Thailand

Citizens of Thailand are Vietnam visa exempted within 30 days as maximum. If you stay in Vietnam more than 30 days, you are required to apply a Vietnam visa as usual.

21 days exemption

1. Cambodia
2. Indonesia
3. Laos
4. Malaysia
5. Philippines
6. Singapore
7. Brunei

Citizens of these countries are Vietnam visa exempted within 21 days as maximum. If you stay in Vietnam more than 30 days, you are required to apply a Vietnam visa as usual.

15 days exemption

1. Japan
2. South Korea
3. Sweden
4. Norway
5. Denmark
6. Finland
7. Russia

Citizens of these countries are Vietnam visa exempted within 15 days as maximum. If you stay in Vietnam more than 15 days, you are required to apply a Vietnam visa as usual.

Countries which can not be issued Vietnam visa

1. Iran
2. Iraq
3. Nigeria
4. Saudi Arabia
5. Pakistan
6. Lebanon
7. Bangladesh
8. Sri Lanka
9. Malawi
10. Palestine
11. Tunisia
12. Turkey
13. Guinea-Bissau
14. Qatar
15. Ghana
16. Omar
17. Kenya
18. Algeria
19. Libya
20. Angola
21. Morocco
22. Tanzania
23. Kuwat
24. Afghanistan
25. Cameroon
26. Dominica
27. Haiti
28. Jamaica
29. Lithuania
30. Namibia
31. Rwanda
32. Somali
33. Sudan
34. Trinidad & Tobago
35. United Arab Emirates (UAE)
36. Yemen

Due to the difficulty of getting Vietnam visa caused by the differences of diplomacy policy between Vietnam and above countries, you are suggested to come to the Vietnam Embassy in your country to pick up your visa.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26337 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26336
Important information


All required fields in the application form must be filled with care and precision. For Name and contact in Vietnam, please provide the name of the first accommodation or the name of your acquaintance or business.


Visa dates are not flexible. A visa will be valid from the entry date to the exit date as printed. You can visit and stay in Vietnam any time between these two dates, i.e. you cannot enter Vietnam before the entry date and you must leave by the exit date. Therefore, you should be clear about the DATE OF ENTRY AND EXIT on your application form.


Visa rules and fees for children should follow the same procedure as adults if they have their own passports. Children who are included in parents passports do not need separate visas and are not charged (however, their names must be stated in their parents application form with one accompanying photograph). The parents should sign the applications on behalf of children under 14 years old.


Once the application is with the Embassy, there is no possibility of any change.


Fees and charges once received are not refundable, except in case of rejection.


Dos and Donts


The Embassy recommends application by post so as to avoid long queue and save your time and ours.


Please do not purchase tickets to Vietnam before you obtain a visa. The visa process is not bound by your travel plan.


Please allow sufficient time for visa processing. Please take note of the time required to process your application and check carefully with your local post office to get hold of the posting time (For your information: applications sent from another country to UK may take up to three weeks for turnaround).


Please retain the post office Tracking Number after you send your application by post to keep track of your passport. Do not call the Embassy to track down your application.


Please do not contact the Embassy to chase your application (whether it has been received, processed and returned, by post or by fax), your enquiry will not be accepted, nor will the Embassy confirm the progress of processing. However, you may contact us for this purpose after a reasonable time only, e.g three weeks after the application is sent out.


The Embassy is not responsible for any loss or damage to redundant documents not required by us.


Abusive language and behaviour towards the Embassy staff will not be tolerated and will affect the applications of the persons concerned.


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