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/26118 vietnamrushvisa@gmail.com or call our hot line 84.904.712.081

The extension or renewal of Vietnam visa is applied for all kinds of Visa to Vietnam, particularly as follows:

Tourist Visa

Normally, tourist visa is available for a stay in Vietnam for a short time (say, one month). However, as Vietnam is now open and welcomes visitors worldwide, the staying time is offered more flexibility, such as 3 months, or six months. Moreover, you can also have it extended once for 30 days after your arrival in Vietnam.

Business visa

Business visas are usually valid for three or six months, or one year (possible with special permission), allowing multiple entries and the right to work in Vietnam. The easiest way to get this kind of visa is by renewing your tourist visa after you have arrived in Vietnam.

Student visa

A student visa is usually arranged after your arrival. It’s acceptable to enter Vietnam on a tourist visa, enroll in a Vietnamese language course and then apply at the immigration department for a change in your visa status

For extending or renewing other types of visa to Vietnam (Diplomatic, Official visas), you have to refer to the Governmental agencies that issued Visa Invitation Letter for you, your own institution, and the Vietnam Immigration Dept in person.
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