APPLICATIONS FOR VIETNAM BUSINESS VISA

Friday, 10/05/19

Vietnam Business Visa is categorized as DN, DT, LV that is issued for those who visit Vietnam for related-business purposes. This visa is valid up to one year depends on your business plan. Your nationality is a key feature to decide whether you have to apply for a visa or not. You can read our article below to determine that your nationality is included in the list or not. Normally, you can apply your Business Visa via three channels such as Vietnam Embassies or Consulates, Visa on arrival – recommended for tourism or business purposes, E-visa – available for only citizens of 46 countries (including the USA and the UK). Unlike Tourist Visa, the approval of Business Visa takes about 5-7 business days for processing. Please notice that any issue about ticket should be conducted after your visa result is returned to you. The applications and visa’s dossiers that you have to follow is mentioned specifically in our article as below. Please read carefully if you are concerned to make your business plan overseas run smoothly.

PROCEDURE TO GET A VISA FOR DOING BUSINESS IN VIETNAM

If you're planning to get a business visa in Vietnam, you have to be sponsored by a company registering and operating in Vietnam. The whole procedure for the business visa must go through 2 steps: 1. The first one, having a visa Approval Letter (Pre-Visa) sponsored by a company in Vietnam, issued by the Ministry of Public Security in advance; 2. The second step, the applicant pick up the business visa by themselves at the overseas Embassies/ Consulates of Vietnam, or at the international border gates or at the Vietnam’s international airports.

STEP 1: OBTAINING A BUSINESS APPROVAL LETTER FROM VIETNAM IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT

For the purposes of business, work or investment, the applicants are required a Visa Approval Letter from the Ministry of Public Security in advance. The Visa Approval Letter is the legal document approved by the Vietnam Immigration Department to allow foreigners enter into Vietnam and pick up visa at the overseas Embassies or Consulates of Vietnam, or at the international border gates or at the Vietnam’s international airports.

The required documents need to provide both the applicant and Vietnam’s sponsored company

A notarized true copy of the sponsored company’s business or investment or representative license in Vietnam, tax and stamp registration certificate;
Visa application forms must be signed and sealed by a legal representative of the company;
Scanning the applicant’s passport;
Providing the estimated date of arrival (this is the date you want your visa to start from. The start date of the visa itself will be the day you arrive - you can enter Vietnam at a later date (up to your exit date) but not before that date, so be sure to take time zone differences into account);
Providing the place of picking up the visa (the visa can be picked up at either the Vietnamese Embassies/ Consulates in your own or another country, or airports of Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang or Nha Trang).

* The visa duration is from 1 to 12 months with single or multiple entries

* Normal processing time: 7 working days

Required documents for picking up the Business Visa

You are able to get your visa stamped at the embassy or the airport or border crossing, to do this you must submit the following documents:

Applicant’s original passport must be valid for six months from your estimated arrival date, and must have at least one blank visa page;
2 passport sized photographs (4x6 cm);
The copy of visa approval letter;
Complete the entry and exit application form;
Visa stamping fee depending on the visa single or multiple entry and visa validity (USD25 for 1 and 3 month single, USD50 for 1 and 3 month multiple, USD95 for 6 month multiple and USD135 for 1 year multiple entry) must be paid in cash at the place of picking up visa.

STEP 2: STAMPING THE BUSINESS VISA

There are three options to obtain a Business Visa:

Obtain the visa at Vietnamese Embassies/ Consulates in your own or another country or
Obtain the visa at Vietnam’ international airports including Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Noi Bai airport in Ha Noi City, Cam Ranh airport in Nha Trang, Da Nang airport in Da Nang City or Phu Quoc airport in Kien Giang Province or
Obtain the visa at Vietnam’ international border crossings, Vietnam has over a dozen international overland border crossings. These allow overland travel to Cambodia (via five crossings), Laos (via six crossing) and China (at least two crossings)

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