VISA FOR VIETNAM

  1. ACTUAL PASSPORT

    You must send your actual passport. The visa will be stamped on a page in your passport. Your passport must have at least 6 months of validity left beyond your intended stay, and must have at least TWO blank visa pages side by side. Amendment pages (pages 22, 23 and 24) do not count.

    Click here for details on adding visa pages to existing passport, passport renewal, and more.

  2. VISA APPLICATION FORM AND VISA PROCESSING ORDER FORM

    Select from the forms below:

    - Visa Application and Visa Processing Order Forms for VIETNAM BORN APPLICANTS

    - Visa Application and Visa Processing Order Forms for U.S. CITIZEN or others

  3. PHOTOGRAPH

    Each applicant should submit one 2" x 2" color photograph. Photo must be with a plain white background.

  4. BUSINESS LETTER (For Business only)

    Applicants applying for a business visa should submit a business letter from the U.S. based company explaining the purpose of the visit.

  5. CONSULATE FEE

    One Month Single Entry for stay up to 30 days:

    $65.00 - 10 business day processing
    $85.00 - 5 business day processing

    One Month Multiple Entry for stay up to 30 days per entry:

    $110.00 - 5 business day processing

    3 Month Multiple Entry for stay up to 30 days per entry:

    $150.00 - 5 business day processing

    Processing time commences from the day the application submitted to the consulate. Saturdays, Sundays and Consulate scheduled holidays do not count as processing day.

  6. SERVICE FEE

    $39.00 - 10 business day processing
    $50.00 - 5 business day processing

  7. RETURN FEDEX EXPRESS

    $23.00 per address (up to 3 passports)
    $28.00 per address (4 to 6 passports)
    $35.00 per address (Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico or Saturday Delivery)

NOTE:

  • Visa is valid for entry and exit through Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City or Da Nang Airports only. For other point of entry (e.g. by rail), you must request this on your visa application form.

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 2009

DATE HOLIDAY DAY OF WEEK
Jan 1 New Year's Day Thursday
Jan 19 Martin Luther King, Jr Day Monday
Jan 20 Inauguration Day Tuesday
Jan 26, 27 & 28 Vietnamese Lunar New Year Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
Feb 16 President's Day Monday
Apr 6 Hung Vuong's Birthday Monday
Apr 30 Vietnamese Holiday Thursday
May 1 Vietnamese Labor Day Friday
May 25 Memorial Day Monday
Jun 3 Independence Day Friday
Sep 2 Vietnamese National Day Wednesday
Sep 7 Labor Day Monday
Oct 12 Columbus Day Monday
Nov 11 Veterans' Day Wednesday
Nov 26 Thanksgiving Day Thursday
Dec 25 Christmas Day Friday

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