16/09/2019
How to extend Vietnam visa in 2019 - FYI
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗
Any foreigners in Vietnam must have found the best way to extend their visa when it is close to the expiration date to stay longer in the country. In that case, how to extend the Vietnam visa? What to do to get the visa extended in Vietnam? Get the complete guideline below:
Now, firstly, you should now the ways to extend your visa available in Vietnam now.
𝟭. 𝗧𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗿𝘂𝗻, 𝗶.𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮
In case you can manage to leave Vietnam for a neighboring country such as Cambodia, Thailand or Laos, or even Singapore, Philippines by air, you should extend your Vietnam visa in this way. It is called the Vietnam visa run. In or der to get Vietnam visa extended this way, firstly you must get a v𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 which is 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑝𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑎 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑂𝑅𝐼𝐺𝐼𝑁𝐴𝐿 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑎 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠.
You can also apply for a new Vietnam visa at Vietnam embassy/consulate while you are in the neighboring countries. However, it normally takes around 3-5 working days. And it seems to be not effective if you want to leave Vietnam and then come back immediately.
✅ When to do the visa run:
In case you wish to do the visa run, you should apply for the visa approval letter 1 week in advance to ensure to get the visa approval letter on hand on time, and do the visa run 2 days before your visa comes to the expiry date.
More details about Vietnam visa run can be found at:
https://www.vietnam-visa.com/visa-run/
𝟐. 𝐓𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲
In case your work schedule is too heavy to have one or 2 days for a visa run, or you don’t wish to waste time traveling forth and back to get the visa run completed.
Compared to doing a visa run from Vietnam, doing visa extension in Vietnam saves your time and money for traveling, but its fee itself is usually much higher.
✅ When to extend your Vietnam visa?
In case you wish to extend your visa in Vietnam without leaving, you should do it at least a week before your visa comes to expire.
Extending your visa late might result in paying penalty for overstaying which costs 1,250,000 VND minimum.
✅ What are the required documents to extend your Vietnam visa?
Depend upon your original Vietnam visa type, requirements might be different. For example, your original visa is a tourist one; you just need to hand in your original passport. If you obtained a business Vietnam visa through a sponsor company in Vietnam, when you extend your business visa, not only you present your passport, but also some documents signed and stamped by the company are required.
✅ What are the steps of extending the Vietnam visa?
🖇Step 1: Sending us a copy of your passport, current Vietnam visa page to us via email: [email protected], online chat at Vietnam-visa.com or via Whatsapp/Viber at: +84 946.583.583.
🖇Step 2: Getting consultancy from our visa agent on What to prepare, when to submit document and fee.
🖇Step 3: Deliver your passport and required documents (if any), make payment for Vietnam visa extension fee.
🖇Step 4: Collect your passport back along with Vietnam visa extended.
► For more information about visa extension in Vietnam, refer to https://www.vietnam-visa.com/vietnam-visa-extension/.
Notice: For diplomatic, official visas and other types of visa should be applied via the official agencies or government or business sponsor.
𝑫𝑶𝑵’𝑻 𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑻𝑨𝒀 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑽𝑰𝑬𝑻𝑵𝑨𝑴 𝑽𝑰𝑺𝑨
Vietnam Immigration policy becomes stricter these days. The fine ranging from VND 500,000 to VND 3,000,000 is applied for those who overstay in Vietnam. If you plan to stay longer in Vietnam, do Vietnam visa extension or get Vietnam visa run within 01 week before the visa expiration date.
Contact us at any time for any advice about getting new Vietnam visa, extending Vietnam visa/ Vietnam visa renewal.
📧 [email protected]
☎ +84.946.583.583 (Whatsapp/Viber)
🌐 https://www.vientam-visa.com
