Ways of getting a Vietnamese visa
The two ways by which a Canadian can get a Vietnamese visa.
• The individual can apply for a visa at the embassy of Vietnam, in which case the visa needs to be picked from the various embassies of Vietnam.
• The second one is to apply for Visa on arrival using the website www.visa-vietnam.org/fee-for-vietnam-visa. In this method, the visa is picked up at the Vietnam International airports.
People who are travelling by air only can avail the visa on arrival. For people aspiring to travel to the country either by land or by sea can apply for the visa documents at the nearest Vietnamese embassy. Canada currently has only a single office of the Vietnamese embassy in the city of Ottawa.
Method of applying for such visa
The procedure to obtain visa on arrival is simple. It involves the Canadian citizens to apply for it. The Vietnam immigration department after processing the visa application, issues a visa approval letter. The letter bears the applicant’s name and the arrival date in Vietnam. Canadian visiting Vietnam, after arriving at the later’s international airport needs to get the visa stamped at the airport. If you send the application to the Vietnam embassy then the authorities at the embassy will send to you the passport with the visa stamped on it.
Steps that a Canadian citizen needs to follow to get a Vietnamese visa
If you are from Canada visiting Vietnam on an official tour or for business process, then you need to follow some simple steps starting with applying for a visa at the www.visa-vietnam.org/vietnam-visa-application-online.
In the application form, you need to enter certain information about yourself that includes your name in full, birth date, passport number, date of arrival. It is always important to double check the information for its correctness. After that you need to pay a service fee by using a credit/debit card, Pay Pal, Western Union money transfer. The confirmation email is generated and sent within 5 minutes.
The Vietnam visa on arrival application and its costs
The Vietnam visa on arrival costs incorporates
Visa service fee (This fee is to be paid when you are making the application using www.visa-vietnam.org/vietnam-visa-application-online)
Visa stamping fee (This fee has to be paid to the customs officials at the Vietnam airports when you enter the country)
Parameters on which the service fee varies, include the number of applicants, visa type and the processing time (urgent or normal) as desired by the applicant.
The applicants wait for 2 working days in case of normal service and 1 working day in the event of an urgent service in order to get Visa approval letter issued by the immigration department of the country via email.
You are required to print the visa approval letter along with the entry, exit form which remains attached to the email sent by the Vietnam immigration officials.
The process of visa stamping at Vietnam international airport requires you to present the visa approval letter, your passport, 2 passport sized photographs, the duly filled visa application form and stamping fee.
