17, Kautilya Marg,
Chanakyapuri,
New Delhi 110 021,
INDIA
At the embassy, you will be required to fill the Visa application form. Along with the form, you will have to submit one recent passport sized photograph, one self-addressed envelope and your original passport. Besides submitting these documents, you will also have to pay the Visa fees. The fees can be paid in favor of the Embassy of Vietnam by way of money order or cashier’s check.
The embassy will take at least five working days to process your documents. Once the documents are processed, you will be issued a fully stamped Visa. The biggest benefit of applying for Visa through the embassy is that you will get hold of a fully stamped Visa before leaving for Vietnam. However, there are certain drawbacks in this system.
Since New Delhi is quite far away from Thane, you will have to incur expenses on travel and stay. Also, this procedure requires the applicant to make multiple visits to the embassy before the process is complete. In case you decide to apply through correspondence, then you will have to send across all your documents through postal mail. In this scenario, you risk losing your documents if your package is misplaced or lost in transit.
• Apply for Visa on Arrival Vietnam from Thane city, Maharashtra state, India
The Visa on Arrival process is much easier and convenient. In order to apply for Visa on Arrival, you will have to get in touch with a travel agent based in Vietnam. You will have to fill up an online application form on the agent’s website. You will have to fill in details such as your name, occupation, duration of stay, purpose of visit etc. in the form. When filling up the purpose of visit section, you will have to choose from options such as business, tourist and transit. A business Visa can get you validity of one month, three months or six months. A tourist Visa can get you validity of one month and transit Visa can get you validity of less than five days.
After the online form is processed, you will be issued a letter of approval. This letter of approval can be collected by your travel agent on your behalf and forwarded to you. On reaching Vietnam, you will have to submit this letter of approval at the Visa on Arrival counter of the airport you arrive in. Along with the letter, you will be required to pay the Visa stamping fees.
It is to be noted that the Visa on Arrival facility is available only to those travelers who arrive in Vietnam by air. For those taking land routes, it is mandatory that they carry all their documents with them while travelling.
