From 1 January 2015, those who enter Vietnam for business or working purposes, they are obliged to apply for DN, DT, LD visa (in which DN visa, the visa to work with Vietnamese Enterprise, is the most popular).
In order to get a DN visa, the foreigners must provide following documents:
To apply for Vietnam DN visa for business purposes, you will need to prepare a valid passport of
6 months at least beyond the date of arrival, 2 passport regulated size photos, and visa fee. If
you apply for Vietnam visa on arrival then a pre-approval letter granted by Vietnam Immigration Department before departing to Vietnam is must.
For a business visa applying at the Vietnam Embassy, you might be requested to submit a sponsorship letter by a licensed Vietnamese company
which you have business with, vary on each embassy. However, if you apply a business visa online
(visa on arrival), this sponsorship letter is
NOT required and the application process is exactly the same as
the
Vietnam tourist visa process.
Vietnam business visa can be applied at the Vietnam Embassy or applied online easily through some simple steps without passport and sponsorship letter required.
The applicants come in person to the nearest Vietnam Embassy to submit the following documents:
- A valid passport: Your passport must be at least 06 months validity beyond stay in Vietnam to meet airlines requirements and with at least 2 blank pages available for visa stamp and sticker.
- Application form: The application form can be downloaded at Vietnam Embassy website or get it directly from the office of Vietnam Embassy. The form must be completed, signed and attached with 01 passport sized photo.
- A sponsorship letter: The letter is written, signed and sealed by an
authority of the licensed Vietnamese company which you have a
business with.
- Visa fee: Must be in the form of money order, or cashiers check, or certified check payable to "THE EMBASSY OF VIETNAM". Applicants applying together may submit combined payment in one money order or certified check.
- Processing time: Five (5) business days are required to process visa applications with approval.
STEP 1 - Fill out the secure online Vietnam visa application form
Get started by filling in the secure Vietnam visa application form with correct details of the visa applicant's including: full name, date of birth, nationality, passport number and proposed arrival date.
STEP 2 - Confirm and make online payment for the service fee
- Double check with your current passport to make sure the information in Vietnam visa application online is correct.
- Make a payment online for the visa service (we accept the online payment by credit cards via PayPal, through Western Union or bank wring transfer).
STEP 3 - Contact the Vietnamese Enterprise to provide us the required documents
In case you are NOT able to arrange the document, we will arrange it for you and the extra fee will be added to the normal rate.STEP 4 - Receive visa approval letter and get visa stamped at arrival airport
- After 2 working days (normal processing), 1 working day (urgent processing) or in 4 or 2 hours (emergency processing) we will complete the visa approval letter to send you via email
- You then print out the letter (colour is preferred but not required); prepare 2 passport-sized photos
and the stamping fee in cash
- Upon arrival airport in Vietnam (at 1 of 6 international airports in Hanoi,
Hai Phong, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Phu Quoc or Ho Chi Minh City), you
will submit the printed visa approval letter, original passport, photos, fill out an entry form, and pay the stamp fee (US
$25 for 1 - 3 months single entry visa; US $50 for 1 - 3 months
multiple entry visa; US $95 for 6 months multiple entry visa and
US $135 for 1 year multiple entry visa) at the Vietnam Immigration
Counter. Once you complete the procedures, a business visa will
be stamped
onto your passport.
If you employ the fast track service, our agent will wait for you in front of the immigration check point, take a responsibility to complete your visa procedures at the visa counter via fast lane. You don't have to queue in line and wait for visa stamp which might take hours.