Vietnam business for working purposes

Business visa is the visa type issued to those who enter Vietnam for working with the Vietnamese company within 1 month, 3 months, 6 months or 1 year.

Base on the purposes of entry, Vietnam visa is classified as tourist visa and business visa. The business visa is valid from 1 month to maximum 1 year with single or multiple entry.
At present, there are 2 ways to obtain a business visa for Vietnam:
i) Applying visa at the Vietnam Embassy or
ii) Applying visa online and pickup visa at arrival airports.
Please note that there is NO e-visa is available for business purposes.

Business visa is categorized as DN, LV, DT in which DN visa is the most used visa category.
DN visa is used for working with Vietnamese enterprises;
LV visa is used for working with Vietnam authorities or parties and
DT visa is used for foreign investors or lawyers.

Business visa is not a popular visa type and it requires special process, materials including the Vietnamese company sponsorship documents and detail working program. Moreover, not all the foreigners can apply for business visa for Vietnam. The citizens of African, Middle East or Muslim countries may have limitation on this visa type.

The travelers who enter Vietnam for business purposes will need to provide the sponsorship documents of the Vietnamese company that they have business with. However, if you travel Vietnam first time to explore the business opportunities or look for local partners… you are not able to provide these documents. In this case, you may need us as a sponsoring company and we can provide all the documents for business visa approval.

Vietnam business DN visa process

(In this post, we mention to the business DN visa process only)
If you need us as a sponsor for your business DN visa, the business visa process is totally as same as tourist visa.
In order to arrange a business DN visa, we need your passport details including your full name, date of birth, nationality, passport number, visa duration and intended date of arrival.
Once we received your passport details, a secured link for payment will be sent to your email where you can select to pay with credit cards, PayPal, Western Union or bank wire transfer.

Within 4 working days (for 1 or 3 months business visa) or 7 working days (for 6 months or 1 year business visa) after the payment completion, a visa approval letter will be delivered to your email.

You just print out the letter, bring along with your original passport, 2 passport-sized photos and the stamping fee to pick up visa at one of Vietnamese International Airport in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang or Nha Trang.

Note:
– Your passport validity must be 6 months at least from the time of arrival;
– The processing fee is 25 USD for single entry visa; 50 USD for multiple entry visa; 95 USD for 6 months visa and 135 USD for 1 year visa. This is not included in our processing fee;
– The citizens of African, Middle East or Muslim countries may get a difficulty in getting a business visa. The applicants are suggested to contact us before submitting the visa application;
– The US citizens can apply for 1 year multiple entry tourist visa but they can stay in Vietnam maximum 90 days each visit with it. After 90 days they have to fly out of country for visa run and this will not happen to the business visa. That means the US citizens can stay maximum 12 months continuously without leaving the country in middle.

Is business visa enough for working and earning for living in Vietnam?

No, it isn’t.
Business is good for those who enter Vietnam to work with the Vietnamese company in short time (less than 3 months). For long term, you will need a Vietnamese Work Permit to work and earn a living in Vietnam.
Vietnamese Work Permit is also required for applying Temporary Residence Cards which allows you staying in Vietnam 2 years without leaving the country.

Is this possible to extend business?

Yes, it is possible to extend the business visa when it is expired. However, you should think about flying out of Vietnam and come back with new business visa rather than having business visa extended due to high cost, complicated procedures and lengthy processing time.

Fast track service and business visa, a perfect combination

Like tourist visa, business visa procedure at arrival airport is very simple. You just need to fill out the “Entry and exit form“, wait in line for your turn, pay the stamping fee and get visa stamp.

Sometime, the immigration officers asks you simple questions like: where will you live? how long you will you stay in Vietnam? what is your job? and what is your business in Vietnam? You can easily pass “the interview”, however, due to the language barrier you will get a difficulties to explain why you need a business visa for Vietnam. This will not cause serious problem but your visa validity may be shorten to several months.

To avoid this problem you can employ our fast track service. With the fast track service, we will arrange our agent waiting for you in front of the immigration check point at arrival airport, bringing a welcome board displaying your name. Please hand over your passport, photos and stamping fee over the agent and he will assist you getting visa via fast lane without any problem.

The fast track service is more useful in case you want to receive business visa on arrival but your current tourist visa is still valid. The fast track service is even more effective in case there is a mistake in the visa approval letter. Normally, the typos, misspelling, and mistakes on the visa approval letter are not accepted and you are not allowed to enter Vietnam with these errors on the visa approval letter. However, with the fast track service, these errors can be fixed easily.

The fast track service can be upgraded to VIP service (fast track service and luggage collecting assistance) that will give you comfortable time after a long flight.

May I have tourist visa converted into business visa inside the country?

No, you are not allowed to convert visa purposes inside Vietnamese territory. In this case you must fly out and come back with new business visa. If your current tourist visa is still valid and you want to enter with new business visa immediately, the Immigration Officers will need to discard the tourist visa and replace it by business visa. The fast track service is very helpful to sort out the problem in this case.

Who is eligible for e-visa for Vietnam?

Please note that NOT all foreigners are eligible for e-visa application. From 1 February 2017, citizens of the following countries are eligible for e-visa Vietnam:

1. Argentina
2. Armenia
3. Azerbaijan
4. Bulgaria
5. Belarus
6. Brunei
7. Chile
8. China (not apply to Chinese e-passport holders)
9. Colombia
10. Cuba
11. Czech Republic
12. Germany
13. Denmark
14. Finland
15. France
16. Greece
17. Hungary
18. Ireland
19. Italy
20. Japan
21. Kazakhstan
22. Korea (South)
23. Luxembourg
24. Myanmar
25. Mongolia
26. Norway
27. Panama
28. Peru
29. Philippines
30. Poland
31. Romania
32. Russia
33. Slovakia
34. Spain
35. Sweden
36. Timor Leste
37. Uruguay
38. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
39. United States of America
40. Venezuela

Normally, an visa will be ready within 3 - 5 working days. In case the visa application need to be further verified by the Vietnam Immigration Department, it will take 15 days maximum.

If you have urgent business in Vietnam, or you need a new e-visa to replace for the old one that contains errors or mistakes, you can apply for an emergency Vietnam e-visa with us

If your nation is not in the list, you don't worry since there are other 2 options that you can choose to apply for Vietnam visa: Vietnam visa on arrival or Vietnam Embassy visa.
Learn more about Vietnam visa on arrival

Nearly 50% reduction of Vietnam visa stamping fee from 23 November 2015 | e-Vietnamvisa.com

Reduction of visa stamping fee from 23, November 2015

Decrease Vietnam visa stamping fee from 23, November 2015 under the new Circular 157/2015/TT-BTC on reduction of Vietnam visa fees for foreigners recently issued by the Vietnam Ministry of Finance

The Ministry of Finance has recently issued Circular 157/2015/TT-BTC setting up the regime of collection, remittance and use management of fee for issuance of passports, visas and papers sheet on entry, exit, transit and residence in Vietnam for two subjects including Vietnamese citizens and foreigners as well as overseas Vietnamese.

Starting November 23, the single-entry visa will cost US$25 instead of the current $45, whereas the fee for multiple-entry visas with validity of less than three months will go down from $95 to $50, according to a circular by the Ministry of Finance. Foreigners will still have to pay $95 for the multi-entry visa with validity between three and six months, and $135 for between six months and a year. The fee for a visa valid for between one and two years is $145, and from two to five years, $155.

Visa stamp fee is the amount that you must pay directly to immigration officers at arrival airport for visa stamp. The stamping fee is regulated by the Vietnam Ministry of Finance. Once you complete your visa stamping fee obligation, you will receive an invoice and a visa will be stamped onto your passport.

Stamping fees are to be collected in USD or VND, in cash. Please note that you have credit card with USD, but only VND cash can be withdraw sum of money from your account at ATM station in Vietnam and you have to pay for transaction service fee. Here is the first and very important reason that you should prepare your cash in USD before departure if you don't want to change from your currency to USD with high exchange rate at the airport or pay for transaction service at ATM.

Nearly 50% reduction of Vietnam visa stamping fee from 23 November 2015 | e-Vietnamvisa.com

How to apply for a PRIVATE Vietnam visa arrival?

Basically, this is an extra service that guarantee and secure your privacy. The service make sure your passport details is safe and not shared to others. In fact, your personal information (full name, nationality, passport number and arrival airport) can be revealed in a shared approval letter and people can easily make the search through Google or Yahoo or other search engines to learn about you...

e-Vietnamvisa.com is one of the first and the only website providing special secured Private Vietnam visa on arrival in separated approval letter issued by the Vietnam Immigration Department.

Why use private Vietnam visa on arrival?

Normally, visa agencies and the Vietnam Immigration Department process several orders at the same time. It is common to get like 15-30 applicants on the same approval letter. It depends of course on when you made the order. In high seasons, you will find many other applicants on your visa-approval letter. You will then share full name, passport numbers, date of birth, nationality, entry date and visa type.
You don’t need to worry, this is a normal process. BUT we do understand the need for privacy and to protect your information. In some countries the passport numbers are almost the same as the personal number. This is why we have launched the private Vietnam visa. For users who wish to keep their passport details private, we offer this service. We make sure customers information is protected through the whole process. Until recently, separate processing is only available at the embassies.

How to apply for a private Vietnam visa on arrival?

When you apply for a Vietnam visa via e-Vietnamvisa.com, you are guaranteed to get a private approval letter. You don't need to do any special things or pay any extra fees for this special service, just apply for Vietnam visa as follow:

Step 1: Fill out the online application form

Go online application form to fill in with required information and check it carefully before submitting to make sure everything correct as it appears in your passport.

Step 2: Conduct a payment as the guidance

The payment can be made by PayPal, Western Union or via bank wire transfer. Upon payment completion, you will get a confirmation from our booking system.

Step 3: Get a private visa approval letter

After 2 working days (normal processing) or 1 working day (urgent processing) you will get a private visa approval letter delivered via email. You just need to print out the letter, prepare 2 passport sized photos, your valid passport and some USD for stamping fee. An entry and exit form is required to fill in advance to save your time at arrival airport.

Step 4: Get your visa stamped

Take all above mentioned documents in step 3 to board your flight to Vietnam. At arrival airport check point, you will present these documents, pay the stamping fee and get a visa stamped onto your passport.
If you have any further queries, comments or feedback, please kindly call us by +84-912-685-141 or send an email to vietnamvisabooking@gmail.com. We are happy to assist you at our best.

Getting emergency Vietnam visa on Tet holiday 2014

Finding out a Vietnam visa agency working on Tet holiday 2014 is not easy. However, with our special emergency Vietnam visa service, there is no need to worry about it anymore. We make sure that you won’t miss your trip to Vietnam on these days if you could contact us soon enough.

The Vietnamese New Year Tet holiday is the most important celebration of Vietnamese culture. Celebrated on the first day of the first month in Lunar Calendar, Tet’s celebration is the longest holiday which may last up to 9 days in 2014, from Tuesday, January 28 until Wednesday, February 5 2014. On this occasion of the year, all the Vietnamese government organizations and offices will NOT work and every family will get together to welcome the new year.

For those who travel Vietnam during this holiday should remember to apply for Vietnam visa as soon as possible (it would be perfect if everything complete 1 week before Tet holidays). Vietnam visa arrangement on this occasion is very difficult as far as nobody will work on these days. Almost the online visa agency will stop providing Vietnam visa on arrival service. However, being an experienced local visa agency who has been working in Vietnam visa and immigration business for nearly a decade, we encounter many emergency entry needs which suddenly arise during Tet holiday and it is time you need our help.

With the special emergency Vietnam visa service, we make sure that you won’t miss your trip to Vietnam if you could contact us early enough. We will work at our best to make the visa for you to enter Vietnam successfully, even at weekend or holidays; on working time or non-working time. There are some mistakes with Vietnam visa on arrival during Tet holiday you usually make, criteria includes:

1.    Getting Vietnam visa on arrival directly at arrival airports:

Many people thought that they can get Vietnam visa on arrival directly at arrival airport without any preparation. That is a serious mistake. Vietnam visa will be stamped on your passport at arrival airports only if you are approved by the Vietnam Immigration Department beforehand with a visa approval letter. The visa approval letter will be arranged by a Vietnam visa agency and you could make an online visa application very easy.

2.    Vietnam Immigration Department still works on Tet holiday:

As stated above, all the government organizations will have 9 days off. During these 9 days, there is not any normal Vietnam visa processing will be expedited but the special emergency one.
What about the Vietnam Embassy, do they work on these days? No, they don’t. Like the Vietnam Immigration Department, they will have 9 days off too. All the visa application will be postponed to 5 Feb 2014 to process. For the detail working time, you should contact with the nearest Vietnam Embassy or Consulate.

3.    Getting Vietnam visa at border gates on land:

Vietnam visa on arrival is available for air entry only. It means that there is NO visa on arrival accepted at the border gates on land. In case you don’t enter Vietnam by air, you should apply for Vietnam visa 1-2 weeks before Tet holiday.

4.    Pay the stamping fee with credit cards:

The stamping fee which you pay to the Vietnam Immigration Counter at checkpoint must be in cash (USD or VND). It’s absolutely vital that you have a processing fee on you as far as there is no ATM, money changer or any other way to withdraw money in the immigration hall.

5.    Couldn’t get visa stamped on Tet holiday or at night:

It is not true. There are Vietnam Immigration Officers available at arrival airport to handle your Vietnam visa 24/7. Anytime you arrive in Vietnam with a valid visa approval letter you will be welcomed and get a visa stamped on the passport within 15 to 30 minutes, even in the New Year Eve midnight.

What are the requirements for Vietnam visa on arrival on Tet holiday? As normal Vietnam visa on arrival, you don’t have to provide any documents to the Vietnam visa agency to get your visa approval letter. You just need to prepare a valid passport, which is 6 months validity beyond the arrival date with 2 blank pages for visa stamp. Besides, there are 2 recent passport size photos in color, front view and with a plain background are required. Some stamping fee in cash (USD or VND) should be prepared in advance.

Vietnam visa on arrival on Tet holiday will be available for tourist visa (C1) and business visa (B3). It means that you can apply for both Vietnam tourist visa for 1 month stay or business visa for 3 months stay on this occasion. Once you make an online application, you are requested to fill in with the required information like full name, gender, date of birth, nationality and passport number. The emergency visa approval letter will be normally ready within a few hours on to send you via email.

If you have any further queries, comments or feedback, please kindly call us by +84-912-685-141 or send an email to vietnamvisabooking@gmail.com. We are happy to assist you at our best.

e-Vietnam visa: How to apply for Vietnam visa online?

e-vietnamvisa.com offers 10% discount of Vietnam visa to the return customers

Grateful to our customers who have been going with us over last 6 years, we would like to express our gratitude by offering a special program on Vietnam visa processing fee discounted up to 10% to the return customers.

This promotional program is granted to those who have applied for a Vietnam visa through our website www.e-vietnamvisa.com successfully at least 1 time. From the 2^nd time, you are given a promotional discount code going with the registered email. When making an online application, you just need to provide these information and the processing fee will be discounted 10% automatically. The discounted amount will not be limited, depending on your application amount, and anyone who own this promotional code can enjoy it.

How to get your visa application discounted directly in our website?

Step 1: Go online application at www.e-vietnamvisa.com/apply.html and select “Apply with promotional code”

Step 2: Enter the promotional code we provided in the last application with your email

Step 3: Fill in all required information and the processing fee will be calculated automatically. You can see the detail bill of summary while making an application and how much will your application be discounted.

Step 4: Conduct a payment and wait for our approval letter delivered via email within 2 working days maximum. In urgent cases, it will be ready in 1 or 2 hours only.

For further information about this program, you feel free to contact us via email vietnamvisabooking@gmail.com or by phone number +84 912 685 141 

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