If you are residing in Shanghai, China, you may choose to get Vietnam visa at the Vietnam Consulate here, or more simply, applying visa Vietnam online for Vietnam visa on arrival.
For the first option, the process for issuing Vietnam Embassy visa takes around 5 working days and costs around 640 RMB (100 U.S. dollars). You are required to present your passport and one passport-sized photo to get your visa stamped. Please see the below for address and instructions on how to get to the consulate:
Vietnam Consulate in Shanghai
Address: 3F, Huachen Financial Mansion, 900 Pudong Ave, P.C: 200135. (On the corner of Pudong Ave and Yuanshen rd.)
Tel: 6855 5871
Tel: 6855 5871
How to get there?
The closest Metro station is Yuanshen Stadium Station on line 6. To make it easier, you should take the metro to Century Ave which is close and an interchange station. If you go to Yuanshen, you may take a walk since the street is lined with trees full of shade.
For the second option, it takes 1-2 working days for you to get your Vietnam visa approval letter and the processing fee is only USD 17 for 1 month single entry offerred by e-Vietnamvisa.com. By applying Vietnam visa online, your money and time will be saved as no postal fee, no time and fee for embassy transportation.
It should be noticed that Chinese citizens who fly into Vietnam from Shanghai are not allowed to using visa on arrival. In this case, they are requested to apply for Vietnam visa code instead.
What is Vietnam visa code and how it works?
Vietnam visa code is a legal document issued by the Vietnam Immigration Department. As a local Vietnam visa agency, we will help you to apply visa code through the Vietnam Immigration Office then, they will send the visa approval code directly to the Vietnam Consulate in Shanghai where you just bring your passport and 2 photos to receive the visa to entry to Vietnam. The service fee will be online paid us to progress the approval code. The stamping fee will be paid at the Consulate directly to get your stamp. This fee will be different in each country. Please see the below sample of Vietnam visa code:
Page 1 of Vietnam visa code
Page 2 of Vietnam visa code
For further Vietnam visa information, please feel free to contact us by phone +84 912 685 141 or by email vietnamvisabooking@gmail.com. We are always willing to assist you at our best!
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