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1. Types of visas:
Visa sticker: is a visa labeled directly into a passport;
Loose-leaf visa: is a visa issued separately from a passport.
2. The validity:
Single entry visa: is a visa having validity to enter into and exit from Vietnam for one time.
Multiple entry visa: is a visa having validity to enter into and exit from Vietnam for more than one time.
3. Visa categories:
ĐT1 – issued to foreign investors in Vietnam and representatives of foreign organizations investing in Vietnam and contributing capital of VND 100 billion or more or investing in business lines benefitting from investment incentives, in administrative divisions benefitting from investment incentives decided by the Government.
ĐT2 – issued to foreign investors in Vietnam and representatives of foreign organizations investing in Vietnam and contributing capital of VND 50 billion to less than VND 100 billion or investing in business lines benefitting from investment incentives treatment decided by the Government.
ĐT3 – issued to foreign investors in Vietnam and representatives of foreign organizations investing in Vietnam and contributing capital of VND 3 billion to less than VND 50 billion.
ĐT4 – issued to foreign investors in Vietnam and representatives of foreign organizations investing in Vietnam and contributing capital of less than VND 3 billion.”;
LĐ1 – issued to foreigners working in Vietnam and certified of eligibility for work permit exemption, unless otherwise specified by international agreements to which Vietnam is a signatory.
LĐ2 – issued to foreigners working in Vietnam requiring work permit
DL – issued to tourists.
DN1-issued to foreigners working with other enterprises and organizations that are juridical person as per the law of Vietnam.
DN2 – issued to foreigners making entry to promote services, establish commercial presence or conducting other activities according to international agreements to which Vietnam is a signatory.
NN1 – issued to the chief representative of representative offices/ projects of international organizations and foreign NGOs in Viet Nam.
NN2 – issued to the heads of representative offices, branches of foreign businesses; representative offices of foreign economic, cultural, and other professional institutions in Viet Nam.
NN3 – issued to working partners of foreign NGOs, representative offices, branches of foreign businesses, representative offices of foreign economic, cultural, and other professional institution in Viet Nam.
DH – issued to interns, students.
HN – issued to conference/seminar attendants.
PV1 – issued to resident foreign correspondents and reporters in Viet Nam.
PV2 – issued to foreign correspondents/reporters with short-term visa to Viet Nam.
NG1 – issued to members of delegations invited by the General Secretary of the Communist Party, the President, the Chairman of the National Assembly, and the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.
NG2 – issued to members of delegations invited by the Standing Secretariat of the Viet Nam’s Communist Party, the Vice President, the Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly, the Deputy Prime Minister, the President of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front, the Chief Justice of the People’s Supreme Court, the Chief Procurator of the People’s Supreme Procuracy, the President of State Auditor; members of delegations invited by Ministers and equivalents, the provincial and municipal Party Committee Secretary, the People’s Council Chairman and People’s Committee Chairman of cities and provinces under the central administration.
NG3 – issued to members of diplomatic and consular missions, representative offices of international organizations under the United Nations and inter-governmental organizations; and their spouses, children under 18 years of age, and their private servants during their term of office.
NG4- issued to working partners of diplomatic and consular missions, representative offices of international organizations under the United Nations and inter-governmental organizations, visitors of members of the diplomatic and consular missions, representative offices of international organizations under the United Nations and inter-governmental organizations.
LV1 – issued to working partners of committees, agencies under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam; the National Assembly, the Government, the Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front, the People’s Supreme Court, the People’s Supreme Procuracy, State Audit Agency, Ministries, ministerial and governmental agencies, the provincial and municipal Party Committee, the People’s Councils, the People’s Committees of cities and provinces under the central administration.
LV2 – issued to working partners of socio-political organizations, social organizations, Viet Nam’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
TT – issued to foreigners that are spouses or children under 18 years of age of foreigners issued with LV1, LV2, LS, ĐT1, ĐT2, ĐT3, NN1, NN2, DH, PV1, LD1 or LD2 visas or foreigners that are parents, spouses or children of Vietnamese citizens.
VR – issued to applicant who visit relatives or enter Viet Nam for other purposes.
SQ – the head of Viet Nam’s mission abroad is eligible to issue up-to-30-day visa for foreigners who enter Vietnam for the purpose of market survey, tourism, visiting relatives, or medical treatment in following cases:
* A person who has working relations with the Viet Nam’s visa granting agency abroad and his/her spouse and children; or a person who applies for Viet Nam visa with a request (in written form) of a competent agency under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the host country;
* A person who holds a guarantee diplomatic note issued by the diplomatic missions or consular agencies based in the host country.
EV – Electronic visas.
4. Visa validity duration:
SQ, EV visa is valid for up to 30 days
HN, DL visa is valid for up to 3 months
VR visa is valid for up to 6 months
NG1, NG2, NG3, NG4, LV1, LV2, ĐT4, DN1, DN2, NN1, NN1, NN3, DH, PV1, PV2 and TTvisa is valid for up to 12 months
LĐ1, LĐ2 visa is valid for up to 2 years
ĐT3 visa is valid for up to 3 years
LS, ĐT1, ĐT2 visa is valid for up to 5 years
Expired visas can be subject to visa renewal
Visa validity shall be at least 30 days shorter than passport or international travel document validity.
5. A visa application submitted to the Vietnamese Mission abroad shall include the following documents:
01 Application form (in provided format) with an attached photo;
Passport or passport substitute;
Visa approval document issued by the Immigration Department (Ministry of Public Security) or the Consular Department, the Department of External Relations of the Ho Chi Minh city (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). NG3, NG4 visa applicants can submit a Diplomatic note of Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the diplomatic mission/consular agency in the host country instead of the above mentioned visa approval document.
