Visa is essential document that need to be prepared by every visitor who wish to visit Vietnam. The citizens of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Japan and Korea South are in Vietnam visa exemption list. Citizen of those countries can stay Vietnam for certain time period as mentioned by the Vietnam immigration department.
Ways of obtaining visa
• Like the citizens of many other countries the citizens of Bhutan can apply for visa in the Vietnam Embassy. As Bhutan is belonging to the list of countries where Vietnam embassy is not situated. So Bhutanese are requested to apply visa to their nearest country’s Vietnam embassy.
• There is an alternative way through which visitor can also apply for visa on arrival online. But this type of visa is not applicable for the people those are entering Vietnam by road or sea. Only airbus passengers those are flying from Bhutan to Vietnam can only avail this facility.
Alternative way:
There are few countries where currently Vietnam embassy is not located. So citizens of those counties will have to visit their nearest neighboring countries for the application of the visa. Bhutan is one of them where Vietnam embassy is not situated. So Bhutan citizen can visit neighboring country or any other country to apply visa. On the other side Bhutan is not included in the list of visa exemption .So Bhutanese have to make their own valid visa to cross the Vietnam border.
Mainly, visa from embassy method is preferred by the traditional people. But if you are a modern and don’t waste your time to visit visa office. Another alternative option is available, i.e. visa on arrival, where applicants can apply your visa via online services. Number of travel agency and websites are there; those are providing you all necessary guidance and help you to get your visa. It is another way of getting visa via online .It’s also known as visa on arrival.
Visa fee:
Mainly there are 2 types of visa fee that have to be paid by the applicant.
Visa approval service fee and visa stamp fee.
Visa approval service charge is the fee that the applicant has to pay online to get the visa approval letter. This letter is granted by Vietnam Immigration Department. If applicant doesn’t get pre approval letter, they cannot enter Vietnam. Applicant pays their service fee in advance through net banking mode.
Visa stamping fee is the payment that applicant must pay in the cash after landing Vietnam airport. It is collected by the officials of Vietnam Immigration department when you are collecting your visa from immigration department. Applicants would be paid $ 45 by cash for single entry & $65 for multiple entries for stamping fee.
Other information:
In order to access a valid Vietnam visa on arrival make sure that you have a valid Bhutan passport as well.
Passport must have validity at least 6 months.
Visa on arrival is only applicable for the people those are visiting Vietnam by air.
