• Citizens of countries like Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Japan and South Korea can stay in Vietnam without a visa for 15 days. After 15 days they must evacuate Vietnam and get a visa stamped. However, they can come back after 30 days from leaving to enjoy the visa free policy once again, but before that a visa is a must.
• Citizens of Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Laos are visa free for 30 days.
• A citizen of Philippines can stay in Vietnam without a visa for 21 days.
• People of Myanmar and Brunei are allowed to stay at Vietnam for 14 days without visa.
Vietnam Embassy in Moldova
Applying for a Vietnam visa through the Vietnam Embassy is the best and most traditional way of getting a Vietnam visa. Unfortunately there is no Vietnam embassy in Moldova till date. This is the reason why people need to visit the Vietnam embassy in Romania or apply for Vietnam visa on arrival through the Vietnam Immigration Department. Both the Vietnam embassy and the Vietnam Immigration Department are government organization but the visa requirements are different. If you want to apply for visa at the Vietnam embassy then you contact the nearest embassy in person. Otherwise you can apply for Vietnam evisa online.
Ways of visa application
A Moldovan citizen can apply for a Vietnam visa in 2 possible ways.
• He can either apply for a Vietnam visa at the Vietnam Embassy. As at present there is no Vietnam Embassy at Moldova so he needs to visit the nearest embassy at Romania in person to apply for the Vietnam visa. However, this is a lengthy process and the entire procedure may take 5-6 business to get completed.
• As an alternative he can apply for a Vietnam evisa online. This is the fastest and easiest way to getting a Vietnam visa. It is also a time saving as well as money saving procedure. Vietnam evisas are approved by the Vietnam Immigration which is another government organization after the Vietnam embassy to allow issuing visa. If you apply for a normal process you will receive your visa within 1-2 working days and if it is urgent you will get your visa within 8 or 4 or 2 hours.
While applying for evisa make sure that you have the following documents ready- a valid passport with one month remaining validity, 1 blank page of your passport, two recent passport size photo, a valid email address and some US dollars to pay the visa fee at the Vietnam airport on arrival.