• Visa on arrival for Indian living in Kolkata, West Bengal state, India- This service is mainly for those who reside in India but are not citizen of Delhi or Mumbai. This is also a safe process as one doesn’t need to show passport while collecting the visa. This process is also termed as Vietnam visa on arrival process. If one chooses this procedure he/she can apply for the visa via a tourist agent or a tourism company online. The issuing department of the visa is the Vietnam Immigration Department. The processing time needed is 2-3 business days.
Fees to be paid
The types of visa available are single entry visa for 1 month and multiple entry visas for the same time period. Payment schemes for 1 month:
• Single entry: Normal processing fee ranges from 11$ to 8$ as per the number of people (more the people, less the charge per person). Express charge is 10$ and stamping is 25$.
• Multiple entry: Normal processing fee ranges from 15$ to 12$ as per the number of people (more the people, less the charge per person). Express charge is 10$ and stamping is 50$.
Payment schemes for 3 months:
• Single entry: Normal processing fee ranges from 17$ to 14$ as per the number of people (more the people, less the charge per person). Express charge is 10$ and stamping is 25$.
• Multiple entry: Normal processing fee ranges from 21$ to 18$ as per the number of people (more the people, less the charge per person). Express charge is 10$ and stamping is 50$.
Requirements for getting the Visa
In case of getting a visa properly done one needs to provide one’s name perfectly as it is in the passport. Full name must always be written. However, the order of the name is not important. One can place surname first and then the first name or vice versa.
The next important thing to furnish is the date of birth. In Vietnam the accepted format for mentioning the date of birth is DD/MM/YY. The passport must be the proof of one’s nationality. It should be a valid one and must be useful for 6 months from the date of arrival to Vietnam. It is also very important to mention the passport number for getting the Visa and that number too should be valid for 6 months.
One must fix the exact date of arrival. One cannot enter Vietnam before the date that has been mentioned. Arriving later is supported but arriving before is strictly prohibited. If one is planning to get the visa after the arrival at the Vietnam airport then he\she will need to keep your passport sized photo handy. However, a photo is a mandatory requirement and it is demanded only by the Vietnam airport.
