One of the most crucial items while getting ready for an overseas journey is a visa. When you arrive at the airport, several nations give visas. How is Vietnam doing? When Canadian tourists come, is a visa provided by Vietnam at the airport? Next, we’ll learn more about the rules for obtaining a visa to Vietnam at the airport as well as how Canadians might go about doing so.
One of the simplest methods to get a visa to Vietnam if you have a Canadian passport is via Visa At Vietnamese Airport. Nevertheless, not all ports of entry provide the ability to get a visa at the Vietnamese airport.
If you are travelling by air and land at one of the following airports: Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Danang airport in Danang city, Cat Bi airport in Hai Phong city, Cam Ranh airport in Nha Trang city, Lien Khuong airport in Da Lat city, or Phu Quoc airport on Phu Quoc island, you will only be able to obtain a Vietnam visa at Vietnamese airport.
At the visa-issuing desks at the airport where they arrive, Canadian nationals may get a visa for Vietnam.
Therefore, it is not possible for Canadian nationals to enter Vietnam and get a visa on arrival. Prior authorisation from the Vietnamese Immigration Service is required for Canadian citizens. It will be covered in greater detail towards the conclusion of this essay.
While visiting the counter to get a visa for travel to Vietnam, Canadians Canadian citizens must have the following documentation at the Vietnamese airport:
Canadian citizens must get a Letter of Permission from the Vietnamese Immigration Service prior to travelling to Vietnam and applying for visas at the Vietnamese airport. This letter of permission is necessary. If a Canadian citizen does not have an approval letter, they cannot get a visa at the Vietnamese airport.
3.1/ Getting the Letter of Approval
You may apply for a Vietnam visa using this link: https://www.vietnamimmigration.com/apply-vietnam-visa/ for Canadian nationals.
Canadian citizens must complete the online visa form with all necessary information, pay the service cost, and wait while their request is processed before receiving the Approval Letter (a few days). The permission letter will then be sent to them through email. They should utilize a printed copy of the authorization letter to go to Vietnam.
There may be various persons included in the same Letter of Approval since the Letter of Approval is sometimes issued for several people at once.
3.2/ Obtaining a visa at the airport in Vietnam
Canadian citizens may travel to Vietnam using their Letter of Permission. Upon arrival, Canadians must stand in line at the landing visa offices at the airport in Vietnam to request to have their passports stamped with a visa. Before issuing a visa, the immigration officer will ask for the aforementioned papers and then review them. In the end, Canadians will get a visa at the Vietnamese airport along with a passport entrance stamp.
It typically takes between 15 and 30 minutes for Canadian people to apply for the real visa at the Vietnamese airport.
It might take a few days for Canadians to get the Letter of Approval; typically, it takes 3 to 8 business days. Also, Canadian citizens may request expedited processing and have the Letter of Approval in only one or two working days, but the cost will be greater.
We have recently discussed the prerequisites and application procedure for Canadian citizens seeking visas at Vietnamese airports. We also learnt how to submit a Vietnam permission letter and the length of time it takes to process a visa at the Vietnamese airport. Please feel free to contact me at info@vietnamimmigration.com if you’d want further details.
