Getting Visa to Enjoy A Warm Winter Holiday in Vietnam

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The winter is coming. Everywhere in the world, the weather is more and more cold. There is snow in some areas, and the temperature can reach 0 celsius degree. That is the reason why many people think about a warm destination to be relaxed in this cold winter. And Vietnam appears as a good choice. Be located in the South East Area, Vietnam has the warm weather every month. Especially, the South of Vietnam always has the warm sunshine and the nice beaches. If you are the person loving the nice beach, fresh air, white sand and warm sunshine, you should think about Vietnam in this winter.

Vietnam beach with warm sunshine

Vietnam shares more than 3200-kilometre-long coast with the ocean, so you can enjoy Vietnam beach from the North to the South. Although some places in the world can have snow, even be freezed, but Vietnam always has warm sunshine. There are many famous beaches in Vietnam, such as Long Beach & Sao Beach (Phu Quoc island), Nha Trang Beach (Nha Trang city), Ho Coc Beach (Vung Tau), Doc Let Beach & Dai Lanh Beach (Khanh Hoa), Cua Dai Beach (Hoi An), Con Dao Beach (Con Dao island), Ninh Chu Beach (Ninh Thuan), My Khe Beach & Non Nuoc Beach (Da Nang), Quy Nhon Beach (Binh Dinh), Mui Ne Beach (Phan Thiet), Cat Ba Beach (Cat Ba island), Ha Long Bay, etc.

Enjoy the beach in Vietnam in winter

You can fly to Vietnam, choose a beautiful beach, lie on the white sand, and enjoy the sunset. You can stay in Vietnam up to 3 months (with single entry or multiple entries), enjoy the whole winter holiday in Vietnam.

How To Get Visa To Vietnam?

In order to enjoy your winter holiday in Vietnam, you should obtain a visa before coming. If you are the citizens of these below countries, you are exempt from visa to Vietnam:

These countries are allowed to enter Vietnam without visa in a short period of time. In case you need a longer duration to enjoy in Vietnam, you need apply a visa. Of course, if you are not in this list, you need a visa to visit Vietnam. The way to apply a Visa is very simple, especially when online application for visa on arrival is accepted. You can apply everywhere at anytime you want, with a laptop or cell phone.

Applying a Vietnam visa is very simple now

Visa on arrival is a type of visa that allows the holder to get visa at the airport on the arrival date. To get visa at the airport, you must have a document, which is called “visa approval letter” issued by the Immigration Department. You apply this letter before coming to Vietnam at least 2 working days. After 2 working days processing, you get this document through email, then you print this document out, and prepare 2 photos (4 x 6 cm) to glue on the “visa application form”. When you board the airplane, you show the “visa approval letter” to get on (some airlines require this letter to allow you enter the airplane. Without it, you can be refused to board). When you come to Vietnam, you follow the sign board to come to the “visa on arrival counter”. This counter is the place to pick up your visa (the name of this counter is different in different airports, see where to pick up visa on arrival). At the “visa on arrival counter”, you submit “visa approval letter” + “visa application form” + original passport, then waiting to be called. When the officer calls your name, you come to the cashier counter and pay “stamp fee” (please prepare cash in US dollards), then you received your passport with visa. Then you come to the “Passport Control counter”, do the Immigration check and enter Vietnam.

Getting a visa on arrival

Note:

• If you are exempted from visa in a short time to Vietnam (For example 15 days), but you want to stay longer in Vietnam (for example 3 months), you must apply a visa. The price to apply a 3 months visa is much cheaper than the price you get free 15 days enter Vietnam + price to extend more 3 months.
• In case you already applied a visa and you are citizen of countries which are exempted from Vietnam visa, please pay attention when you arrive. If you do not get visa at the “visa on arrival counter”, you just enter the “passport control counter”, the Immigration Officer will consider that you use free visa policy to enter Vietnam, and they only grant you to enter for the short period of time (the same with your visa exemption policy) in stead of the time you really want to stay.
• If you need a visa on arrival, you should apply in advance for the approval letter. You can apply it 3 months prior to your trip, but do not apply it too late. It takes 2 working days to get the result, so from 1 month to 1 week prior to your entry date for applying this letter is good.
• Visa approval are accepted to enter 1 month, 3 months, 6 months or 1 year; with single or multiple entries; All countries can apply visa on arrival. There is another type of visa online, which called E-visa. This E-visa allows you to enter Vietnam maximum 30 days with 1 time of entry only, and only 44 countries are accepted to apply this visa. In case you just want to stay in Vietnam less than 30 days, you can learn more about E-visa.