UK passport holders are exempted from visa if staying in Vietnam less than 15 days. If you hold a UK passport and you want to prolong the stay in Vietnam after entering by this visa exemption, you should process visa extension. In this article, we will guide you the ways to extend the duration of stay if you enter Vietnam through a 15-day visa exemption.
From March 2022, Vietnam government has resumed the visa exemption policies for UK passport. UK citizens can enter Vietnam without visa if staying in Vietnam is less than 15 days.
For those who want to visit Vietnam for more than 15 days, they should apply a Vietnam visa before coming. But how’s about UK people who already entered Vietnam by a 15-day free visa? Can they apply for a visa extension without leaving Vietnam to prolong the stay in Vietnam?
In fact, before Covid-19, UK passport holding a Vietnam visa exemption stamp can process extension. Vietnam immigration allows UK people to extend 15 days, 1 months or 3 months for a longer staying. The procedure is very easy.
However, due to pandemic, the rules of visa extension change frequently. We recommend that UK passport holder should contact us through email info@vietnamimmigration.com to recheck and update the procedures. We work directly with the immigration department, so we know the latest update and we can advise the best solution.
UK passport coming Vietnam with a visa extension can process visa extension through our service. We provide Vietnam visa extension services for all nationalities and you can contact us to process it easily.
Procedure to check Vietnam visa extension for UK passport holders:
In order to check whether you can apply visa extension or not, you just need to take a picture of your visa (in case you enter by visa exemption, take a picture of visa exemption stamp on your passport), then send an email to us through info@vietnamimmigration.com . We will reply your email with detailed guidance and information right after receiving your email.
Normally, UK passport just need to submit the original passport to us. We will prepare all other required documents, and then submit visa extension request to immigration department. After the request is approved, we will inform the result through email in details.
We also provide service for picking passport at home (in the big cities). We can provide staff to get your passport, then submit it to do the visa extension, and send it back to your address. Or course, before processing visa extension, we will confirm all detailed information such as price, required documents, processing day, options to extend, etc.
In conclusion, UK passport holders can contact us for a visa extension service if they enter Vietnam through 15-day free visa policy. We also provide a wide range of Vietnam visa extension services such as: Extension for Vietnam e-visa, extension for Vietnam visa on arrival, extension for work permit, extension for temporary resident card, etc. If you have any inquiry, just feel free to contact us through info@vietnamimmigration.com .
