Vietnam, the beautiful country in South East Asia, has been well known by a lot of tourists around the world. More and more travellers coming there for enjoy the beautiful …
Vietnam is now becoming a good place to invest and do business for all foreigners around the world. More and more French businessmen come to this country to seek the business opportunity these days. However, French businessmen are required to get visa to come to Vietnam. How to apply Vietnam business visa for French? What are the requirements and process? Please take around 5 minutes to study all information below.
Vietnam business visa is a short-term visa to Vietnam, issued to French who will be working with/for a company in Vietnam, attending a meeting/negotiation, or signing contracts, and do not have a valid working visa or temporary residence card.
Vietnamese business visa for French is categorized as DN1 and DN2 visa, of which:
While French with Vietnam tourist visa are not permitted to work in Vietnam, French with a business visa are allowed to take a leisure trip during their business in Vietnam.
Vietnamese business visa for French is available in:
In order to get a business visa for Vietnam, French must meet the following requirements:
French can apply business visa to Vietnam in one of the 3 following ways:
3.1/ Getting a Vietnamese business visa for French at Vietnam embassy 2025
In case wanting to get a Vietnamese business visa this way, French have to visit the nearest Vietnam embassy. French can find the list of Vietnamese embassies here. https://www.vietnamimmigration.com/category/vietnam-embassy/
The application process for Vietnam business visa for French at embassy will be as follows:
Step 1: Get the Vietnam business visa sponsorship letter
The sponsor company in Vietnam will apply for Vietnam business visa sponsorship letter (also known as Vietnam business visa invitation letter, business visa approval letter, or Vietnam entry permit) with the Vietnam Immigration Department. The documents are:
This process will take around 5 – 7 working days since receipt of full required documents by the Immigration.
If the application is approved, the Immigration Department of Vietnam will:
Step 2: French Prepare documents for Vietnam business visa stamping
The sponsor company will send the invitation letter obtained in step 1 to French applicants. They need to print it out, and put it with other required documents, including but not limited to:
Step 3: Get Business visa stamp for French
After your visa approval letter is approved, it will be faxed to Vietnamese embassy in France. French applicants need to come to the embassy and submit these above documents.
Vietnamese embassy in France will check the approval letter on system and issue visa, then affix on French applicant’s passport.
3.2/ Getting Vietnam business visa on arrival for French 2025
The process to get a business visa on arrival for French is almost the same as getting an embassy business visa for French. However, instead of getting the visa stamped by the Vietnam embassy, French will get it stamped at Vietnam airport upon arrival.
Its process is as follows:
Step 1: Get the Vietnam business visa sponsorship letter for French
The sponsor in Vietnam will get the business visa sponsorship letter from the Vietnam Immigration Department and send it to French applicant.
Step 2: Prepare documents for business visa stamping
French businessmen will need to prepare:
Step 3: Get business visa stamped for French at the airport
Upon arrival at Vietnamese airport, French need to show the documents mentioned above to the Vietnam Immigration Officer to get visa stamped onto passport and then complete the entry procedure to enter Vietnam.
After arriving, just come to the immigration landing visa office and request visa on arrival.
3.3/ Getting Vietnam business e-visa for French 2025
France is among 82 countries which can apply Vietnam e-visa for business purpose. However, Vietnam business e-visa is good for 30 days in single entry only, and it cannot be extended without leaving Vietnam. As such, in case French wish to stay in Vietnam longer than 30 days, It’s highly recommended for French to get the business visa through one of the above two options.
French businessmen can easily apply Vietnam business e-visa by following these below steps:
When Vietnam Business e-visa application is approved, French can download the visa and present it at the entry checkpoint of Vietnam.
Vietnam business e-visa process for French often takes 3 working days to complete, or longer depending on the volume of visa applications pending for processing.
In case French need to process business E-visa urgently, just choose “express service” to expedite the process. Vietnam e-visa for French can be done in 1 working days by this way.
Before Covid-19, Vietnam business visa for French can easily extended. However, the procedure for extending Vietnam visa right is changed.
Right now, embassy business visa and business visa on arrival for French can be extended in Vietnam while the business e-visa cannot.
In short, French businessmen are required to get Vietnam business visa for coming to work or do business. French can easily get Vietnam business visa by applying business E-visa online or ask a local company in Vietnam to act as sponsor company and apply business visa. For applying Vietnam business visa for French, follow the information above to submit the application form. If you have any further question, just feel free to contact us at info@vietnamimmigration.com
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