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 Dutch businessmen come to this country to seek the business opportunity these days. However, Dutch businessmen are required to get visa to come to Vietnam. How to apply Vietnam business visa for Dutch? 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 Dutch 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 Dutch is categorized as DN1 and DN2 visa, of which:
While Dutch with Vietnam tourist visa are not permitted to work in Vietnam, Dutch with a business visa are allowed to take a leisure trip during their business in Vietnam.
Vietnamese business visa for Dutch is available in:
Dutch are not exempted from Vietnam visa, so Dutch businessmen need to apply Vietnam business visa before flying to Vietnam.
In order to get a business visa for Vietnam, Dutch must meet the following requirements:
Dutch can apply business visa to Vietnam in one of the 3 following ways:
3.1/ Getting a Vietnamese business visa for Dutch at Vietnam embassy 2025
In case wanting to get a Vietnamese business visa this way, Dutch have to visit the nearest Vietnam embassy. Dutch can find the list of Vietnamese embassies here. https://www.vietnamimmigration.com/category/vietnam-embassy/
The application process for Vietnam business visa for Dutch 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: Dutch Prepare documents for Vietnam business visa stamping
The sponsor company will send the invitation letter obtained in step 1 to Dutch 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 Dutch
After your visa approval letter is approved, it will be faxed to Vietnamese embassy in Netherlands. Dutch applicants need to come to the embassy and submit these above documents.
Vietnamese embassy in Netherlands will check the approval letter on system and issue visa, then affix on Dutch applicant’s passport.
3.2/ Getting Vietnam business visa on arrival for Dutch 2025
The process to get a business visa on arrival for Dutch is almost the same as getting an embassy business visa for Dutch. However, instead of getting the visa stamped by the Vietnam embassy, Dutch will get it stamped at Vietnam airport upon arrival.
Its process is as follows:
Step 1: Get the Vietnam business visa sponsorship letter for Dutch
The sponsor in Vietnam will get the business visa sponsorship letter from the Vietnam Immigration Department and send it to Dutch applicant.
Step 2: Prepare documents for business visa stamping
Dutch businessmen will need to prepare:
Step 3: Get business visa stamped for Dutch at the airport
Upon arrival at Vietnamese airport, Dutch 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 Dutch 2025
Netherlands 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 Dutch wish to stay in Vietnam longer than 30 days, It’s highly recommended for Dutch to get the business visa through one of the above two options.
Dutch businessmen can easily apply Vietnam business e-visa by following these below steps:
When Vietnam Business e-visa application is approved, Dutch can download the visa and present it at the entry checkpoint of Vietnam.
Vietnam business e-visa process for Dutch often takes 3 working days to complete, or longer depending on the volume of visa applications pending for processing.
In case Dutch need to process business E-visa urgently, just choose “express service” to expedite the process. Vietnam e-visa for Dutch can be done in 1 working days by this way.
Before Covid-19, Vietnam business visa for Dutch can easily extended. However, the procedure for extending Vietnam visa right is changed.
Right now, embassy business visa and business visa on arrival for Dutch can be extended in Vietnam while the business e-visa cannot.
In short, Dutch businessmen are required to get Vietnam business visa for coming to work or do business. Dutch 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 Dutch, 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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