This article shows you the difference between Vietnam visa extension and visa renewal and how to extend and renew a Vietnam visa.
Vietnamvisavoa.com is the travel agent in Hanoi, Vietnam and not only provides with Vietnam visa on arrival but also visa extension services for traveler and businessmen in Vietnam. Vietnam Visa Voa try to bring clients more useful information and assistance, visa extension or visa renewal services are offered for those whose Vietnam visas have come close to expiration dates and still wish to stay longer.
Extending Vietnam visa must be applied some days before your visa expired date. It takes 7 working days to finish as submitting your passport and requirement at Vietnam Immigration Department Office.
Vietnam visa extension:
It means that you will have new staying duration permission in Vietnam. Please remember that you are allowed to stay more in Vietnam without reentering if you exit Vietnam before your visa expired. It means you must apply new visa if you wish to come back Vietnam after leaving. So the extension fee is much cheaper than renewal fee.
In order to apply visa extension, your current visa has to meet some requirements of Vietnam Immigration Department.
Your current visa type has to be correspondent to your staying extending requirement.
– Stay in one more month: If your current visa is one month single, one month multiple, three month single or three month multiple entry visa, you are allowed to apply for visa extension in one more month.
– Stay in three more months: If your current visa is three month single or three month multiple entry visa, you can apply for visa extension in three more months.
Vietnam visa renewal:
It means that you are granted a new visa stamp and visa sticker on your passport with the new duration permission. The staying length is valid in three months at maximum. Moreover, the visa renewal fee is higher than the visa extension fee because we have to pay stamping fee and visa sticker fee for you. Visa renewal is ready for those who:
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Entered Vietnam with visa exemption
- Has current visa is not correspondent to your staying extending requirement.
If you would like to upgrade your current visa from 1 month to 3 month, you have to apply to renew three month single entry or three month multiple entry.
If you would like to upgrade your current visa from single entry to multiple entries, you have to apply to renew visa.
- Wish to get multiple entry visa in one month and three months.
In order to apply your Vietnam visa extension or Vietnam visa renewal, please provide some necessary information as below to our email address support@vietnamvisavoa.com
- Passport scan
- Current visa scan
- Immigration stamp
- Latest date of entry
- Your current address in Vietnam
We will inform what you have to do and how much you have to pay in detail because Vietnam visa can be extended or renewed as visa extension varies for each case.
After that you need to bring these following documents to our office:
- Your original passport
- Temporary residence paper approved by the hotel where you live at or approved by local authorities where you live.
- If you are Vietnamese overseas or your current visa is separate visa, you need to prepare two passport sized-photos 4x6cm with a straight forward face.
Note: If you are in Ho Chi Minh city and Hanoi city, we can come in person to pick up your passport at your address on your request.
After some days, you can get your passport back together with your new stamped visa.
Important notes:
You had better extend or renew your Vietnam visa at least 1 week for 3 months visa, preferably 2 weeks before your visa is expired.
Before you apply for visa extension, your passport must have 2 blank pages at minimum.
For tourist and business visa, this visa extension or renewal is only applicable for one month or three months (single/multiple)
For diplomatic, official visas and other types of visa should be applied via the official agencies or government or business sponsor or contact the Vietnam immigration Department in person.
– In Hanoi: No. 40A Hang Bai Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam
– In Da Nang: No. 7 Tran Quy Cap Street, Da Nang, Vietnam
– In Hochiminh City (Saigon): No. 254 Nguyen Trai Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
If you need more information about Vietnam visa extension, or needs any consultancy about Vietnam visa on arrival, please do not hesitate to contact us via support@vietnamvisavoa.com or hotline: +84.94 127 92 89.
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