Visa on Arrival/ Leaving the Country

I haven't done it but from all I have heard the three-month visa is easy and perfunctory and some people have been going that route for many years, sometimes with extension here in VN, sometimes not.

With the rules changing all the time, I'm not too comfortable with that, but for now everyone says it's easy.

Hi there,
As I know, you are working in Vietnam with a single entry visa and this single entry visa will be no longer valid as soon as you leave Vietnam for Thailand. You couldn't re-enter with this visa!
However, you can apply for another 3 months multiple entry Vietnam visa on arrival now and you will get the letter of approval within 2 working days only.

Hi
You should apply multiple visa before leaving Vietnam.
Good luck

ChrisFox wrote:

I haven't done it but from all I have heard the three-month visa is easy and perfunctory and some people have been going that route for many years, sometimes with extension here in VN, sometimes not.

With the rules changing all the time, I'm not too comfortable with that, but for now everyone says it's easy.

'juicemanjr',
it's just as ChrisFox wisely pointed out to you - the rules keep changing all the time. Never bet on them remaining the same from one week to the next.

My visa original three month tourist visa, issued by the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia, was extended twice more for an additional three months by a travel agent in Sai Gon. Each time it was another  multiple entry/exist visa.   The cost each time was about US$75.

After nine months, including leaving and returning to Viet Nam several times without any problems at all, the second extension ran out. We went across the boarder into Kampuchea on a coach tour from Sai Gon to Angkor Wat and Phnom Phenh for a week.

The tour company also arranged a 'letter of invitation to return to VN' plus new three month visa, with the promise of another two more three month extensions without any problems.

Unlike yourself, I'm retired so anything to do with work, I don't need to worry about.(for now anyway)
   
It was very quick, easy and quite cheap - but those rules might change at any time.

Flip465 wrote:

ChrisFox wrote:

I haven't done it but from all I have heard the three-month visa is easy and perfunctory and some people have been going that route for many years, sometimes with extension here in VN, sometimes not.

With the rules changing all the time, I'm not too comfortable with that, but for now everyone says it's easy.

'juicemanjr',
it's just as ChrisFox wisely pointed out to you - the rules keep changing all the time. Never bet on them remaining the same from one week to the next.

My visa original three month tourist visa, issued by the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia,($270 plus through a travel agent) was extended twice more for an additional three months by a travel agent in Sai Gon. Each time it was another  multiple entry/exist visa.   The cost each time was about US$75.

After nine months, including leaving and returning to Viet Nam several times without any problems at all, the second extension ran out. We went across the boarder into Kampuchea on a coach tour from Sai Gon to Angkor Wat and Phnom Phenh for a week.

The tour company also arranged a 'letter of invitation to return to VN' plus new three month visa, with the promise of another two more three month extensions without any problems.

Unlike yourself, I'm retired so anything to do with work, I don't need to worry about.(for now anyway)
   
It was very quick, easy and quite cheap - but those rules might change at any time.

If you have the letter for visa on arrival you should be ok. You will need to fly in for your visa on arrival to be valid. However the visa from the embassy is is more of a sure thing and you can always take a cheap bus.