Visa first or plane ticket?

JohnfromCanaf01 wrote:

Moving to Nha Trang city Vietnam in July and wondering if I need to buy plane ticket before applying for a visa.iam from Canada

WTF, sorry but just cant resist comment.
Why on earth would anyone in their right mind ask that question. What would be the logic in buying a flight ticket & then applying for a visa. Applying for a visa does not guarantee anything & having a paid for flight ticket would have no influence whats so ever with the immigration visa issuing authorities here!
 
As for Nha Trang July from Canada........good luck with that one then.

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

In case everyone has forgotten, early in 2020 a purchased flight itinerary (ticket plus flight route) became mandatory to get a visa when the government of Vietnam began restricting any flights originating from OR connecting through China.

Since no one seems to truly know all new rules regarding visas, it seems "at least possible" that the government is going to want to know from whence your flight originates.

I think the OP has asked an important and timely question, and it will be interesting and useful to monitor this thread as official news unfolds on this subject.

Well, sort of good info  but you are skirting around his question without giving an answer. He is talking about coming to Da Nang July (1 month away), so are you saying go fork out the cash for possibly a non refundable ticket on the off chance he needs it to get/possibly get a visa when & its a big when the border opens to flights from Canada or where ever?

goodolboy wrote:

Well, sort of good info  but you are skirting around his question without giving an answer.

I did give an answer when I wrote:

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

Since no one seems to truly know all new rules regarding visas...

Ontheroad57 wrote:

Since one condition of possible entry is Zero new cases for 30 days in country of origin......that could be Never😳
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I gave the answer to this question in another thread.  There are 8 countries without an active case (not just no new case, but not one Covid patient under treatment in hospital --  IOW, 100% Covid-free); some of them have been that way for more than 30 days.  New Zealand declared to be Covid free more than 3 weeks ago.

Ciambella wrote:

Ontheroad57 wrote:

The OP may never get here.
Since one condition of possible entry is Zero new cases for 30 days in country of origin......that could be Never😳

I gave the answer to this question in another thread.  There are 8 countries without an active case (not just no new case, but not one Covid patient under treatment in hospital --  IOW, 100% Covid-free); some of them have been that way for more than 30 days.  New Zealand declared to be Covid free more than 3 weeks ago.

I did see that post.    I’m an Aussie and Australia & New Zealand wanted to form a “travel bubble” without the quarantine , but still testing and a few other procedures.

They called for expressions of interest so as to get flight schedules organised.
Not enough people responded to make it worthwhile😳

Unless it’s essential to travel, nobody is interested in going anywhere.   I doubt you’d find enough people in NZ to schedule regular flights to Vietnam .   Maybe the occasional charter flight .

Plus getting a Visa into New Zealand isn’t easy for VIetnamese.    The reciprocal trade would be slim.

We’re going into a whole new travel game , & it ain’t lookin good.