Vietnam Reopening for Tourists, With Conditions

I just applied for another 1-month e-visa to HCMC in August/September.  I hope they start issuing longer visas soon. 

This time I will try the Vietnam Airlines flight from San Francisco, in premium economy.  I hope it is comfortable. 

- @paulmsn

I hope they start issuing longer visas soon. 

- @paulmsn

I just applied for another 1-month e-visa to HCMC in August/September.  I hope they start issuing longer visas soon. 

This time I will try the Vietnam Airlines flight from San Francisco, in premium economy.  I hope it is comfortable. 

- @paulmsn

Thanks for that. I usually go premium economy too. What's the price range like out of SF? I'm from Vancouver, CA.

- @aubmush7

Thanks for that. I usually go premium economy too. What's the price range like out of SF? I'm from Vancouver, CA.

- @aubmush7

FYI:

The flight departs at 11:55 PM (although my flight left 1 hour late).

The ticket counters (area 7) don't open up until 3.5 hours before the flight (8:25 PM) and prior to that, the screens above the counters will display another airline's logo, without any indication that Vietnam Airlines will be ticketing there.

Passengers (with lots of extra accompanied luggage boxes) start arriving by about 6:30 PM (I arrived via my connecting flight about 6 PM) when airport workers have not yet set up the ropes defining the line.

By the time the ropes are set up at about 7:30 PM, there are probably at least 100 people in line.

By 8:25 PM it's a LONG wait in line.

Good luck!

- @OceanBeach92107

For those who do not know yet, with between 500 and 1500 new covid cases a day and no deaths, there are no longer covid restriction to enter Vietnam, you just have to present a proof of vaccination. Everything is open except a few temples and pagodas here and there, and one can go anywhere in the country.

- @larsay

I get to SFO just after 7 pm if my flight isn't late, but I think there will be a separate line for PE.  We'll see.  The only review I found online is for business class, so it wasn't much help.

- @paulmsn

The short two-plane trip was nice, though.

- @paulmsn

Hello everyone... Does anyone know if regular 30 day and 90 day tourist visas are now available for Australian passport holders. If not any idea when they will be issued again?

The embassy visa website here has been updated recently. No details on what rules have changed. Still asks to go through travel agents.

Sorry if has been covered. I search back on this thread and recent forum posts but didn't see anything recent.

@Salensis

30 day Evisa is the only visa currently available. Go to the official Vietnam government website to apply. Embassies cannot issue regular tourist visas.

In this context, I was wondering about extensions to the 30 day tourist visa: are they possible, and how do you go about it?

Apparently, a friend of a friend has managed to get an extension, but that's all the information I could get. Anybody knows more?

In this context, I was wondering about extensions to the 30 day tourist visa: are they possible, and how do you go about it?
Apparently, a friend of a friend has managed to get an extension, but that's all the information I could get. Anybody knows more?
-@Kurterino

There are no extensions of the evisa. There are ploys that agents use to sponsor people. Legal or illegal?

@Kurterino

As Pogi says be careful of doing such things, you could end up over a thousand bucks poorer and being kicked out and blacklisted if it is a dodgy ploy - ""

In this context, I was wondering about extensions to the 30 day tourist visa: are they possible, and how do you go about it?
Apparently, a friend of a friend has managed to get an extension, but that's all the information I could get. Anybody knows more?
-@Kurterino

If you pay enough money, you can always get something done illegally in Vietnam.

We usually quash discussions of such things to avoid the scam agent trolls and because of host nation sensitivity.

Especially so when it's not a first-person anecdote, making it impossible to ask clarifying questions.

O.B.

Vietnam forum advisor

expat.com team

@Kurterino
As Pogi says be careful of doing such things, you could end up over a thousand bucks poorer and being kicked out and blacklisted if it is a dodgy ploy - ""
-@AndyHCMC

I wasn't going to do anything illegal, I have a plane ticket for the day my visa (e-visa) expires, plus I have other plans, namely going to Brazil (I even started a thread in the Brazil forum here about my flight).

Just as I said before, a friend, who is Vietnamese and isn't the type to do nor recommend illegal things, told me about friends of her who had gotten extensions , naturally I thought that this was a possibility now.

I will talk to her again, but I suspect that she doesn't know much more than that ‘they got extensions‘…

well, that was quick, I had a short chat on WhatsApp with said friend, and only now she's telling me that these people managed to get extensions only because they know a government employee personally.

So yes, it was a dumb question, sorry about that

@Kurterino

NO!

Not a dumb question at all, Kurterino, and a big THANK YOU for reporting back to the forum!

Expats, tourists, travellers. Be very wary of offers to extend your eVisa.

I was wondering if it would be possible to apply for a second e-visa for the day when one's e-visa expires? I mean is there a chance to get it (the second one), or is there a minimum time period to be observed between visas?

I was wondering if it would be possible to apply for a second e-visa for the day when one's e-visa expires? I mean is there a chance to get it (the second one), or is there a minimum time period to be observed between visas?
-@Kurterino

That's exactly what many people have done.

No minimum wait.

Re-enter Vietnam immediately after entering and exiting the border country and receiving their entry/exit stamps in your passport

I was wondering if it would be possible to apply for a second e-visa for the day when one's e-visa expires? I mean is there a chance to get it (the second one), or is there a minimum time period to be observed between visas?
-@Kurterino

That's exactly what many people have done.

No minimum wait.

Re-enter Vietnam immediately after entering and exiting the border country and receiving their entry/exit stamps in your passport
-@OceanBeach92107

But you still have to exit the country, even if it's just for half a day? So not the same as a regular visa extension, but better than no visa at all, of course

I was wondering if it would be possible to apply for a second e-visa for the day when one's e-visa expires? I mean is there a chance to get it (the second one), or is there a minimum time period to be observed between visas?
-@Kurterino

That's exactly what many people have done.

No minimum wait.

Re-enter Vietnam immediately after entering and exiting the border country and receiving their entry/exit stamps in your passport
-@OceanBeach92107
But you still have to exit the country, even if it's just for half a day? So not the same as a regular visa extension, but better than no visa at all, of course
-@Kurterino

In no way, shape or form is it a visa extension or a visa renewal.

It's a totally new visa, not linked to the previous visa at all.

The process also mandates the purchase of a visa to enter Cambodia (visa on arrival or online).

It takes about 20 minutes at Mộc Bài from the moment you exit Vietnam to the moment you reenter, if you get there early in the morning (8 AM) before long lines start slowing things down.

Can also be done at Laos.