All Canadians have to show a valid passport (at least 6 months before the arrival date) and visa to enter Vietnam.Most Vietnam work visa/Vietnam travel visa are issued for Vietnam visa multiple/single entry visas. Canadian passport holder can obtain Vietnam Embassy Visa at Otawa, Canada or visa Vietnam on arrival at Vietnam airport.
Option 1: Obtain Vietnam Embassy Visa at Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Otawa, Canada
- Address: 470 Wilbrod Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6M8
Tel: (613) 236 0772
Fax: (613) 236 2704 - Office hours:
Monday to Friday
9.30 a.m – 12.00 p.m
13.30 p.m – 16.00 p.m - Issuing unit: Vietnam Immigration Department throught Vietnam Embassy
- Processing time: might take about 8 working days
- Vietnam visa fee: costs nearly U90$ for 1 month single entry visa in total
- How to get it?
- Fill out the Vietnam visa application
- Print out that form, and glue on a passport photo
- Send or bring them together with + the fee + your original passport + a return pre-paid express post envelope to the Vietnam Embassy in Ottawa, Canada
Option 2: Obtain visa Vietnam on arrival at the airport for time and money savings at http://govietnamvisa.com/
- Issuing unit: Vietnam Immigration Department through reliable site at http://govietnamvisa.com/
- Processing time: 1 to 2 working days (without Passport requirement)
- Vietnam visa fee: costs nearly U45$ for 1 month single entry visa in total
- How to get it?
- Go online at http://govietnamvisa.com/, fill in the secure Vietnam visa application form, make a payment online for the approval fee
- Just wait 1-2 days until you receive your Vietnam Visa Approval Letter
- Take this letter + your passport + 2 photos to Vietnam to get your visa entry Vietnam at airport.
Vietnam visa upon arrival seems to be the easiest, fastest and cheapest get visa for Vietnam for Canandians
Useful note:
- Vietnam visa Extension can be collected directly by yourself in Vietnam Immigration Department in Hanoi, Danang or Ho Chi Minh City, or from the local travel agencies and tour companies for a fee.
- Vietnam entry visa in expired Canadian passports are no longer valid, and the visa entry Vietnam must to be transferred to the new passport.
- The arrival/departure air tickets or itinery are strongly recommended to be kept with your passport since they may needed when you leave Vietnam. If something was lost, it can be reissued at the Vietnam immigration office, but it waste of your time and money.
The above information on Vietnam entry visa has been confirmed with Vietnam Immigration Dept at that time. However, these requirements are subject to change at any time. It is the traveller’s responsibility to check with reliable website http://govietnamvisa.com/ for up-to-date information.
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ReplyDeleteVietnam visa online
As a Canadian wanting to visit the Vietnam country, I’d prefer the Visa on arrival service as it comes with a number of advantages. For one, it is very simple to apply for a visa to Vietnam this way. Secondly, you get to save your time as the process is very fast in just one to 2 days. Thirdly, you save your money.
ReplyDeleteI’m saying this from my own experience, urging my fellow Canadians to go for the visa on arrival service online if they plan to visit Vietnam by air, anytime soon. I wish you all a safe travel to Vietnam.
http://www.visa-vietnam.org
http://www.vietnamvisa.fr