***(IMPORTANT! Due to current covid measures, check with Vietnam Immigration Authority to confirm current availability and lengths of validity)***
List of the Visas types from Vietnamese Immigration Dept.
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NG1
Issued to guests in the delegations of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President, President of the National Assembly and Prime Minister
NG
Issued to guests in the delegation of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Vice President, Vice President of the National Assembly, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front , Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court, Head of the Supreme People's Procuracy, State Auditor General; members in the delegation of ministers, the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, the Secretary of the Party Committee, the President of the People's Council, the President of the People's Committee of the province or city under the central government.
NG3
Issued to members of diplomatic missions, consular offices, representative offices of international organizations affiliated with the UN, representative offices of intergovernmental organizations and their spouses, children under 18 years of age, assistants.
NG4
Issued to people who come to work with diplomatic missions, consulates, representative offices of international organizations affiliated to the United Nations and representative offices of intergovernmental organizations; people visiting members of diplomatic missions, consular offices, representative offices of international organizations affiliated to the United Nations and representative offices of intergovernmental organizations.
LV1
Issued to people who come to work with the Communist Party Central Committee's agencies, The National Assembly, the Government, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy, the State Audit, ministries, ministerial-level agencies; provincial party committee, city party committee, People's Council, People's Committee of the province or city under central authority.
LV2
Issued to people who come to work with socio-political organizations, social organizations, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
DT
Issued to foreign investors in Vietnam and foreign lawyers practicing in Vietnam
DN
Issued to people who come to work with businesses in Vietnam (business visa)
NN1
Issued to people who are heads of representative offices and projects of international organizations and foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam
NN2
Issued to heads of representative offices, branches of foreign traders, representative offices of foreign economic, cultural and other professional organizations in Vietnam
NN3
Issued to people who come to work with foreign non-governmental organizations, representative offices, branches of foreign traders, representative offices of foreign economic, cultural and other professional organizations in Vietnam.
DH
Issued to people who come to practice or study
HN
Issued to people who come to attend conferences and seminars
PV1
Issued to journalists permanently residing in Vietnam
PV2
Issued to journalists who come to work for a short term in Vietnam
LD
Issued to people who come to work (working visa)
DL
Issued to tourists (Tourist visa)
TT
Issued to foreigners that are spouses, children under 18 years of age of the foreigners issued with LV1, LV2, ĐT, NN1, NN2, DH, PV1, LĐ visas or foreigners who are parents, wives, husbands and children of Vietnamese citizens
VR
Issued to people who come to visit their relatives or for other purposes
SQ
Heads of overseas Vietnamese agencies competent to grant visas are valid for no more than 30 days for foreigners wishing to enter Vietnam to conduct market surveys, travel, visit relatives, and treatment of the following cases:
● Persons who have a working relationship with a Vietnamese visa-issuing authority abroad and their spouses or children or who have a written request of a competent agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the host country.
● Persons with guarantee notes of diplomatic missions or consulates of countries located in host countries.
*Length of validity for visa types
***(IMPORTANT!Due to current covid measures, check with Vietnam Immigration Authority to confirm current availability and lengths of validity)***
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DT
No more than 5 years
LD
No more than 2 years
NG1, NG2, NG3, NG4, LV1, LV2, DN, NN1, NN2, NN3, DH, PV1, PV2 and TT
No more than 12 months
VR
No more than 6 months
HN, DL
No more than 3 months
(current covid measures state 30 days maximum, online eVisa application)
SQ
No more than 30 days
Source: https://vietnamconsulateinhouston.org/v … isa-types/
