Vietnam eVisa & Tết 2025

NOTICE: Please be advised that Vietnam Immigration Department will not be engaging in immigration procedures on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2025, from January 25th, 2025 to February 2nd, 2025.


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MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITYImmigration DepartmentE-visa website (Link) - @Aidan in HCMC

Thanks very much for posting that 🙏

One visa agent I know posted this one hour ago:

We are closed for the Tet holiday starting today. If you need to enter the country urgently but don’t have a visa yet, Visa on Arrival is available until Tuesday, 28/01/2025. After that, all visa services will be completely closed until 02/02/2025.

I'm sure any trustworthy visa agent can do this.

Visa on Arrival is almost always limited to 4 weeks or less.

One visa agent I know posted this one hour ago:
We are closed for the Tet holiday starting today. If you need to enter the country urgently but don’t have a visa yet, Visa on Arrival is available until Tuesday, 28/01/2025. After that, all visa services will be completely closed until 02/02/2025.

I'm sure any trustworthy visa agent can do this.

Visa on Arrival is almost always limited to 4 weeks or less. - @OceanBeach92107

Good info, as always, from your agency contacts.

I'm curious though.

Will airlines permit boarding if the passenger doesn't hold any form of visa? Perhaps the airline will require a passenger not holding a visa to sign an agreement to indemnify the airline for the cost of the passenger's return flight if denied a VOA?

One visa agent I know posted this one hour ago:
We are closed for the Tet holiday starting today. If you need to enter the country urgently but don’t have a visa yet, Visa on Arrival is available until Tuesday, 28/01/2025. After that, all visa services will be completely closed until 02/02/2025.

I'm sure any trustworthy visa agent can do this.

Visa on Arrival is almost always limited to 4 weeks or less. - @OceanBeach92107

Good info, as always, from your agency contacts.
I'm curious though.
Will airlines permit boarding if the passenger doesn't hold any form of visa? Perhaps the airline will require a passenger not holding a visa to sign an agreement to indemnify the airline for the cost of the passenger's return flight if denied a VOA? - @Aidan in HCMC

Visa On Arrival is done in the same manner as before COVID:

when the agent gets approval from immigration they email a copy of that approval letter to the customer.

The approval letter is shown to airline personnel in order to board their flight and again is submitted at the Visa on arrival desk in the airport here in Vietnam.