Vietnam Visa for UK (British) Citizens
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
by Thuy NGUYEN
Vietnam Visa Support
UK citizens are required a valid visa for traveling to Vietnam. Two ways for getting a visa are visiting Vietnamese embassy in London or applying for a time and cost effective visa on arrival.
1. Embassy of Vietnam in UK (Visa Section)
Office
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Embassy
Street Address
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Postal Address
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ZIP Code
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W8-5rd
City
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London
State
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London
Country
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United Kingdom
Telephone
:
(+44-20) 79371912, 79373222
Faximile
:
(+44-20) 79376108
:
vp@dsqvnlondon.demon.co.uk, consular@vietnamembassy.org.uk
Website
:
www.vietnamembassy.org.uk
Direction to the Embassy: The Embassy is located on Victoria Road, opposite to Kensington Garden (Hyde Park). Nearest tube station is High Street Kensington which is about five minutes walking from the Embassy. Exit the tube station, turn right, go straight for apprroximately 300 metres before you will see on the right side.
1. Getting Vietnam VISA from Vietnam Embassy in London (UK)
Application for an entry VISA to Vietnam can be made in person or by post to the Embassy of Vietnam. Application in person can be made by the applicant or any representative. Application by post must be sent by Royal Mail Special Delivery.
General requirements:
Documents to be submitted are:
- Original PASSPORT whose validity must exceed that of the visa by at least one month.
- One completed APPLICATION FORM. Forms can be retrieved online or distributed at the Embassy.
- One passport PHOTOGRAPH taken not more than one year ago, affixed to the application form. Both Vietnamese and British passport sizes are accepted
- VISA FEE payment payable to the EMBASSY OF VIETNAM', all in British pounds sterling only.
- For Application by post: payment should be in guaranteed cheque, postal order or bankers draft only. Your full name, passport number, contact address and telephone number must be provided at the back of the payment. Please DO NOT SEND CASH by post, the Embassy does not accept responsibility for any loss as a result of you sending cash.
- Visa fees vary according to the type of visas and length of stay and are regularly adjusted. Please contact the Embassy by email or telephone for relevant fee information.
- In case of application by post, passport and visa will be returned by post by Special Delivery. A self-addressed envelope (not stamped) and postal delivery service charge are required.
- The Embassy may request further supporting documents and will contact the applicant when necessary. Please do not send any unless contacted and explicitly requested to do so by the Embassy.
- Normal Processing: Five working days (one week) are required for a normal processing of application made in person
- Express Processing: Two working days for an express processing (additional fee required).
- Same-Day Processing : The visa can be processed in the Express Processing and granted on the same day of application if your stay in Vietnam does not exceed 15 days. This service is not available if you stay for more than 15 days.
- In case of application by post, it takes five working days plus additional posting time (by Royal Mail Delivery Next Day), ie the visa processing time will start from the date the application is received, not from the date it is dispatched by post.
o one passport: GBP 8 per person
o two or three passports: GBP 6 per person
o four to seven passports: GBP 5 per person
o from eight passports: GBP 4 per person
Important information:
- The Embassy of Vietnam in London is the sole authority responsible for issuing Vietnamese visas in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The Embassy is not aware of nor take responsibility for any liability, loss, error, damage etc caused by other missions, entities, authorities etc.
- All required fields in the application form must be filled with care and precision. For Name and contact in Vietnam, please provide the name of the first accommodation or the name of your acquaintance or business.
- Visa dates are not flexible. A visa will be valid from the entry date to the exit date as printed. You can visit and stay in Vietnam any time between these two dates, i.e. you cannot enter Vietnam before the entry date and you must leave by the exit date. Therefore, you should be clear about the DATE OF ENTRY AND EXIT on your application form.
- Visa rules and fees for children should follow the same procedure as adults if they have their own passports. Children who are included in parents' passports do not need separate visas and are not charged (however, their names must be stated in their parents application form with one accompanying photograph). The parents should sign the applications on behalf of children under 14 years old.
- Once the application is with the Embassy, there is no possibility of any change.
- Fees and charges once received are not refundable, except in case of rejection.
- The Embassy recommends application by post so as to avoid long queue and save your time and ours.
- Please do not purchase tickets to Vietnam before you obtain a visa. The visa process is not bound by your travel plan.
- Please allow sufficient time for visa processing. Please take note of the time required to process your application and check carefully with your local post office to get hold of the posting time (For your information: applications sent from another country to UK may take up to three weeks for turnaround).
- Please retain the post office's Tracking Number after you send your application by post to keep track of your passport. Do not call the Embassy to track down your application.
- Please do not contact the Embassy to chase your application (whether it has been received, processed and returned, by post or by fax), your enquiry will not be accepted, nor will the Embassy confirm the progress of processing. However, you may contact us for this purpose after a reasonable time only, e.g three weeks after the application is sent out.
- The Embassy is not responsible for any loss or damage to redundant documents not required by us.
- Abusive language and behaviour towards the Embassy's staff will not be tolerated and will affect the applications of the persons concerned.
- For further enquiry, please have your question brief and focus only on details that you cannot find on this website. The Visa Section helpline is open between 09.30 to 12.30 and again from 14.30 to 18.00, Monday to Friday, except Vietnamese and British holidays.
In addition to the procedure specified in VISA, applicant must obtain a business letter from sponsors in Vietnam or from your current employer, stating the purpose of visit and duration of stay in Vietnam.
(From http://www.vietnamembassy.org.uk/consular.html)
2. Getting a visa on arrival
On the other way, you can also apply for Vietnam Visa on arrival through www.vietnamvisasupport.com. We make sure that it is cheaper and easier than getting visa to Vietnam from the Embassy in United Kingdom. The total cost is from 20 - 45 USD/person. Visit www.vietnamvisasupport.com to see how to get Vietnam Visa on arrival.
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