Currently, with the aim of meeting the demand of many customers would like to extend their stay in Vietnam, Vietnam-Visa.com has developed visa extension/renewal services for those who have been in Vietnam.
If you would like to extend/renew your visa (for the first time), please follow these steps:
1. Please send us your scan of your passport and the page containing your current Vietnam visa to our email support@vietnam-visa.com. Then we will send it to Vietnam Immigration Department to check your information before extending/renewing your visa.
2. We will inform you about the visa extension fee and whether your visa can be extended/renewed as visa extension varies for each case.
3. You need to bring these following documents to our office:
- Your original passport
- Temporary residence paper approved by the hotel where you live at or approved by local authorities where you live in (or ward’s Police Unit)
- If you are Vietnamese overseas or your current visa is separate visa, you need to prepare 2 passport sized-photos (4×6 cm) with a straight forward face
In case, you are in Ho Chi Minh City, please let us know your current address so that our staff will come in person to pick up your passport there.
4. Wait some days to get your passport back together with your new stamped visa. See the below table for detail processing time for each type of visa:
|
No. |
Visa types for extension |
Processing time (working days)
|
Notes |
|
|
1 month single | ||
|
1 |
Extend 1 month single |
5 |
|
|
2 |
Renew 1 month single |
7 |
Applicable for those have visa exemption |
|
|
3 months single/multiple | ||
|
1 |
Extend 3 months single/multiple |
10 |
Effective for 3 months visa |
|
2 |
Renew 3 months single/multiple |
10 |
Effective for 1 month visa |
Important Notes:
- You’d better extend/renew your visa at least 1 week (for 3 months visa, preferably 2 weeks) before your visa is expired.
- Before you apply for visa extension, your passport must have 2 blank pages at maximum.
- We assist for those extend /renew visa for the first time.
- For tourist and business Visa, this visa extension/renewal is only applicable for 1 month or 3 months (single/ multiple)
- For Diplomatic, Official visas, and other types of visa should be applied through the official agencies or government or business sponsor or contact the Vietnam Immigration Department in person.
* In Hanoi: No. 40A Hang Bai Str., Hoan Kiem Dist., Ha Noi
* In Da Nang: No. 7 Tran Quy Cap Str., Da Nang
* In Hochiminh City (Saigon): No. 254 Nguyen Trai Str., Dist.1, Ho Chi Minh City
How much does it cost for a 3 month extension?
Official visas, and other types of visa should be applied through the official agencies or government or business sponsor or contact the Vietnam Immigration Department in person.
What if i never got the Temporary residence paper approved by the hotel where you live at or approved by local authorities where you live in (or ward’s Police Unit). How would I extend my visa?
@ To M Nguye:
Thank you for contacting us!
Please be kindly informed that visa extension procedure is simpler now. You do not need to submit the Temporary residence paper any more. Just your origin passport required.
Kind regards,
Anna Quach