Vietnam e-visa: cost and processing times
You will probably need to apply for a visa if you want to travel to Vietnam. In order to fullfill the visa requirements you can easily submit an e-visa application. The price is £ 54,95 per person.
Cost of the Vietnam visa
You must apply for your Vietnam visa before starting your trip. This visa is suitable for holiday trips, business trips and transfers. Many travellers are still unaware about the discontinuation of the old VOA (Visa on Arrival). In fact, this type of visa hasn't been issued since the coronavirus pandemic.
The whole application procedure takes place online. There is thus no need to visit the Vietnamese consulate or embassy. Travellers who used the old Visa On Arrival had to pay a stamping fee at the airport in Vietnam upon arrival. As the current e-visa is granted entirely online, the stamping fee no longer applies
Apply for the visa for VietnamCost of the Vietnam visa
The average delivery time for the Vietnam e-visa is . On this site, you can use an application form with clear explanations in English. Once your Vietnam e-visa has been approved, you will receive a PDF confirmation. This visa is valid for a stay of up to 90 days in Vietnam.
Payment methods and exchange rate
If you submit your visa application via vietnamevisa.co.uk, the price you need to pay is £ 54,95 per person. The Vietnamese immigration service calculates its prices in Vietnamese dong (VND), the country's official currency. However, at vietnamevisa.co.uk, you always pay in GBP. In this way, you will not have to pay any exchange rate surcharges.
To pay for your Vietnam e-visa, you can choose from various payment methods such as credit card, PayPal, Google Pay or Apple Pay.
Breakdown of the costs of the Vietnam e-visa
The cost of the Vietnam visa at vietnamevisa.co.uk is £ 54,95. This is the total price, including consular fees (668,503 VND), service fees (£32.96) and VAT. This price applies to the e-visa with a validity of 90 days.
The cost in detail
Consular fees are determined by the Vietnamese government. Part of these fees are administrative costs for processing the application. The rest of the consular fees are a source of income for the government.
The service fee covers the services provided by vietnamevisa.co.uk, including a thorough manual check of the information entered and the documents submitted for each application. The check is always carried out by one of our visa specialists at vietnamevisa.co.uk, who will check if the information entered on the form coincides with the information on your passport. In addition, we will check if the photos and passport scans provided meet the Vietnamese immigration service requirements. Our visa specialist will contact you if they find an error on the form. If the uploads or photographs do not meet the requirements, you will receive an email asking you to submit new documents. Thanks to these checks, your visa application will be less likely to be rejected due to a mistake in the application form or an incorrectly submitted document.
Furthermore, the service charges are used to provide 24/7 support.
Urgent applications
If the average delivery time of is too long for your travel plans, you can always submit an urgent application. For this, you need to select the option "urgent delivery" in the application form. If you opt for an urgent application, you will receive your e-visa Vietnam after on average. For this, you need to pay an extra charge of £ 17,50 per person.
Vietnamevisa.co.uk processes urgent applications with high priority, even on weekends and public holidays. Bear in mind, however, that once the application has been processed by the Vietnamese immigration service, vietnamevisa.co.uk can no longer influence the speed with which your application is processed. Therefore, you are advised to you submit your visa application as early as possible and not leave it for the last moment. This way, you will avoid unnecessary risks and stress before your holiday, business trip or transfer.
Submit now your urgent applicationThe delivery times cannot be guaranteed
Unfortunately, it is not possible to guarantee the above-mentioned delivery times, even in the case of urgent deliveries. This is because the Vietnamese immigration service regularly carries out random checks. Applications may be delayed, but they are not more likely to be rejected because of this. Another reason for delay is that the technical systems of the Vietnamese immigration service may also be unavailable due to technical malfunctions or maintenance. Vietnamevisa.co.uk informatic systems may also be temporarily unavailable in exceptional cases due to maintenance or technical malfunctions. The same risks apply to urgent applications.
Additional options: CO₂
If you choose to apply for your visa via vietnamevisa.co.uk, you have the option to chose for a CO₂ compensation on the application form. An additional surcharge will be applied for these services.
With CO₂ compensation, the CO₂ emissions of your return flight from your departure location to your travel destination will be fully offset. The amount to pay for CO₂ compensation will automatically be calculated and will appear on the application form. Vietnamevisa.co.uk will invest your entire contribution on VCS-certified climate projects.
