Countries ineligible for Vietnam e-visa application

From August 15, 2023, the Vietnamese Government has allowed citizens from all countries to apply for e-visas to Vietnam. However, for certain countries and on a case-by-case basis, citizens of these countries may not meet the requirements for a fast application or may not be eligible for a Vietnam e-visa. The following is the list (constantly updated):

No.CodeCountry Name
1AFGAfganistan
2AGOAngola
3BDIBurundi
4BENBenin
5BFABurkina Faso
6BWABotswana
7CAFRepublic of Central Africa
8CIVCôte d’Ivoire
9CMRCameroon
10COGRepublic of Congo
11COGCongo Kingdom
12COMComoros
13CPVCape Verde
14DJIDjibouti
15EGYEgypt
16ERIEritrea
17ETHEthiopia
18GABGabon
19GHAGhana
20GINGuinea
21GMBGambia
22GNBGuinea-Bissau
23GNOGuinea Ecuatorial
24IRNIran
25IRQIraq
26KENKenya
27LBNLiban
28LBRLiberia
29LBYLibya
30LSOLesotho
31MDGMadagascar
32MLIMali
33MOZMozambique
34MRTMauritania
35MUSMauritius
36NAMNamibia
37NERNiger
38NGANigeria
39PAKPakistan
40RWARwanda
41SA-Sahrawi
42SDNSudan
43SENSenegal
44SLESierra Leone
45SOMSomalia
46SSDNam Sudan
47STPSão Tomé and Príncipe
48SWZSwaziland
49SICSeychelles
50SYRSyria
51TCDTchad
52TGOTogo
53TZATanzania
54UGAUganda
55YEMYemen
56ZMBZambia
57ZWEZimbabwe
58RUSRussia
59UKRUkraina

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Vietnam E-visa ?

Vietnamese visa is a kind of travel documents granted by Vietnamese competent authorities, providing permission to travel to and enter Vietnam.

An electronic visa (E-visa) is one of visa types issued to foreigners by Vietnamese Immigration Department via electronic system. Vietnam E-visa is valid for maximum of 90 days, single or multiple entry.

Outside Vietnam foreigners who want to enter Vietnam can personally apply for E-visa or through the requesting agencies and organizations.

An E-visa is single/ multiple entry and valid for amaximum of 90 days.

An E-visa is processed within 1 to 8 working days (From Monday to Friday) after the Vietnam Immigration Department receives the completed application and full E-visa fee.

According to Vietnam Law, the visa expiry date must be at least 30 days before the passport expiry date. Therefore, an E-visa expiry date must also be at least 30 days before the passport expiry date.

Two photos of the applicant must be uploaded:
-Portrait photo (4x6cm): Looking straight and without glasses. White Background
-Passport data page: Full page including photo, personal information and ICAO lines.

Write your full name as it appears in the ICAO line of your passport data page.

It also depends on the selected “Processing time” when you submit your request on the websitehttps://evisa-viet.com/applicant/. This fee includes both the Vietnam government’s fee and our service fee. According to that, the Vietnam government’s fee is as follows:

  • Single-entry e-visa: 25 USD
  • Multiple-entry e-visa: 50 USD

We use PayPal as a third-party payment gateway to facilitate our services. If you already have a PayPal account, you can transfer the fee directly from your account. If you don’t have a PayPal account, you can still make payments and transfer money through this platform using Visa or Mastercard credit cards.

If your e-visa is not approved because you are on Vietnam’s legal blacklist due to previous violations of the law, or if your country is not eligible for e-visa issuance at that time, we will refund your fee, excluding the Vietnam government fee and the PayPal transfer fee (if applicable).

If your e-visa is not approved for technical reasons or if there are errors in the e-visa result, we will refund 100% of the fee to you, excluding the PayPal transfer fee (if applicable).

Please Check List of Countries Ineligibled HERE

E-Visa holders can enter and exit Vietnam through any checkpoint in 33 international checkpoints.
To check more information, visit our Vietnam E-visa website.

E-Visa holders must present the printed E-visa and valid passport at the checkpoint.

The validity period of your E-visa begins from the date specified in your approved E-visa document. You can enter Vietnam on any date within this validity period.

You must complete a newVietnam E-visa application. The previous E-visa application will be cancelled once the new E-visa is issued

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