All travelers must have a passport valid for 6 months after their planned exit from Vietnam. Most visitors to Vietnam require a visa to enter the country.

Nationals from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland traveling to Vietnam and staying for 15 days or less no longer need to apply for entry visas, provided that their passports are valid for at least three months and they can show their return ticket. Those who wish to stay longer than 15 days will need to apply for a visa.

Tourists holding Thai, Indonesian, Lao, Malaysian and Singaporean passports do not need a visa for a visit up to 30 days. Philippines passport holders do not need a visa for a visit up to 21 days. Japanese and South Korean passport holders do not need a visa for a visit up to 15 days.

A tourist visa is a single entry visa which means that if you exit Vietnam, you will require a new tourist visa to re-enter. A visa requested as a multi-entry at embassies abroad is often issued as a single entry; please double-check your visa stamp in passport to prevent any misunderstanding. Multiple entry visas can be arranged on arrival on request.

There are 2 ways to obtain a visa:

• Case 1: Visa before arrival

Bring the "approval letter," your passport and two recent passport-sized photos to the Vietnamese Embassy or Consulate. The person collecting the visa must also complete two application forms at the embassy or consulate. A visa stamping fee is charged by the Vietnamese embassy or consulate. Fees vary from one country to another. Exotissimo Travel charges a service fee to obtain your "approval letter' from the Vietnamese Immigration Department if you do not book other services with us.

• Case 2: Pre-arranged Visa on arrival at HAN, HCMC or DNG International Airports and Moc Bai

Please bring "Visa pick-up upon arrival approval letter" with you and show it at airline check-in counter otherwise you will not be allowed to board. On arrival in Vietnam, proceed to the Visa on Arrival counter. You will be asked to fill one more form, give 2 photos and pay USd25/person in cash before the visa is stamped into your passport and before going through passport control.

Before departure, prepare some bank notes in USD to clear visa stamping fees on arrival. On arrival, Exotissimo Travel charges a service fee of USD 10 per applicant to obtain your "visa picking up upon arrival approval letter" from the Vietnamese Immigration Department.

For both cases we can facilitate the visa application and obtain the necessary visa approval from the Vietnamese Immigration Department. We need the following details from all applicants:

• Full name as it appears in your passport
• Date of birth DD/MM/YY
• Gender
• Passport number
• Issue date and expiry date of your passport
• Place of issue (e.g. Paris, France)
• Case 1: Location where you collect the visa, e.g. Vietnam embassy in Paris.
• Case 2: Arrival date and flight number (e.g. 24th of March 2006 by Vietnam Airlines flight VN532) and Port of entry (e.g. Ho Chi Minh City, Tan Son Nhat airport)

The approval process usually takes about 5 working days.

We will send you the official document issued by the Vietnamese Immigration department. In Case 1 it is an "Approval letter", in case 2 it is a "Visa pick-up upon arrival approval letter".

Note: All the above information may change without prior notice. It is still your responsibility to double-check whether or not you are subject to a tourist visa for Vietnam.sax