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Once you are in Vietnam, you can choose between extending your visa or renewing your visa to prolong your stay depending on your travel needs. These two types can be processed by yourself or by a local travel agency. In this article, we will provide you the information about how to renew/ extend your visa without leaving Vietnam and the related documents.
Vietnam visa extension refresh your visa’s validity with the maximum extending time according to your current holding visa. Extending your visa allows you to have longer staying permission in Vietnam. This process has to be conducted while your Vietnam visa is still valid and it usually takes 5 – 7 working days to finish (not included Saturday, Sunday and Vietnam holidays).
Vietnam immigration department allows every individual to submit visa extension at immigration offices or submit through travel agency. The procedure for submitting directly at immigration department will take more time and the required documents are more complicated:
In case you submit Vietnam visa extension request through travel agency, you only need to submit your original passport + current visa. That is the good point for those who are not familiar with administrative procedures.
You can issue a Vietnam visa renewal if you want to extend your stay in Vietnam by another type of visa. You can get a 3 months validity from your current 1-month visa. You can also change single entry into multiple entry visa or vice versa. The cost for Vietnam visa renewal is normally more expensive than visa extension because you will issue a new type of visa. Unlike visa extension, you will get a new page sticker visa on your passport as a new valid visa. Vietnam visa renewal can be processed both in tourist and business type.
Unlike visa extension, visa renewal must be done through travel agency. The procedure for getting a visa renewal in immigration office is super complicated and the applicants must do via travel agency/ sponsor in Vietnam. The required documents when processing through travel agency will be simplified: only original passport and current visa are required.
For those who submit visa extension through Vietnam immigration office, you should prepare full required documents above, then directly come to these below addresses for submission:
Normally it takes 5 – 7 working days for 1 month visa extension and 10 working days for 3 months visa extension.
For those who submit visa extension and visa renewal through local visa agency, you can contact through email info@vietnam-evisa.com to set up appointment. The staff will come to your address to pick up passport and process your visa extension. It takes 2 – 5 working days to process a visa extension through visa agency and you will get back passport after your visa extension/renewal is approved.
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