VIETNAM VISA RENEWAL

Visa is always a matter that makes foreigners confused since they cannot make difference between such many services like Visa Renewal, Visa Extension, Visa on Arrival etc. After traveling or performing business making in short-period of time (3 months), you wish to prolong your staying with purposes of business, working, investment, study, visiting relatives, traveling, or others. It is possible to issue Vietnam Visa Renewal right in Vietnam without leaving our country in order to extend your visa’s validity. For sure, the fee of Vietnam Visa Renewal service is more expensive than Visa Extension, so please consider carefully before making decision based on your budget and your plan. Don’t worry too much about procedure since it is rather simple and takes you not too much time.Today, we would like to share with all of you a guideline and some notes during processing Vietnam Visa Renewal. Do you want to explore right now? Please take a tour with us!

GENERAL INFORMATION

Renewing the Visa means that the Vietnam Immigration Department will approve a new Visa stamp on the passport with new expiry date, so you are able to stay in Vietnam until that day.

With Visa Renewal, you do not need to leave the country, because the Visa Renewal will be done while you are in Vietnam.

Your Visa must be renewed before the expired date to make sure that you will not be charged for the penalty fee of overstaying. The Visa Renewal must be applied from 5 to 7 days before the visa expiration date, and it takes 5 working days for processing.

The Visa Renewal includes following cases:

• Business Visa: can be renewed for up to 1 year maximum
• Tourist Visa: can be renewed for 3 months maximum only

*Note: The Visa Renewal length depends on the current Visa type. So, we recommend you to contact directly to our team to check your case.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VISA EXTENSION AND RENEWAL IN VIETNAM

During processing extending or renewing visa in Vietnam, you may wonder what differences between the two are. So, let’s us analyze for you as below.

Visa Extension Vietnam: means that you will have new staying duration permission in Vietnam, and this allow to stay more in Vietnam without reentering if you exit Vietnam before your visa expired. So, it means you must apply new visa if you wish to come back Vietnam after leaving. Hence the extension fee is much cheaper than Visa Renewal

In order to apply visa extension, your current visa has to meet some requirements of Vietnam Immigration Department. Your current visa type has to be correspondent to your staying extending requirement.

·         Stay in 1 more month: If your current visa is 1 month single, 1 month multiple, 3 month single or 3 month multiple entry visa, you are allowed apply to extend visa in 1 more month.

·         Stay in 3 more months: If your current visa is 3 month single or 3 month multiple entry visa, you can apply to extend visa in 3 more months

Visa Renewal: means that you are granted a new visa stamp and visa sticker paper on your passport with the new duration permission. The staying length is valid from 1 month to 1 year depending on the purpose of entry and needs. Moreover, Visa Renewal fee is higher thanVisa Extension fee because we have to pay stamping fee and visa sticker fee. Visa renewal is ready for someone who has a valid visa with visa sticker paper and visa code of DN, LD, DT, NN1, NN2, LV and DL.

CONDITIONS FOR VISA RENEWAL IN VIETNAM

To obtain Vietnam Visa Renewal, please check these following requirements whether you meet or not.

1. Providing the proof of temporary residence in Vietnam certified the local police department;
2. A valid Vietnam’s visa and passport;
3. The visa renewal application must have a sponsored company in Vietnam;
4. The duration of a visa shall be at least 30 days shorter than that of a passport or international laissez-passer.
     

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR VISA RENEWAL IN VIETNAM

Foreigners who are working, staying and having the sponsor company in Vietnam, containing a valid visa and passport marked the visa type of DN / LD / NN1 / NN2 / TT should have dossiers as follows:

1. Company’s legal entity files (notarized certified copy of business registration certificate or investment registration certificate or establish Representative Office)
2. Seal registration certificate and tax code registration certificate (if any);
3. The original passport;
4. A valid Vietnam visa;
5. Vietnam work permit (if any);
6. Visa renewal form signed and sealed by company’s legal representative
7. Original certificate of temporary residence in Vietnam (residence record);
8. In case of that foreigners accompany with their relatives, it’s required to provide the written proof of family relationships (the documents must be legalized, translated and notarized comply with the provisions of law):

• The relatives recognized as spouse must have a marriage certificate;
• The relatives recognized as children must have a birth certificate.

Processing Time: 5-7 working days

HOW TO RENEW VIETNAM VISA

To renew Vietnam Visa, you have to go through four steps:

Step 1: Prepare your documents: Based on your visa types, please kindly prepare documents before submitting

Step 2: Submit your application

You can visit Immigration office at cities or provinces near you. We give you some brief address of Vietnam Immigration office in three biggest cities:

1. In Ho Chi Minh City:

• The Ho Chi Minh City Police Department's Immigration Office: 196 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, Ward 6, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
• Ministry of Public Security Department Of Immigration: 254 Nguyen Trai Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

2. In Da Nang: 7 Tran Quy Cap, Da Nang City

3. In Ha Noi: 44-46 Tran Phu Street, Hanoi, Vietnam

Step 3: Receive the receipt and pay the service charge

Step 4: Receive your new visa  
 

If you would like to know more about this service, you can leave us your questions in the Chatbox. Here we suggest more posts you can take a look to know more about Visa service in Vietnam.

OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO VIETNAM'S VISAS AND TEMPORARY RESIDENCE CARD

• Visa Vietnam Extension
• Overview Of Visa Vietnam
• Tourist Visa For Vietnam
• Visa Approval Letter
• Airport Fast Track Vietnam
• How To Apply Vietnam Visa On Arrival
• How To Extend or Renew Visa In Vietnam
• How To Apply Vietnam's Visa For Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Iran, Parkistan, Turkey Citizens 

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