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Thứ Tư, 11 tháng 3, 2020

LIST OF COUNTRIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VIETNAM E-VISA

Vietnam e-visa is starting to become more and more popular for foreigners planning their trips to Vietnam. But one of the most important things while preparing to apply for e-visa in Vietnam is to make sure that your country is in eligible list. In this article, we would like to provide you the list of countries that are entitled to apply for Vietnam e-visa.

In order to apply for Vietnam e-visa, foreigners have to meet the following requirements:

1. Being citizens of nations that are entitled to e-visa by Vietnam.

2. Not currently staying inside Vietnam territories.

3. Holding a valid passport.

4. Not being suspended from entering Vietnam in accordance with Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners.

Up to present, there are 80 nations and territories allowed for Vietnam e-visa, including:

§ Andorra

§ Argentina

§ Armenia

§ Australia

§ Austria

§ Azerbaijan

§ Belarus

§ Belgium

§ Brazil

§ Brunei

§ Bulgaria

§ Canada

§ Chile

§ Colombia

§ Croatia

§ Cuba

§ Cyprus

§ Czech Republic

§ Denmark

§ Estonia

§ Fiji

§ Finland

§ France

§ Georgia

§ Germany

§ Greece

§ Hungary

§ Iceland

§ India

§ Ireland

§ Italy

§ Japan

§ Kazakhstan

§ South Korea

§ Latvia

§ Liechtenstein

§ Lithuania

§ Luxembourg

§ Malta

§ Marshall Islands

§ Mexico

§ Moldova

§ Monaco

§ Mongolia

§ Montenegro

§ Myanmar

§ Nauru

§ Netherlands

§ New Zealand

§ Norway

§ Palau

§ Panama

§ Papua New Guinea

§ Peru

§ Philippines

§ Poland

§ Portugal

§ Qatar

§ Romania

§ Russia

§ Samoa

§ San Marino

§ Serbia

§ Slovakia

§ Slovenia

§ Solomon Islands

§ Spain

§ Sweden

§ Switzerland

§ Timor Leste

§ United Arab Emirates

§ United States of America

§ Uruguay

§ Vanuatu

§ Venezuela

§ Bosnia and Herzegovina

§ China (Including Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR passport holders and not apply to Chinese e-passport holders)

§ The former Yugoslav of Macedonia

§ Federated States of Micronesia

§ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Please notice that only citizens in those countries of the list above are able to apply for Vietnam e-visa. Besides that, Vietnam e-visa is valid for a maximum of 30 days with single entry. If you intend to stay in Vietnam for more than 30 days or for 30 days with multiple entries, you might want to consider on other options such as Visa on Arrival,…

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NEW REGULATION ON CHANGING VIETNAM VISA TYPE WITHOUT LEAVING VIETNAM

Due to the growth of tourism and economy, Vietnamese government is improving their administration system and visa policy to encourage foreigners coming to Vietnam, especially foreign investors. One of the most outstanding changes in the new regulation of immigration policies is to allow foreigners to change their Vietnam visa category. This indicates that foreigners who have already arrived in Vietnam are now entitled to change their visa type without leaving the country. The new regulation is supposed to take its effect from July 2020.

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CURRENT IMMIGRATION POLICIES AND THE NEW ONE ON CHANGING VIETNAM VISA CATEGORY

The current law: Subsection 1 - Article 7 of Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners 2014 (current law) stated that both single entry visa and multiple entries visa are not allowed to change their category. Therefore, if foreigners want to change their visa type, they must exit leave the country with the old visa and then re-enter Vietnam with the new one.
The new law: Taking effect from July 2020, the new regulation allows foreigners to change their Vietnam visas category without leaving the country.

WHEN CAN VISA BE CHANGED ENTRY PURPOSE?

The new regulation on changing visa type is applied under some particular circumstances, including:
Having evidence of being an investor or a representative of foreign organizations investing in Vietnam legally according to Vietnam Law;
Having evidence of being a parent, spouse or child of the person inviting or sponsoring for foreigner coming to Vietnam.
Being invited or sponsored by agencies or organizations and having work permits or certifications of not being subject to work permits issuance under the labor laws.
Entering to Vietnam by Vietnam e-visa and having work permit or certification of not being subject to Work permit issuance.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THIS NEW CHANGE?

The permission of re-purpose visa type in the new law has been welcomed widely because it removes a lot of inconvenience arising by the current law.

Firstly, this new law can reduce a great deal of time and money due to the exit and re-entry to Vietnam for changing visa type.
Secondly, this regulation is expected to encourage new investors to Vietnam regardless of their initial purposes to Vietnam.
Lastly, it helps to maintain a continuous flow of work for foreign employees in enterprises since they do not have to exit and re-enter the country for repurposing their visa anymore.

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Thứ Ba, 10 tháng 3, 2020

NEW POLICY OF VIETNAM ELECTRONIC VISAS FOR FOREIGNER FROM JULY 2020

Going abroad is the always a pleasure for a lot of people. However, beside the cost, the Visa policy in always a big concern every time you want to travel overseas. To understand your concern and to help the Vietnam tourism reach its target: To be more and more popular as a tourist destination, the Vietnamese government has bring out the easiest and most convenient type of Visa: electronic visa (e-Visa). In this article, we would like to supply you more information on New Policy of Vietnam electronic visas for foreigner from July 2020.

WHAT IS VIETNAM E-VISA?

E-visa is short for electronic visa. Vietnam E-visa is simply a visa that provided by the Vietnam Immigration Department by electronic transaction after the applicants has applied required documents on Vietnam Government’s website. E-visa Vietnam allows foreigners coming to Vietnam with different purposes such as: travelling, marriage, working, visiting, investing…

However, please note that Vietnam e-visa is valid for a maximum of 30 days with single entry. The e-visa or the electronic visa is issued through the electronic system, meaning that the entire procedure of applying for it and the process of receiving it will be carried out online.

VIETNAM E- VISA PROCEDURE

Make sure your country is entitled to apply for Vietnam e-visa

E-visa Vietnam is not applied for all countries. So far, there have been 80 countries eligible for apply Vietnam e-visa. So it is important to make sure that your country is in this list.

Vietnam e-visa requirements

To apply for Vietnam e-visa, these documents below are needed:

A passport with 06 (six) months’ validity.
A photo in .jpg format of your full passport data page.
A passport photo in .jpg format (4x6, white background, without glasses)
A valid international credit or debit card.
An email address for receiving information and result.
A temporary address within Vietnam.
Your entry and exit dates and entry and exit points/airports.

There are other important conditions that should be completed in order to get your visa:

You must be a foreigner that living outside of Vietnam.
You must not be suspended from entry into the Vietnamese territory vide the Article 21 of Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam.

How to apply?

Open the official website for Vietnam’s e-Visa Application.
Upload .jpg images of your passport data page and passport photo.
Fill up all required info from your passport data page.
Fill up all required info regarding your trip.
Pay the e-Visa fee using any of the payment methods offered.
Receive your registration code and save the number.
Receive the visa result via your email.

Important Note:

The entire period of getting your visa processed is about 2 - 3 working days in accordance to the Vietnamese calendar.
Whether your application is accepted or not, the money will not be refunded.
Organizations or legal entities in Vietnam can also invite foreigners to Vietnam with an e-visa as long as they have registered an account and e-signature as regulated by the law.

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON E-VISA VIETNAM

E- Visa Validity

Vietnam e-visa is valid for a maximum of 30 days, single entry.
The e-visa that you receive is valid across 33 international check points in Vietnam
including 8 international airports, 16 land ports and 9 international sea ports as well.
Upon entry you must first submit your passport along with your e-visa to the Passport control counter for checking in Vietnam.

Visa’s types can be changed.

The new regulations have been easing on the conversion of visas type by adding 04 circumstances upon which visa’s types, including e-visa, can be changed: “Foreigners can change their e-visa into another type in-country if they entry by electronic visas and having work permit or certification of not being subjected to work permits under the labor laws.”
The new visa shall be issued with new sign and time duration that is suitable with the purpose of conversion.

This new regulations will take its effect from July 2020.

ADVANTAGES IN GETTING E-VISA VIETNAM

The purpose of e-visa is for applicant’s convenience. It is a great improvement in the Immigration Administration. From now on, you do not need to spend so much time on applying and waiting for the visa. Also e-visa is easy and simple to apply and can be done by yourself, which means it saves more money and time for your trip to Vietnam.

Now that foreigners to Vietnam have more choices of visa application, applicants can consider their purpose and time spent for the trip in order to decide the appropriate visa type.

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LATEST POLICIES OF VIETNAM VISA FOR FOREIGNER FROM JULY 2020

The New Immigration Law No. 51/2019/QH14 (“New Visa Policies 2020”) has been passed by the National Assembly of Vietnam on 25 November 2019 and will take effect on 1 July 2020. In this article, key changes and updates on visa policies of Vietnam for foreigners include: Allowing the change of entry purpose (change visa purpose) without leaving and re-entering Vietnam; Implementing new visa types and longer visa validity for foreign investors based on the value of their contributed investment; Foreign nationals who enter Vietnam under unilateral visa waiver status will no longer be subjected to the 30-day cooling-off period between the last exit date and the next entry date as before; Additional changes to the types Vietnam visa as ĐT1, ĐT2, ĐT3, ĐT4, LĐ1, LĐ2, EV and LS Visa, etc.

We have summarized and highlighted the new updates and changes on Vietnam Visa Policy for foreigner individuals based on the New Immigration Law No. 51/2019/QH14 as below:

NEW POLICIES ON THE ISSUANCE OF E-VISA

The law has officially categorized e-visa as EV with a term of no more than 30 days. The law also provides the procedure and requirements on the issuance of e-visa for foreign nationals.

CONVERTING VISA CATEGORIES WITHOUT LEAVING AND RE-ENTERING VIETNAM

With the old regulations, in order to change the type of their visa, foreigners must exit Vietnam and re-enter the country with the new visa. However, when the new law comes into effect, foreign nationals can change their current visa category into another one without going anywhere provided that they can prove one of the following:

§ Foreigner is the investors or representatives of international organizations investing in Vietnam;

§ Foreigner is the parent, spouse or child of Vietnamese citizen who invite, sponsor him/her to Vietnam;

§ Foreigner holds a e-visa and a work permit/ exemption from work permit certificate according to the Labour Code;

§ Foreigner is invited or sponsored by a Vietnamese entity or organization to Vietnam for working and holding a work permit/ exemption from work permit certificate according to the Labour Code.

CHANGES ON VISA TYPES AND VALIDITY TERMS

Some types of visa have been added (such as LS and EV) and some are amended (mainly the visa categorized as ĐT and LĐ). The detail of new visa and their validity period is as below:

LS – issued to foreign lawyers practicing their professional in Vietnam – valid for no more than 05 years.

ĐT1 – issued to foreign investors and representatives of international organizations investing in Vietnam whose contributed capital is 100 billion VND upwards or who are investing in sectors, professions or geographical regions of investment priorities regulated by the Government – valid for no more than 05 years.

ĐT2 – issued to foreign investors and representatives of international organizations investing in Vietnam whose contributed capital is from 50 to less than 100 billion VND or who are investing in sectors, professions entitled to investment incentives regulated by the Government - valid for no more than 05 years.

ĐT3 – issued to foreign investors and representatives of international organizations investing in Vietnam whose contributed capital is from 03 billion to less than 50 billion VND - valid for no more than 03 years.

ĐT4 – issued to foreign investors and representatives of international organizations investing in Vietnam whose contributed capital is less than 03 billion VND - valid for no more than 12 months.

DN1 – issued to foreign nationals working for legal entities as regulated by Vietnamese law – valid for no more than 12 months.

DN2 – issued to foreign nationals entering Vietnam for service offering, establishing commercial presence or performing other activities as regulated by international treaties to which Vietnam is a signing party – valid for no more than 12 months.

LĐ1 – issued to foreign nationals working in Vietnam with an exemption from work permit certificate, unless otherwise is regulated by international treaties to which Vietnam is a signing party – valid for no more than 02 years.

LĐ2 – issued to foreign nationals working in Vietnam with a work permit - valid for no more than 02 years.

EV – E-visa is valid for no more than 30 days.

CHANGES ON TEMPORARY RESIDENT CARD (TRC) TYPES AND VALIDITY TERMS

Foreign nationals holding visa with category of LS, ĐT1, ĐT2, ĐT3, LĐ1 or LĐ2 are entitled to temporary resident card issuance. The categories of TRC shall be the same as the visa, namely:

LS – valid for no more than 05 years.

ĐT1 – valid for no more than 10 years.

ĐT2 – valid for no more than 05 years.

ĐT3 – valid for no more than 03 years.

LĐ1, LĐ2 – valid for no more than 02 years.

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Thứ Năm, 5 tháng 3, 2020

LATEST UPDATES ON VIETNAM VISA WAIVER POLICIES FROM JULY 2020

The new Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam which will come into effect in July, 2020 is expected to promote investment and economic growth in the country by allowing foreigners to enter and reside in Vietnam with more ease and convenience. One of the most outstanding changes with Vietnam visa policies is the visa waiver policies for some foreign nationals, according to which those visa-waived nationals will no longer be subject to a 30-day cooling-off period upon their latest exit, so they can enter and exit Vietnam freely.

In this article, we would like to bring you the Latest updates on Vietnam Visa Waiver Policies when the New Immigration Law taking effect in July 2020.

The Difference Between The Current and New Immigration Law Taking Effect On July 2020

Exit and re-enter Vietnam more easily.

Current Law: Visa-waived nationals need to wait for at least 30 days upon their latest exit before re-entering into Vietnam.
New Law: The 30 days of waiting mentioned above applied for foreigners eligible for visa-exemption by Vietnam shall be removed. Instead, those foreign nationals will be able to enter Vietnam as long as their passport is valid for at least six months, and no longer be subject to a 30-day cooling-off period upon exit. Therefore, they can come back to Vietnam at anytime they want.

Longer resident period in some specific areas

Current Law: Visa-waived nationals are normally permitted to stay up to 15 days, and 30 days for staying in special administrative – economic zones.
New Law: Foreigners with a visa-exemption now can stay no more than 30 days in special administrative – economic zones or economic coastal areas as regulated by the law. This means that there are more economic areas for those foreigners to stay in up to one month.

Countries That Are Entitled To The Vietnam Visa Waiver Program:
13 countries eligible for Vietnam’s unilateral visa waiver program include:

Belarus Finland Italy UK

France Denmark Spain

Russia Norway Sweden

Germany South Korea Japan

Advantages Of Visa-waived Nationals When New Immigration Law Taking Effect

Due to the New Immigration taking effect on July 2020, visa-waived nationals no longer need to wait for 30 days before re-entering Vietnam and can stay for longer period in some special areas. This helps foreign citizens a lot with saving time, money while staying in another country waiting to come back to Vietnam. Also, foreign citizen can be more time-decisive on their trips and plans.

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