Visa-free days, e-visa (up to 90 days), temporary residence cards, extensions, residence declaration and overstay fines, from official sources — plus 10 hospitals with foreign-language staff and embassy contacts.
Last checked: 2026-10-24Vietnam visa extensions, temporary residence cards, residence registration, embassy contacts and 10 international hospitals in HCMC.
• South Korea, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland: 45 days visa-free, any purpose (15 Mar 2025 – 14 Mar 2028, Resolution 44/NQ-CP).
• Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland: 45 days visa-free for tourism (15 Aug 2025 – 14 Aug 2028, Resolution 229/NQ-CP).
• China, Taiwan, USA, Australia: no visa exemption. Use an e-visa (up to 90 days) or a sponsored visa.
• Overseas Vietnamese with a foreign passport, and foreign spouses or children of Vietnamese citizens: a visa exemption certificate valid up to 5 years, up to 180 days per entry.
• Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.
• Visa-free days are not extended automatically. An extension or a new visa needs a Vietnamese sponsor (company or person). Stay extension fee: 10 USD.
• The old rule of waiting 30 days outside Vietnam between visa-free entries was removed from the law in August 2023, but the e-visa website still mentions it. Border officers make the final decision.
• Who: any foreign passport holder, applying from outside Vietnam. You cannot apply while you are already in Vietnam.
• Length: up to 90 days, single or multiple entry.
• Fee: 25 USD single entry, 50 USD multiple entry.
• Time: 3 working days after a complete application and payment.
• You need: a recent 4x6 cm photo (white background, no glasses or hat, JPG under 2 MB) and a scan of your passport photo page.
• Only official website: evisa.gov.vn (Immigration Department). Many look-alike sites charge extra fees. Only addresses ending in .gov.vn are official.
• In Vietnam, a sponsor can extend your stay (form NA5, 10 USD). If you get a work permit, your sponsor can change you to a work visa.
• Who can get one: holders of work visas (LĐ1, LĐ2), investor visas (ĐT1, ĐT2, ĐT3), family visas (TT: spouse and children under 18 of visa holders, or the parent, spouse or child of a Vietnamese citizen), students (DH), journalists (PV1) and some others. From 1 July 2026 also UĐ1/UĐ2. Not ĐT4.
• How long: workers up to 2 years; family (TT) up to 3 years; some investors and others up to 5 or 10 years. The card must expire at least 30 days before your passport.
• Fee: 145 USD (up to 2 years), 155 USD (2–5 years), 165 USD (5–10 years).
• Forms: NA6 = sponsor letter from a company. NA7 = sponsor letter from a person (for example your Vietnamese spouse). NA8 = your application, with a photo. New versions of these forms apply from 1 July 2026.
• Documents: NA6 or NA7, NA8, two 2x3 cm photos, original passport, proof of eligibility (work permit, investment papers, or marriage/birth certificate), and a valid visa of the matching type.
• Where: HCMC Police Immigration Division (PA08), 196 Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai (old District 3), Mon–Fri 7:00–11:30 and 13:30–17:00, plus Saturday morning. Apply where your sponsoring company is registered or where your sponsor lives. You can also file online at dichvucong.bocongan.gov.vn, but the passport must be sent by post.
• Time: 5 working days after a complete application.
• You cannot extend by yourself. Your sponsor (employer, company you invested in, or a Vietnamese relative) must file for you.
• Form: NA5 with your passport. Fees: stay extension 10 USD, new single-entry visa 25 USD, multiple entry up to 90 days 50 USD.
• Time: up to 5 working days, at the HCMC Police Immigration Division (PA08) or the Immigration Department.
• Changing the visa purpose inside Vietnam is allowed only for: investors, family of the sponsor (parent, spouse, child), people invited to work who have a work permit or exemption, and e-visa holders who have a work permit or exemption.
• Agencies: without a company or relative, people often use an agency that acts as the sponsor. Government fees are the same; agency fees are extra. Any promise outside the legal cases above has no legal basis, and false documents can lead to fines or deportation.
• Your hotel, guesthouse or landlord must declare you to the local police within 12 hours of your arrival.
• Give your host your passport and residence papers so they can do it.
• They can declare online at hochiminh.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn, or on paper with form NA17 at the ward police.
• A host who does not declare can be fined 3–5 million VND (1–3 people), 10–15 million VND (4–8 people), or 15–20 million VND (9 or more) under Decree 282/2025/NĐ-CP.
• Moving house? Ask your new landlord to declare you again.
Under Decree 282/2025/NĐ-CP (from 15 Dec 2025):
• Under 16 days: 500,000 – 2,000,000 VND
• 16 to 29 days: 5,000,000 – 10,000,000 VND
• 30 to 59 days: 10,000,000 – 15,000,000 VND
• 60 to 89 days: 15,000,000 – 20,000,000 VND
• 90 to 179 days: 20,000,000 – 25,000,000 VND
• 180 days to under 1 year: 25,000,000 – 30,000,000 VND
• 1 year or more: 30,000,000 – 40,000,000 VND
Serious cases can also lead to deportation, with no re-entry for 3 years. Check your visa or card expiry date and start extending early.
• South Korea, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland: 45 days visa-free, any purpose (15 Mar 2025 – 14 Mar 2028, Resolution 44/NQ-CP). • Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland: 45 days visa-free for tourism (15 Aug 2025 – 14 Aug 2028, Resolution 229/NQ-CP).
• Who: any foreign passport holder, applying from outside Vietnam. You cannot apply while you are already in Vietnam.
• Who can get one: holders of work visas (LĐ1, LĐ2), investor visas (ĐT1, ĐT2, ĐT3), family visas (TT: spouse and children under 18 of visa holders, or the parent, spouse or child of a Vietnamese citizen), students (DH), journalists (PV1) and some others. From 1 July 2026 also UĐ1/UĐ2.
• You cannot extend by yourself. Your sponsor (employer, company you invested in, or a Vietnamese relative) must file for you.
• Your hotel, guesthouse or landlord must declare you to the local police within 12 hours of your arrival. • Give your host your passport and residence papers so they can do it.
Under Decree 282/2025/NĐ-CP (from 15 Dec 2025): • Under 16 days: 500,000 – 2,000,000 VND • 16 to 29 days: 5,000,000 – 10,000,000 VND • 30 to 59 days: 10,000,000 – 15,000,000 VND • 60 to 89 days: 15,000,000 – 20,000,000 VND • 90 to 179 days: 20,000,000 – 25,000,000 VND • 180 days to under 1 year: 25,000,000 – 30,000,000 VND • 1 year or more: 30,000,000 – 40,000,000 VND Serious cases can also lead to deportation, with no re-entry for 3 years. Check your visa or card expiry date and start extending early.