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Visa overstay in Vietnam is the cases in which foreign citizens enter Vietnam with a visa exemption certificate, a temporary residence card for foreign settlement, a visa stamped at the Embassy or an entry letter at the airport to enter Vietnam. Overstaying the time allowed from 1 day onwards is called overstay visa. For more information, please refer to the article: Penalty for overstay Vietnam visa? (2023 updated)

1. The most popular ways to apply for a Vietnam visa for foreigners today

Option 1: Submit documents at the Vietnamese embassy or consulate in your country

For this visa application, you can apply for many types of visas and are affixed directly to your passport. But to successfully apply for a visa, you need to prepare a lot of documents, for busy people, this application will be very difficult because it takes time to prepare documents. Having to wait for the embassy/consulate to review the application for a long time, it is not easy to get a visa, the risk of not being granted a visa is also quite high. (The common reason is often lack of documents, not proving or meeting the necessary conditions.)

In case your country does not have an embassy/consulate of Vietnam. You can prepare all documents and submit them at the Vietnamese embassy/Vietnamese consulate in the neighboring country near your country.

Option 2: Apply for a visa directly at the international border gate in Vietnam

This visa application is usually applied to tourists entering Vietnam to travel organized by an international travel company in Vietnam, or visit a seriously ill relative, attend a funeral, etc. To get approval from the competent authority. For visa issuance, you need to prepare all documents and have to go through 4 steps at the border gate, waiting for the approval of the application and receiving the results. There are almost very few foreign nationals who choose this method to apply for a visa, because the chances of getting a visa are not too high, the control officer may refuse to let you enter if you feel suspicious. It will cost you time and airfare if your visa is denied.

Option 3: Apply for an entry letter

First of all, to know how to apply for an entry letter, you should refer to the article below to know what an entry letter is? How to get an entry visa to Vietnam?

After reading the above article, you will know the entry letter, which is a certificate of acceptance of Vietnam visa. You just need to print it out, when you arrive at the Vietnam international border gate and present it, you will be stamped by the visa officer in your passport and enter Vietnam with the time limit in the entry letter. Many foreign nationals who want to apply for a Vietnam visa have chosen this solution through our service. The cost is not too expensive compared to the cost of visa application in other ways, our service is reputable, quality, fast processing for you. 100% guarantee will get an official letter for you to enter Vietnam

Option 4: Apply for an e-visa online

For this way of applying, not all citizens of any country can apply. From February 1, 2017, this policy began to apply to 40 countries to pilot electronic visa issuance. If you want to apply for this e-visa, you should refer to the article below.

If your country is on the list of countries allowed to apply under this form, prepare all the documents and documents to fill out the online form. But you should note that this application also has its limitations. It is very easy to be refused a visa if the information is incorrect or incorrect, the fee will not be refunded, and you will have to wait longer for approval than other ways of applying.

In addition to the above popular ways to apply for a Vietnam visa, you should refer to the article below to know more about which countries are exempt from Vietnam visa with a term.

2. How many types of visas are there for foreigners?

– Tourist visa  (Visa symbol is issued DL)

– Commercial Visa (Visa symbol is issued DN)

– Business visa, visit relatives  (Visa symbol is issued VR or TT)

– Work visa  (Sign of visa granted LD)

3. Penalty for overstay Vietnam visa? (2023 updated)

How is the Vietnam visa overstayed?

Vietnam Visa is a visa approved by the Immigration Department of Vietnam for foreigners to enter and stay short-term in Vietnam for the purpose of tourism, work, visiting relatives, investment, etc. Currently, the duration of the Vietnam visa allows foreigners to stay for no more than 90 days with a period of 1 month and 3 months.

Thus, it can be understood that an overdue visa means that you are still staying in Vietnam but have exceeded the visa period granted on entry, and you have not submitted an application to apply for an additional period of stay. Those cases are classified as illegal stay, violating the Immigration Law in Vietnam.

What is the penalty for overstaying a visa in Vietnam? How is the influence?

As analyzed above, overstaying the visa is classified as illegal stay, violating the law. And according to the Immigration Law of Vietnam and Circular 167, foreigners who overstay their visas in Vietnam will be subject to administrative fines. The penalty for overstaying the visa depends on the short or long overstay period. As follows:

 + Expiry, overstay visa from 1 to 10 days: 1,250,000 VND

 + Overdue visa 1 month: 4,000,000 VND

 + Overdue visa over 1-3 months: 10,000,000 VND

 + Overdue visa for 3 months or more: fine from 16,000,000 VND

 + Violations for 8 months or more will be fined from several tens of millions of dollars.

 + Foreigners residing in Vietnam without permission from competent authorities: A fine of from VND 30,000,000 to VND 40,000,000

After paying the main penalty with the visa overstay penalty fee. If the case is mild, you can apply for a visa extension to stay in Vietnam for a short period of time. But with serious cases, visas overstayed for many days, illegal entry, foreigners are forced to exit or deport back home. Even banned from re-entry for a definite or permanent time, the dossier is blacklisted according to the provisions of Vietnamese law.

So what to do when the visa is overstayed in Vietnam?

First, it is necessary to "prevention is better than cure", in order to avoid overstay of visa before intending to enter the country, tourists should consider depending on the purpose of the trip that they choose to apply for a visa with a corresponding time limit. Or, after entering the country, if you want to stay longer, you need to extend your visa, or apply for a temporary residence card.

In case foreigners have overstayed their visas in Vietnam, there will be 2 solutions:

Option 1: Extend visa if the time is too short:

In case you are only overdue for less than 5 days at a mild level, after paying the full fine, if you still want to stay in Vietnam, apply for a visa extension. To apply for a visa extension or a new visa, you can apply directly at the Immigration Department to resolve overstay status, as well as apply for a visa extension.

Dossier to apply for a Vietnam visa extension includes:
 + Original passport valid for more than 6 months
 + Visa extension application form (NA5)
 + For foreigners entering Vietnam on a working basis, a guarantee application from a Vietnamese enterprise or organization, labor contract, and a temporary residence card is required.
 + In case of new visa issuance, foreigners must add passports and photos.
 + To extend a Vietnam visa for children, it is necessary to have a birth certificate, a guarantee form of a Vietnamese parent.

Option 2: Exit from Vietnam. When you want to return to Vietnam, apply for a re-entry visa.
In cases where foreigners who have overstayed their visas in Vietnam are on the "black list" they will be banned from entering Vietnam for 5 years. When the ban period expires, they will be allowed to re-enter Vietnam in accordance with the law.
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