Vietnam visa for Japanese citizens is not necessary? Japanese is eligible to enter Vietnam without Visa according to the visa-waiver program.
Japanese passengers are eligible to enter Vietnam without Vietnam visa for Japanese citizens
Japan is belonging to the Visa waiver program in which Vietnam singed by itself as the Unilateral Agreement. By this policy, Vietnam has offer free-entry visa for Japan, South Korea, Sweden as well as Norway and Russia together with Finland. Therefore, Vietnam visa for Japanese citizens is not required for Japanese who intend to stay in Vietnam less than 15 days.
Not only that, this policy is valid for tourist and business purpose as well as the means of transportation which passengers use to enter Vietnam.
More interestingly, Japanese passport holder who obtains an APEC Business travel card does not have to submit Vietnam visa for Japanese citizens, she/he is able to stay in Vietnam up to 60 days without Vietnam visa.
Conditions to adapt the Visa waiver policy:
+ Stay in Vietnam less than 15 days.
+ Have not come back within 30 days from the last exit date of Vietnam.
+ Obtain a valid passport which is more than 6 months.
When Japanese passengers need Vietnam visa for Japanese citizens?
+ Japanese applicants who have a plan to stay more than 15 days or will enter and leave out of Vietnam for many times.
+ Obtain a passport which is valid less than 6 months.
+ Come back Vietnam within 30 days from the last entry date.
How many ways to get Vietnam visa for Japanese citizens?
There are 3 legal methods in order to gain Vietnam visa for Japanese citizens:
- Apply online ( get pre-approval letter and pick up Vietnam visa at Vietnam airports)
First of all: fill-in your information directly at: https://www.vietnam-visaonline.org/visa-services-apply.html
After that: we will send you the approval letter from the Immigration department within 24 hours (normal service). It takes 4-8 hours for urgent service and less than 30 minutes for emergency case.
Final step: print out the approval letter we sent you to gain Visa sticker onto your passport at Vietnam airports.
- Apply Vietnam visa for Japanese citizens at Embassy
The procedure at Embassy takes at least 5- 7 working days. Once documents are possessed, you will gain a fully stamp Visa on your passport in advance.
- Japanese passport holders are able to get Vietnam electronic visa
The Prime Minister of Vietnam has approved for the electronic visa system which costs up to 9 million USD. By this, Japanese is eligible to get electronic Visa to enter Vietnam throughout 13 landing borders, 7 sea-ports and 8 international airports while Visa on arrival is eligible at 3 airports: Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi and Da Nang airport.
The procedure: sending out your passport scan as well as your passport photo to email address: [email protected], you will receive the result after 2 working days.
Vietnam Embassy in Tokyo, Japan
Address: 50-11 Motoyoyogicho, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-0062, Japan
Tel: +81 3-3466-3311
Working hours: 9.30 -12.00 PM, 14.30-17.00 PM
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