Vietnam visa for Liberian citizens is obligatory? All information Liberian passengers need to know before travelling to Vietnam
Why Vietnam visa for Liberian citizens is needed?
As the priority document before you travel to another country. Visa is as a fare besides the flight ticket which shows up whether you are able to visit a country legitimately or not. Some countries have bilingual agreements with Vietnam Government in which their citizens can enter Vietnam without Vietnam Visa. However, Liberia is not belonging to this list. Therefore, Vietnam visa for Liberian citizens is really necessary for all tourists from Liberia or Liberian passport holders who are living abroad.
Interestingly, Vietnam visa for Liberian citizens will not need to submit in case Liberian tourists take their flights directly to Phu Quoc Island and stay there for less than 15 days.
Similarly, if Liberian passport holders have Vietnam resident card, they also do not need to obtain Vietnam visa.
How many ways to get Vietnam visa for Liberian citizens?
There are 2 legal methods in order to gain Vietnam visa for Liberian citizens:
- Visa on arrival ( get pre-approval letter and pick up Vietnam visa at Vietnam airports)
This method is also a straight way, easy process to obtain both tourist and business Vietnam visa and has been valid since 2012.
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 Liberian citizens at Embassy
The procedure at Embassy takes at least 5- 7 working days. Once documents are under process, you will gain a fully stamp Visa on your passport in advance.
Even this way brings to you Vietnam visa in advance but you have to show many complicated documents and certificates. It requires invitation letter from an organization or an individual in Vietnam, proof of entry purpose. Other documents are also compulsory based on each visa type.
However, this way is not highly efficient because there is no Vietnam Embassy as well as the Consulate of Vietnam in Liberia until now. It will cost you so much flight and hotel cost to go to neighbor countries to apply at Embassy directly or you have to send passport via postal service.
Vietnam Embassy information for Liberian
You can find further information about Vietnam Embassy address at your nearest accommodation here.