Vietnam visa for Swedish passengers is not mandatory? Vietnam has offered the visa waiver program for Sweden citizens up to 15 days.
Why and when Vietnam visa for Swedish passengers is not necessary?
Why Swedish citizens do not need Vietnam visa?
At the moment, citizens of Sweden are able to visit 130 other countries and territories without applying visa in advance. Similarly, Sweden passengers are eligible to visit Vietnam without visa.
Further, this visa waiver program for Sweden is derived from the degree 99/NQ-CP. In this degree, Vietnam Government has approved not only for Sweden but also Russia, Denmark, Norway as well as Japan, Korea and Finland. In terms of period, this Vietnam visa waiver program lasts for 5 years from 01st Jan, 2015 to 31st Dec 2019. As a result, all citizens from Sweden do not need Vietnam visa for Swedish passengers.
Not only that, in case Sweden passengers have their wife/ husband who stemmed from Vietnam (Vietnamese citizens), they then are able to gain 5 year visa exemption. The procedure of 5 year-visa exemption requires: application form, marriage certificate.
Importantly, Sweden tourists need to obtain a passport which is valid more than 6 months and a gap of at least 30 days between 2 free-entries is obligatory so as to gain the free-visa policy.
When Swedish citizens need Vietnam visa for Swedish passengers?
In case you are holding a Sweden passport but the validity is less than 6 months. Or Sweden passengers need to enter and visit Vietnam for many times during a specific period of time.
If you have a plan to work in Vietnam for more than 15 days, you need to apply Vietnam working visa/ Vietnam business visa so as to work in Vietnam legitimately.
How many ways to get Vietnam visa for Swedish passengers to stay longer 15 days?
There are 3 legal methods in order to gain Vietnam visa for Swedish passengers:
- Vietnam visa on arrival ( get pre-approval letter and pick up Vietnam visa at Vietnam airports)
***Though Visa on arrival is not a paperwork derived from Embassy but it is legitimated by law.
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 Swedish passengers at Embassy
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.
Even this way brings to you Vietnam visa in advance but you have to show many complicated documents and certificates such as: invitation letter from an organization or an individual in Vietnam, proof of entry purpose, application form and 2 passport photos in the size of 4×6 cm.
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Swedish passengers are able to gain Vietnam electronic visa
Sweden is 1 out of 40 countries eligible in applying Vietnam electronic visa according to the degree 07/2017/ND-CP and effective from 01st Feb 2017. Electronic visa is much more convenient for those who want to enter Vietnam by crossing landing border as well as via sea-port while Visa on arrival is valid at international airports only. By holding electronic visa, passengers are able to get Vietnam visa at 8 airports and 13 landing ports as well as 7 sea-ports.
The whole procedure is simple: applicants just need to send passport scan as well as one passport photo and send to: [email protected]. The process takes 48 hours to get Vietnam electronic visa back via email.
Vietnam Embassy in Älvsjö, Sweden – Vietnam Ambassad
Address: Örby slottsväg 26, 125 71 Älvsjö, Sweden
Tel: 46-8-5562 1077
Work hours: from Monday to Friday, 9.30 -12.00 PM, 14.30-16.00 PM
Useful information you need to know – Vietnam säkerhet – Få viktig information
1. Check your passport’s validity
There are so many passengers who miss-understand that as long as their passports are valid more than 6 months at the point of time they apply visa. This may make them face to problem at the airport when they are unable to check in according to the air-line regulations.
2. Study whether you need Visa or not
There are some countries accept for tourists to make Visa at the airport without applying in advance. However, Vietnam has not offered this policy yet. In case you visit Vietnam without visa, you have to leave out of Vietnam less than 24 hours.
3. Prepare stamping fee in case
This matter sounds simple but passengers may meet problem if they use Visa on arrival and the think that they are able to pay for the stamping fee by credit card. There is no ATM or cashier machine before passing throughout the Immigration desk. Furthermore, credit card is not acceptable at the visa landing counter.