Vietnam visa extension or renewal

Renewal

It means you have to be issued the new stamp on your passport with the new durations on its, but it has maximum for 3 months by now.

Extension

It means you will have new length of stay in Vietnam and it has also maximum for 3 months.

How to extend my Vietnam visa?

There are some steps you need to follow to apply for Vietnam visa extension:

• Please send the scans of your passport containing the original visa and current visa to our email at vietnamvisabooking@gmail.com, then we will give you a detailed advice for your specific case and the service fee as well since the visa extension varies for each case.
• After getting the suggestions from our consultant staff, you are pleased to send your passport to our office here. If you are in Hanoi, we are pleased to come in person to pick up your passport at your address on your request.
• The service will take 5 - 7 working days to complete or 3 working days in rush processing, which you are requested to pay more US$30 to normal processing service fee

You can also visit the Vietnam Immigration Department directly to apply for your visa extension. However, to avoid wasting your time and confusion about visa extension procedures, we do recommend that you should use our service instead of applying by yourself. Here below are the address of Vietnam Immigration Department in Vietnam:

In Hanoi: No. 40A Hang Bai Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
In Danang: No. 7 Tran Quy Cap Street, Da Nang
In Ho Chi Minh City: No. 254 Nguyen Trai Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam visa extension processing fee

The visa extension processing fee varies from your current Vietnam visa and type of expected visa extension.

- 15 days visa extension (applied to the UK, Spain, Italy, France and Germany passport holders entered with 15 days visa exemption): 70 USD, completed in 6 working days;
- 1 month single entry tourist visa, extended to more 1 month single entry: 150 USD, completed in 6 working days;
- 3 month single entry tourist visa, extended to more 3 month single entry: 210 USD, completed in 6 working days;
- 3 month multiple entry tourist visa, renewed to 3 month multiple entry: 320 USD, completed in 7 working days;

If you hold DN visa (business visa) currently and you would like to have it:
- Extended to more 1 month single entry: 315 USD, complete in 7 working days;
- Extended to more 3 months single entry: 345 USD, complete in 7 working days;
- Renewed to 3 months multiple entry: 445 USD; complete in 7 working days

For urgent 3 working days processing, +70 USD will be added

For overstaying, you will pay more fine fees as follows:
- About 75 USD for less than 7 days overstaying;
- About 180 USD for more than 7 days overstaying;
- About 300 USD for less than 20 days overstaying and
- About 450 USD for less than 30 days overstaying
- For more than 1 month overstaying, please contact us for details.

NOTICE

• We can assist you extending your visa if you are in Hanoi only. For other location, please contact the nearest travel agency for the help.
• As the process may take a whole week, you are advised to get your visa extended at least one week before its expiry date of your current visa
• For diplomatic, official visas, and the other visa are to be applied at your organization or business sponsor, or directly contact with Vietnam Immigration Department
• The Vietnam visa extension requires your original passport so that the extension certificate or renewed visa will be stamped onto the passport. That’s why it is a must that we have your original passport to get Vietnam visa extension for you.
• Please make sure that there are at least 2 blank facing visa pages in your passport.

Related information

• Is this visa on arrival legitimate?
• How to get Vietnam visa on arrival?
• Can people use visa on arrival when entering Vietnam by land?
• What is visa approval letter (or visa pre-approved letter in other word)?
• What is the processing time for visa approval letter?
• How do I receive my visa approval letter?
• What is normal processing and urgent processing?
• Urgent Vietnam visa processing
• Vietnam visa exemption
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