Do Ugandan citizens need Vietnam visa?

Vietnam immigration policies regulated that almost the residents of the countries must have Vietnam visa prior to arriving Vietnam, except the citizens of Vietnam visa exemption countries. You should check carefully if you are in the Vietnam visa exemption list or you are obligated to apply for a Vietnam visa before entering country.

Is Vietnam visa required for Ugandan citizens?

"Yes, Ugandan citizens do need a visa to enter Vietnam"

Visa is one of the many things for which Ugandan citizens need to prepare before traveling to Vietnam.

From Uganda, the applicants may apply for Vietnam visa by 3 options:

• Apply for a Vietnam e-visa to stay in Vietnam for 90 days maximum with a single or multiple entry. Vietnam e-visa is applicable for all the nationalities including the Ugandan citizens. Normally, it takes 3 - 5 working days to complete an e-visa application. Sometimes it takes up 15 working days if the visa application need to be further verified by the Vietnam Immigration Department.
  If you don't want to wait too long, you can start applying an urgent e-visa with us to receive the visa within 1 working day or even 4 working hours. It is greatly useful in case you need to travel Vietnam urgently or your granted e-visa contains a mistake and you need to repair it at the last minutes.
  If you have a visa application and it is pending after amendment, we can help you speed up the process and get it done in time. In this case, please provide us with the visa registration number, email address and the selected entry port.
• Get a visa on arrival within 3 - 5 working days or just just a few hours with our rush Vietnam visa. It is beneficial for those whose e-visa application is pending or denied at very last minutes. However, visa on arrival is applicable for the entries via airport only. See more how it works.

  When applying for Vietnam visa on arrival, there is NO document and original passport required. The applicants just need to provide the visa information by filling in the online application form with full name, gender, date of birth, nationality and passport number. A letter of approval issued by the Vietnam Immigration Department will be delivered via email at a given time.

• Get a traditional Vietnam visa from Vietnam Embassy or Consulate in Uganda and it takes 3 - 5 working days
  Required documents for Vietnam Embassy visa application include original passport, application form attached with 1 photo and visa fees.

Uganda is considered a "sensitive nation" due to some reasons. Thus, the citizens of Uganda are subject to higher processing fee (from US$125 - US$225 per visa, exclude the stamping fee). If you take too much effort in applying for Vietnam visa at the Vietnam Embassy in Uganda or in neighboring countries but it is unsuccessful finally then we are pleased to help!
Below information and documents are required to process Vietnam visa on arrival for Ugandan:
- Your passport copy;
- Your round trip air ticket (or arrival airport information).
Learn more about Vietnam visa exception.

If you have any further queries, comments or feedback, please kindly call us by phone/whatsapp +84-912-685-141 or send an email to vietnamvisabooking@gmail.com. We are happy to assist you at our best.

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