Vietnam visa extension for foreigners stranded by coronavirus

Due to public health measures to limit the spread of Covid-19, all international travel at this time is suspended. Thereby, many foreigners must extend their stay in Vietnam and wait patiently until the virus outbreak is curbed. Understanding the difficulties that the foreign visitors have to face, the Vietnam immigration department has created favorable conditions allowing foreigners to apply for Vietnam visa extension directly at one of immigration offices. If you are confused with extension procedures or wish to avoid close contact in public places, you can also have the travel agencies extend your visa; of course, for a small service fee.

You may have heard about Vietnam visa renewal and wondered what it is. Generally, visa renewal has the same function as visa extension, extending the time on your visa. If a person requests the visa extension, he will be granted a stamp of single entry stating the extended period. With visa renewal, he will receive a new visa STICKER that is good for multiple entries within the stay of extension.

How early can you extend your visa?

You should extend your visa 1 week of your visa expiring. If extending too early, the extended period will count from the date your application is approved. In order to have a full 1-month, 2-months or 3- month stay starting from the end date of the current visa, we advise you to start application no earlier than 10 days before the visa expires.

How many times can you extend your visa?

It is possible to have your visa extended several times. Due to the impact of coronavirus on travel for travelers, we believe that the government will accept your extension requests until the travel bans are removed.

What are requirements to extend visas at the immigration office?

• Application form for stay extension NA5 (available at the office)
• Passport
• Extension fees (cash)

Submission time: From Monday to the morning of Saturday

Processing time: 5 working days

Passport collection: Monday to Friday

Below is address of immigration offices in the 3 biggest cities:

• Hanoi: 44-46 Tran Phu Street, Ba Dinh District. Tel.: 024.3825.7941
• Ho Chi Minh: 333-337 Nguyen Trai Street, District 1. Tel.: 028.3920.2300
• Da Nang:7 Tran Quy Cap Street, Hai Chau Ward. Tel.: 0236. 382.2381

Important note:

Please contact the immigration in advance before you visit their office to make sure they still accept applications from individuals.

We advise people holding business visas not to submit visa extension application in person at the immigration office unless your visa was obtained under the sponsorship of your employer. Those who obtained business visas through travel agencies had better apply for the extension with us, Vietnam Visa Easy. Please visit our FB page for customer feedback on our services: https://www.facebook.com/VisaVietnamEasy/:

What benefits you will have when using VVE’s visa extension service:

• Guaranteed visa results (We commit 90% success rate. None of our customers are rejected visa extension so far)
• Free passport pickup-delivery on the time period and place you ask for (available in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Haiphong). If you live in other cities and provinces, we recommend you using EMS express service to send the passport to our office in HCM. The EMS service is the most secure and affordable.
• 24/7 support via phone calls, live chat, email…
• Fees will be paid later once the visa was extended successfully
• Flexible payment method

What are requirements for the visa extension?

We only require your passport to do visa processing. Nothing else is needed.

Passport pickup: anytime from Monday to Saturday

Processing time: 7-10 working days

Passport delivery: anytime on your demand

Steps to apply for an extension

1. Send passport copy and visa sticker, stamp entry to support@vietnamvisa-easy.comfor us to get visa information
2. Get the quote
3. Confirm your time and address for an arrangement of passport pickup
4. Receive your passport back pay the fee (cash, bank transfer or credit payment)

Contact us:

Hotline: +84 86 99 77 366

Email: support@vietnamvisa-easy.com

Thank you very much for your time and we wish you stay health during coronavirus outbreak. If you need any advice on the Vietnam visa extension, just feel free to let us know.