Vietnam visa for Croatian citizens
Croatian citizens can stay in Vietnam visa-free for less than 45 days. Those who wish to stay in Vietnam for more than 45 days, or whose passports are valid for less than 6 months, will need a visa. Normally, a Vietnam visa for Croatian citizens can be arranged within 2 working days. However, in an urgent situation, Croatian travellers can obtain a visa within 1-2 hours through our emergency visa service.
Do the Croatian citizens need visa to Vietnam?
No, Croatian citizens don’t need a Vietnam visa for the stay of less than 45 days
Croatian citizens are included in the visa exemption list; therefore, all the Croatian passport holders don’t need to a Vietnam visa for stays of no longer than 45 days. However, if the travelers wish to stay in Vietnam more than 45 days, they will need a visa.
How to get a Vietnam visa for the Croatian citizens?
There are several options for Croatia passport holders applying for Vietnam visa at present. See below details of each option:
1. Apply for a Vietnam visa on arrival
The Croatia passport holders can apply Vietnam visa on arrival from anywhere outside of Vietnam and pickup visa upon arrival airports in Vietnam by showing up the printed approval letter.
The approval letter will be sent to your email within 2 working days (normal service), 2 – 4 working hours (super urgent/urgent service) or even 1 hour (emergency service) depending on which option you chose when submitting an online visa application.
At present, visa on arrival is the good way for Croatian travelers to get a Vietnam visa, however it is available for those traveling Vietnam by air only. Applying visa on arrival is much faster and cheaper than applying visa at the Vietnam Embassy or Consulate in Croatia and more flexible than e-visa.
By using the Vietnam visa on arrival service, the Croatian citizens don’t have to wait too long to get a visa approval letter from the Vietnam Immigration Department which gives them permission to enter Vietnam.
| UPDATE The Vietnam visa on arrival process has been changed since the Vietnamese government re-opened the borders for the tourists on March 15, 2022 after a two-year border closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. At present, the visa on arrival is an altenative to the e-visa in case you need to enter Vietnam urgently but your e-visa application is pending or needs to amend at the last minutes, when you are about to board the plane to Vietnam. Moreover, visa on arrival is applicable for those who travel Vietnam by airplane via the international airports only. If you travel Vietnam via land border gates or sea port you should apply for a Vietnam e-visa instead; |
2. Apply for e-visa for Vietnam
This is new pilot visa system which has just official launched in February 2017 and the Croatian citizens are eligible for Vietnam e-visa. In order to apply for e-visa for Vietnam, the Croatian citizens will need to prepare a file of passport photo and recent taken photo (it should present your full face, front view, eyes open without glasses, background should be plain light colored or white).
Vietnam e-visa is good for those who travel Vietnam less than 30 days by bus, train, air plane or cruise ship. The e-visa fee would be paid when the Croatian applicants make a visa application, thus no cash is required at arrival ports.
Now, there are several countries whose citizenship are eligible for e-visa up to now. Please see full list here.
When applying for e-visa for Vietnam, please note that:
- E-visa is single entry and valid for maximum 30 days;
- Payments for e-visa applications are non-refundable;
- The applicants should check the information on e-visa again the passport to make sure there is no mistake;
- The applicants have to determine the arrival border gates or airports when applying for e-visa. Changing of arrival ports after submitting e-visa is not allowed.
Vietnam e-visa fee
| Visa type | Cost per person (USD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal service (3 - 5 working days) | Rush service (2 working days) | Urgent service (1 working day) | Emergency service (4 working hours) | Last minutes service (2 hours service) |
|
| 30 days single entry tourist visa (e-visa) | $ 45 | $ 95 | $ 125 | $ 165 | $ 215 |
| Stamping fee | Not required | Not required | Not required | Not required | Not required |
How to apply for an urgent e-visa for Vietnam?
Step 1: Fill the visa application form then submit the files of passport data page and portrait photo.
Step 2: Pay the visa fee using your credit cards or PayPal.
Step 3: Receive an e-visa in 3 – 5 working days (normal service), or maximum 1 – 2 working days (urgent service) or even 2 – 4 working hours (emergency service).
Step 4: Print out the e-visa, bring along with your passport to get on the plane and present at the immigration counter to get entry into Vietnam.
3. Apply for Vietnam visa directly at the Vietnamese Embassy or Consulates
Those who want to get a Vietnam visa beforehand or who want to travel to Vietnam by land or sea, can go to the Vietnamese Embassy to apply for visa directly.
However, Vietnam hasn’t established the embassy in Croatia therefore the Croatian citizens and the foreigners living in Croatia may apply for visa in person at the Vietnam Embassy in neighboring countries: Austria, Hungary and Italy.
The direct application procedure may sometimes not sound convenient, as there are intricacy along the way including:
– Long queues at the embassy during peak seasons as a result of tens of visa applicants that turn out for the procedure.
– The service is not applicable during holidays and weekends as embassies are usually closed.
– The service is not always available as some embassies operate at a few hours on working days.
– Visa applicants having to travel from their countries to foreign nations may incur high travel costs.
The best alternative to acquiring the Vietnam visa for Croatia is the online application for visa on arrival.