All about emergency Vietnam visa for Austrian citizens

The Austrian citizens wishing to travel Vietnam must apply for Vietnam visa beforehand. However, for some reasons, you didn’t apply for a Vietnam visa before the departure and you get stuck at the airport. It’s time for the Austrian citizens to call us for an emergency visa Vietnam.

Do Austrian citizens need visa to Vietnam?

Yes, Vietnam visa is required for all the Austrian citizens

Austrian citizen is not included in the visa exemption list; therefore, all the Austria passport holders need to apply visa to Vietnam for either tourism or business purposes.

What do the Austrian citizens need for Vietnam visa application?

1. Passport:

The passport should satisfy following requirements:
– Have at least 2 blank pages to get visa sticky and stamp;
– Have at least 6 months validity from your date of arrival;

2. Photos:

– Have a white background;
– Be taken in the last 6 months;
– Eyes look straight on without glasses, photos should be taken clearly with the appearance of 2 ears;
– You will need to upload a colored recently taken portrait photo (4x6cm) and a passport data page photo at the Vietnam e-visa portal when applying for e-visa.

3. Printed visa approval letter (for visa on arrival):

Visa approval letter issued by the Vietnam Immigration Department via www.emergencyvisavietnam.com must be printed to present at the airports for boarding the flight and getting visa stamped. When the time for check-in is running out you may need the printer service at the airport to print out the letter. If you don’t have enough time to print the visa approval letter you can use our visa fast track service. Our staff will print the visa approval letter and pick you up right after landing.

4. Stamping fee (for visa on arrival):

– Stamping fee for visa on arrival must pay in cash (VND or USD) not by credit cards, PayPal or any online payment method;
– Other currency will be converted to USD or VND using given exchange rates;
– There is no ATM, money changer or any other way to withdraw money in the immigration hall so that cash (25 USD for single entry or 50 USD for multiple entry) must be prepared in advance.
– For e-visa, full service fee paid when you applied for a visa, so that no money is required at arrival airport;

5. Entry and exit form (for visa on arrival):

– You can download the “Entry and exit form” at our website and fill in advance to save your time at arrival airport;
– The completed form will be submitted at the visa desk along with passport, visa approval letters and stamping fee;
– Learn how to fill in the Entry and exit form.

For visa applying at the Vietnam Embassy, an application form (which you can download at the Vietnam Embassy’s website or receive at its office) and a prepaid self-addressed return envelope if you wish to receive your passport and visa sent back by mail.

How to apply for Vietnam visa for Austrian citizens?

There are several ways for the Austrian citizens applying for Vietnam visa before departure. See below for details about each option:

1. Apply for Vietnam visa on arrival

The Austria passport holders can apply Vietnam visa on arrival from anywhere outside of Vietnam. The visa will be picked up at Vietnamese airport after showing the printed visa approval letter and paying the stamping fee.

The approval letter will be sent via email within 2 working days (normal service), 8 working hours (urgent service), 4 working hours (super urgent service) or even 1 hour (last minutes service) depending on which option the applicant has chosen when submitting online application form.

How to apply for emergency Vietnam visa on arrival?

• Step 1: Make a phone call to the visa agency to ensure it is possible to arrange visa at the time you are calling. Our hotline is open 24/7 at the number +84.912.685.141 (telephone and Whatsapp) to support you
• Step 2: Once you got a confirmation that the visa can be expedited at the time of calling, you should take a copy of passport attached with the date of arrival, visa type and flight number to send to the email vietnamvisabooking@gmail.com. If you are not too hurry you can spend couple of minutes to fill out the visa application form and check the entered information carefully before you submit.
• Step 3: You will receive a link for payment from the visa agency where you can pay with credit cards, PayPal or bank wire transfer.
• Step 4: After several hours, you will receive a visa approval letter delivered to your email. You need to print out the letter, bringing with your passport, recent taken photo and stamping fee to get on the plane.
• Step 5: Upon arrival, you present all the documents at the visa counter, pay the stamping fee and get visa stamped onto passport within couple of minutes.

At present, visa on arrival is the best way 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 Austria and more flexible than e-visa.

By using the Vietnam visa on arrival service, the Austrian 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.

2. Apply for e-visa for Vietnam

This is new pilot visa system which has just official launched in February 2017. In order to apply for e-visa for Vietnam, the Australian citizens will submit a file of passport copy, recent taken photo and pay full non-refundable visa fee.

Now, there are several countries whose citizenship are eligible for e-visa. See full list here.

When applying for e-visa for Vietnam, please note that:

• There is only single entry with validity of 30 days maximum for e-visa;
• Payments for e-visa applications are non-refundable;
• The applicants should check the information on e-visa again the passport carefully to make sure there is no mistake;
• It normally takes 3 – 5 working days to complete an e-visa, but sometimes it may take longer if your visa application needs to be further verified by the Vietnam Immigration Department. If you already have your flight booked and the flight will start in next 1 – 2 days, you are suggested to select 2 working days service or even faster service of 1 working day or 4 working hours to receive an e-visa on time.

Who need an urgent e-visa Vietnam?

There are some situations that the foreigners need an urgent e-visa Vietnam:

• You applied for a normal e-visa application via the Vietnam Immigration Department’s website but it keep showing “in processing” status after a week or longer;
• You received an e-visa result but it contains errors or spelling mistakes and you don’t have enough time to apply for a new visa;
• You need to change the entry ports or the date of arrival to an earlier date
• You travel with your children who have their own passports, however you did not apply visa for the children separately but included it in the parent’s visa;
• You do not wish to take a risk of completing the e-visa application form at the last minutes with many required information and it can be entered incorrectly;

How to apply for an urgent e-visa Vietnam with us?

Step 1: Fill the visa application form and 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.

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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 in Austria to apply for visa directly:

Embassy of Vietnam in Vienna, Austria
Address: Felix Mottl – Strabe A-1190 Vienna
Phone: (612) 9327 2539
Fax: (612) 9328 1653
Email: embassy.vietnam@aon.at

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