The Visa Approval Letter is the letter approved, signed and red sealed by the Vietnam Immigration Department (Vietnam Government) that allows you to enter and exit Vietnam for a given time period. You are required to have for Vietnam Approval Letter before departure to board the plane and pick up your visa on arrival at any of the four international airports of Vietnam. These airports include:
Tan Son Nhat Airport (Ho Chi Minh)
Noi Bai Airport (Ha Noi)
Da Nang Airport
Cam Ranh Airport (Nha Trang)
Normally, The Vietnam Immigration Department processes a lot of applications. It is common and legal to get Visa Approval Letter with several names of applicants applying at the same time. If you feel uncomfortable with this kind of shared letter, we offer you to apply for a visa on arrival with the option of “Private Letter” to get your Approval Letter for only yourself or your group without other strange names on it. Each application will pay an extra fee amount of 5 $ to get a private Visa Approval Letter. Please notice that if you do not choose the “Private letter” option, you will receive a shared Approval Letter and we cannot change anything after your application is processed.
Upon arrival, the Immigration Officer will check the details of the Approval Letter based on your passport and travel documents. Please make sure that you fill in the application with the correct information as your passport.
The Approval Letter cannot be amended once we already processed the application, you are required to apply for a new letter in case you wish to update your information.
You cannot travel without an Approval Letter. The Approval Letter is a compulsory requirement for Vietnam Visa On Arrival. In order to board the plane, you have to present the Approval Letter to the airlines and to the Immigration Officer at Vietnam Airport for getting Visa Stamp.