The Government has sent requests to allow foreign tourists to extend their visa
The Vietnamese Vice Prime Minister joins in to help solving problems in extending visas for foreign tourists.
The time limit for extending visas can be adjusted to be suitable for different tourism purposes but cannot be extended for more than 15 days, and foreign tourists can only extend their tourist visas for one time only.
The Vietnamese Vice Prime Minister has requested the Ministry of Public Security to take the lead in the action with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism along with some involved offices in examining and then solving the problem of extending visas for foreign tourists in the group that doesn’t require a visa to Vietnam, and have a need to extend their stay in Vietnam for more than 15 days, but only if they are under the guarantee and management of some international tourism offices, and have return tickets.
The time limit for extending visas can be adjusted to be suitable for different tourism purposes but cannot be extended for more than 15 days, and foreign tourists can only extend their tourist visas for one time only.
Besides that, The Vietnam government has also requested to issue visas at the border gates for foreign tourists in the group that doesn’t require a visa to Vietnam, who after entering to Vietnam, continue their trip to a third country, then return to Vietnam in the time between 30 days, if the foreign tourists have the plane tickets as proof of going out of Vietnam border. The time limit for extending tourist visa in this case can be adjusted to be suitable for their plane tickets, but cannot be over 15 days.
The Vietnamese Vice Prime Minister has also requested the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in strengthening the action of checking and inspecting international tourism companies about how they proceed to guarantee and manage their foreign tourists in extending their tourist visas; and have plans of applying legal financial penalties to any wrongful actions of those companies.
Along with that, is to examine and construct, and then submit the project of founding a fund to support tourism to the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, which includes the project’s plan, how it works, suggested financial resources, and how the fund will be managing its resources.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security in researching the tourism market to put forward an expanded list of countries that should receive a Free visa policy, they should be at first, the countries that are having a potentially good amount of tourists coming to Vietnam regularly, or having good business association with Vietnam, then submit it to the government on June 2015.
The Vietnam Ministry of Finance will put the tension in finishing the new adjustment law of collecting and submitting the arrival, exit and transit visa or documents’ fee, in order to make it more suitable and easier for foreign tourists to come to Vietnam, then submit the plan to the government.
Have a nice day!
Vietnam Visa Team (Vietnam-Immigration.Net)
