How to get visa to Vietnam from Australia?

All Australian citizens are requried visa to Vietnam as  you are from those countries  are not in the Vietnam visa exemption list.

From Australia, you can get a visa to Vietnam by two 2 ways:

Option 1: Get online Visa to Vietnam from Australia  - 100% online application at lower cost.

Vietnam visa on arrival or online Vietnam visa has been online for almost 6 years, and it increasingly becomes the most convenient way to get visa to Vietnam from Australia as everything has been made simple from the procedure to payment methods. It seems to be the easiest way to get your Vietnam visa if Australia air travelers want to avoid the complicated procedures and bureaucracy. The Vietnam entry visa will be stamped on your passport as you pass through our immigration checkpoint

Vietnam visa on arrival is a special convenient for Australians who live far from the Vietnam Embassy/Consulate in Australia. By using this way of getting Vietnam Visa,  you are easily to get visa to Vietnam from Australia in couple of minutes with your Internet Connected computers or Wifi Enabled Mobile phones without transporation fee to enter Vietnam Embassy, without postal fee to send out the original passport

- Issuing unit: Vietnam Immigration Department through travel agency like www.govietnamvisa.com. Visa type: Vietnam tourist visa Vietnam and Vietnam business visa

- How it works?

+ You just sit at your computer/laptop for a few minutes to access www.govietnamvisa.com, fulfill the secure online application form and, make payment online

+Wait to get a pre-approval letter issued by Vietnam Immigration Department which is an official permission of getting visa upon arrival (4 hours, 1 or 2 working days)

+ Print the approval letter out together with a filled entry and exit form and 2 passport sized photos
+ Use the Vietnam Visa approval letter to get on board and get your vis stamped at arrival airport in Vietnam

The normal time to get visa to Vietnam from Australia is 2 working days or you can speed up it by using urgent Vietnam visa service (in 1 working day) or Super urgent one (just some hours).

Option 2: Get Visa to Vietnam from Australia at Vietnam Embassies

-  Issuing unit: Vietnam Immigration Department through Vietnam Embassy

- Processing time:  5 to 7 working days

Working time: Monday – Friday 9.00 am – 5.00 p.m. Vietnamese, Australian public holidays are excepted

- Your original passport required to send to:

Embassy of Vietnam in Canberra, Australia

Address: 6 Timbarra Crescent, O’Malley, ACT, 2606, Australia

Phone: 612 – 6286 6059

Fax: (612) 6286 4534

Email: vembassy@webone.com.au Canberra@au.vnembassy.org

Or Consulate General of Vietnam in Sydney, Australia

Address: Suite 205, level 2, Edgecliff Centre 203 – 233 New South Head Road, Edgecliff, NSW 2027

Phone: (612) 9327 2539

Fax: (612) 9328 1653

Email: vnconsul@ihug.com.au

NOTES for Vietnam visa requirements

• Before applying visa to Vietnam from Australia, you have  to make sure that your passport has minimum 6 month validity and at least 1 left page to stamp your Vietnam visa.
• Vietnam Visa on arrival option is ONLY applicable for Australian traveling by AIR to Vietnam.

If you have any queries about getting visa to Vietnam from Australia, please kindly visit how to apply or contact us at our Customer-Care Center 

For getting online visa to Vietnam from Australia, you  are required to pay two kinds of fee: Visa approval fee and Visa stamping fee.

1. Visa Approval Fee
You pay this fee online for us to get the visa approval letter (entrance letter) from Vietnam Immigration Department.

2. Visa Stamping fee
Upon arrival at Vietnam airport, you pay this fee directly for the Immigration officer in cash to get the official visa stamped.

To help Australians feel reliable and comfortable from their first minutes to Vietnam, Govietnamvisa now offers some efficient extra services including: Airport Speed-up, Car pick-up and visa extension service.