Vietnam visa: I need to enter a day before valid. Problem?
Apr 10, 2009 | 11:00 am
#1
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Vietnam visa: I need to enter a day before valid. Problem?
I'm going BKK-HAN on April 30. Problem is my tour company told me we'd be entering VietNam on May 1. So my visa says May 1st entry.
Will this be a problem or are they flexible? I'm still in Washington until 4/27, so it may be possilbe to tussle with the consulate if necessary, but not something I look forward to.
Anybody dealt with this sort of thing before or have an good guesses about attitudes at the HAN entry point?
Will this be a problem or are they flexible? I'm still in Washington until 4/27, so it may be possilbe to tussle with the consulate if necessary, but not something I look forward to.
Anybody dealt with this sort of thing before or have an good guesses about attitudes at the HAN entry point?
Apr 11, 2009 | 9:17 am
#2
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Jersey City, NJ USA
Posts: 975
I'm going BKK-HAN on April 30. Problem is my tour company told me we'd be entering VietNam on May 1. So my visa says May 1st entry.
Will this be a problem or are they flexible? I'm still in Washington until 4/27, so it may be possilbe to tussle with the consulate if necessary, but not something I look forward to.
Anybody dealt with this sort of thing before or have an good guesses about attitudes at the HAN entry point?
Will this be a problem or are they flexible? I'm still in Washington until 4/27, so it may be possilbe to tussle with the consulate if necessary, but not something I look forward to.
Anybody dealt with this sort of thing before or have an good guesses about attitudes at the HAN entry point?
Apr 11, 2009 | 9:33 am
#3
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Scottsdale
Posts: 2,953
I'm going BKK-HAN on April 30. Problem is my tour company told me we'd be entering VietNam on May 1. So my visa says May 1st entry.
Will this be a problem or are they flexible? I'm still in Washington until 4/27, so it may be possilbe to tussle with the consulate if necessary, but not something I look forward to.
Anybody dealt with this sort of thing before or have an good guesses about attitudes at the HAN entry point?
Will this be a problem or are they flexible? I'm still in Washington until 4/27, so it may be possilbe to tussle with the consulate if necessary, but not something I look forward to.
Anybody dealt with this sort of thing before or have an good guesses about attitudes at the HAN entry point?
I would recommend this visa company in Hanoi, who arranged my visa a few months ago for $20 USD. It took about 3 days for them to email me a pre-approval letter which is exchanged for a visa at either HAN or SGN airports.
Apr 13, 2009 | 6:51 pm
#4
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,048
You will NOT be allowed into Vietnam until the EXACT day specified on your visa. No exceptions.
I would recommend this visa companypre-approval letter which is exchanged for a visa at either HAN or SGN airports.
I would recommend this visa companypre-approval letter which is exchanged for a visa at either HAN or SGN airports.
Apr 15, 2009 | 12:51 am
#5
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Hawaii
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I would recommend a different Visa company THAT ACCEPTS CREDIT CARDS (Visatovietnam.org does not accept credit card payment for their fee).
Xoom/Western Union or Bank Transfer to pay the fee is very costly and you are totally at risk.
See:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/asia/...com-legit.html
for some other companies...
Xoom/Western Union or Bank Transfer to pay the fee is very costly and you are totally at risk.
See:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/asia/...com-legit.html
for some other companies...