Under Covid-19 circumstances, the Vietnamese government has temporarily stopped issuing a Vietnam Visa for foreigners as of 00:00 on 18 March 2020.

Currently, due to the demands of businesses and disease control in the country, the Vietnamese Government has approved granting a Vietnam Visa for foreigners who are specialists, technical labor, foreign investors coming to Vietnam for business purposes. However, foreigners have to satisfy conditions of immigration and health to obtain a Vietnam Visa. 

So how can foreigners enter Vietnam during the current Covid-19 pandemic?

Subjects

Foreigners must belong to one of these following cases:

• Technical specialists
• High-skilled workers
• Foreign investors
• Business managers

Only foreigners in exempted categories are allowed to enter Vietnam

Procedures and documents

Foreigners belonging to cases mentioned in Section 1 must have a business guarantee to carry out these following procedures.

Step 1: Get a Vietnam entry permit at the People’s Committee. Documents include:

• An application form explaining the demand for foreign labor;
• List of foreigners expecting to enter Vietnam;
• Foreigners’ passport;
• Other documents.

Step 2: Register a quarantine place and a quarantine plan at local Health Departments. 

• A quarantine plan; 
• A room rental agreement at the quarantine place; 
• Approval from the local People’s Committee; 
• Other documents.

Step 3: Get a Vietnam entry permit at the Immigration Department.

• Approval from the local People’s Committee and Health Departments;
• An entry approval letter; 
• Documents introducing seal sample of organizations or businesses;
• Company’s quarantine plans;
• Flight tickets;
• Other documents.

Go to the Immigration Department to apply for a Vietnam entry permit

Processing time

An entry approval letter for foreigners will be processed for at least 4 weeks. After getting a Vietnam entry permit, foreigners will be granted a Vietnam Visa in case they don’t have one.

Foreigners must obtain a Vietnam Visa to enter the country

Attention

Foreigners must have a flight itinerary and a medical examination before entering Vietnam. 

After getting into Vietnam, businesses and foreigners must satisfy conditions of disease control (PCR test, 14-day quarantine at the registered quarantine facility, medical declaration, etc.) as well as health care costs, if any.

Foreigners entering Vietnam must fill in medical declaration form

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