Vietnam mulls higher visa fees for foreigners, OVs
The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance is drafting a new visa rule that will maintain the fees for Vietnamese citizens but increase those for foreigners and overseas Vietnamese.
A single-entry visa for foreigners and overseas Vietnamese is proposed to be US$45, instead of the current US$25, according to the draft decree.
The fees to get a multi-entry visa vary depending on the time of validity, the ministry said.
A six-month multi-entry visa currently costs US$50, but the finance ministry wants it to be US$65.
As for the multi-entry visa with a validity of more than six months, which can now be applied for US$100, the new fee could be a maximum US$255.
In good news for holidaymakers, the fee set for their visa will remain US$5 per person according to the ministry’s proposition.
The fee for tourists was increased drastically to US$45 per person earlier this year, along with a more complicated and time-consuming application procedure, but was cut back to US$5 following an intervention by the Prime Minister.