LATEST UPDATES ON VIETNAM VISA TYPES - VALIDITY AND REQUIREMENTS 2020

A significant change in the new Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam active in this July is that a number of new visa types are introduced along with new validity and requirements for each. In summary, the new law applies a new method of classification which is more specific and direct. It also allows a longer validity term of certain categories of visa but their requirements are, of course, stricter than the others. On the other hand, short-terms visa are amended in order to make application easier and more convenient (thanks to the e-visa policies). It is anticipated that the new law will change the habit of travelling and immigration into Vietnam. In this article, visa5s would like sum up the novel system of visa categories in Vietnam from July, 2020 as well as their valid time period and outstanding required conditions.

Vietnam new classification of entry visa for foreigners – applying from 1^st July, 2020

Visa Type	Sub-type	Validity (maximum)	Requirements
NG	NG1	12 months	Members of delegations who are invited by the General Secretary of Vietnam Communist Party, the President, the President of Assembly, or the Prime Minister
	NG2		Members of delegations invited by members of central agencies and organizations; Heads of Ministries or equivalent, General Secretary and presidents of provinces
	NG3		Members of diplomatic, consular or representative offices of UN’s international organizations and other multi-governmental organizations as well as their spouses, under-18-year-old children, and helpers
	NG4		Persons entering to work with diplomatic or consular agencies, representative agencies of UN’s international organizations and other multi-governmental organizations; their spouses or under-18-year-old children or people entering for visiting them
LV	LV1	12 months	People who work with governmental agencies and organizations at the province level and above
LV	LV2	12 months	People who work with social-political organizations, social organizations and Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry
ĐT	ĐT1	5 years	Foreign investors or representatives of foreign investing organizations in Vietnam whose contributing capital is from VND100 billion; or who invest in prioritized economic domains and regions set forth by the Government
	ĐT2	5 years	Foreign investors or representatives of foreign investing organizations in Vietnam whose contributing capital is from VND50 billion to under 100 billion; or who invest in economic domains encouraged by the Government
	ĐT3	3 years	Foreign investors or representatives of foreign investing organizations in Vietnam whose contributing capital is from VND03 billion to under 50 billion
	ĐT4	12 months	Foreign investors or representatives of foreign investing organizations in Vietnam whose contributing capital is under VND03 billion
DN	DN1	12 months	Foreigners enter to work with enterprises and legal entities in Vietnam
DN	DN2	12 months	Foreigners enter to offer services, establish commercial presence or perform other activities under international treaties in which Vietnam is a member state
NN	NN1	12 months	Heads of representative offices, projects of international or foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam
	NN2		Heads of representative offices, branches of foreign merchants, and representative offices of foreign economic, cultural or professional organizations
	NN3		People entering to work with foreign non-governmental organizations, representative offices, branches of foreign merchants, and representative offices of foreign economic, cultural or professional organizations
DH		12 months	People entering for studying and doing internships
HN		3 months	People who attending conferences and meetings
PV	PV1	12 months	Journalists residing long-term in Vietnam
PV	PV2	12 months	Journalists working short-term in Vietnam
LĐ	LĐ1	2 years	Foreign labors who hold Work permit exemption certificate, except those cases regulated otherwise by an international treaty in which Vietnam is a member state.
LĐ	LĐ2	2 years	Foreign labors who hold Work permit in Vietnam
DL		3 months	Tourists travelling to Vietnam
TT		12 months	Spouses, and under-18-year-old children of Vietnamese citizens or foreigners holding visa type of LV1, LV2, LS, ĐT1, ĐT2, ĐT3, NN1, NN2, DH, PV1, LĐ1, and LĐ2.
VR		6 months	People entering to visit family relatives or other purposes
SQ		30 days	Issued by Vietnamese diplomatic, consular agencies overseas for people who are sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or a foreign diplomatic, consular agencies in their country.
LS		5 years	Foreign lawyers who have been permitted for practicing in Vietnam.
EV		30 days	Electronic visa granted for traveling, doing business and visiting relative. The requirements are similar to visa stickers for such purposes.