Vietnam: visa simple ou multiple entrée? (urgent)
by Najela
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
Original post
Bonjour,
Lors de notre voyage au vietnam prévu en novembre, nous arrivons à Hanoï en avion, puis nous passons au Cambodge par la terre et nous repartons de siem reap en avion. Pour ce dernier vol pour la france, nous avons une escale à Ho chi minh ville (uniquement en transit dans l'aeroport pour 4h). Doit-on avoir des visas simple ou multiple entrée pour le vietnam ?
Merci de votre aide
Bonjour
En transit, il n'y a pas besoin de visa, vous ne sortez pas de l'aéroport, donc visa simple.
Bonjour
C'est simple ! Multiple entrée, signifie : "si tu sors du vietnam pour y revenir dans la période de ton visa"
Dans votre cas, vous ne faites que passer, alors "simple entrée"
Bonne route
René
ne fais aux autres ce que tu ne veux pas que l'on te fasse !
Pardon, j'ai oublié l'aspect "4h en transit à HCMC"
Cà n'est pas considéré comme une entrée dans le pays. Le transit en aéroport est une zone internationale, ce n'est pas vietnamien. Donc "simple entrée"
Bye
ne fais aux autres ce que tu ne veux pas que l'on te fasse !
Bonjour 🙂
Vous avez raison de poser la question car ce n'est pas si évident : 2 cas sont en effet possibles et dans l'un ce sera "entrées multiples", dans l'autre "entrée simple" 😛
En fait tout dépend de vos vols internationaux :
1) Vous avez acheté un AR - aller France/Vietnam, arrivée Hanoi = 1 entrée au Vietnam - retour Vietnam/France au départ d'HCM - --> l'incursion que vous faîtes au Cambodge, par voie de terre, mer ou air pendant ce qui est votre séjour au Vietnam, constitue un voyage totalement indépendant : donc à votre retour du Cambodge, au moment où votre avion arrivant de Siem Reap se posera à l'aéroport d'HCM, vous serez considérés comme entrant pour la 2e fois au Vietnam, vous passerez par l'immigration et il vous faut donc un visa à entrées multiples pour le Vietnam. Le fait que vous n'y passiez que 4h (voire moins), c'est simplement parce que vous avez pu caler votre retour du Cambodge de façon à passer un minimum de temps à l'aéroport d'HCM avant de prendre votre vol international de retour vers la France. Vous auriez pu tout aussi bien accomplir cette incursion au Cambodge au milieu de votre séjour au Vietnam... Ce n'est donc absolument pas un transit dans ce cas.
2) Par contre, si vous avez acheté : - un aller France/Vietnam, arrivée Hanoi = 1 entrée - un retour Siem Reap (Cambodge)/France qui vous fait passer par HCM avant de regagner la France, là vous êtes bien en situation de transit lorsque venant de Siem Reap vous vous posez à HCM et vous resterez effectivement dans la zone de transit --> visa à entrée simple pour le Vietnam.
J'espère avoir été assez claire. 😊
Vous avez raison de poser la question car ce n'est pas si évident : 2 cas sont en effet possibles et dans l'un ce sera "entrées multiples", dans l'autre "entrée simple" 😛
En fait tout dépend de vos vols internationaux :
1) Vous avez acheté un AR - aller France/Vietnam, arrivée Hanoi = 1 entrée au Vietnam - retour Vietnam/France au départ d'HCM - --> l'incursion que vous faîtes au Cambodge, par voie de terre, mer ou air pendant ce qui est votre séjour au Vietnam, constitue un voyage totalement indépendant : donc à votre retour du Cambodge, au moment où votre avion arrivant de Siem Reap se posera à l'aéroport d'HCM, vous serez considérés comme entrant pour la 2e fois au Vietnam, vous passerez par l'immigration et il vous faut donc un visa à entrées multiples pour le Vietnam. Le fait que vous n'y passiez que 4h (voire moins), c'est simplement parce que vous avez pu caler votre retour du Cambodge de façon à passer un minimum de temps à l'aéroport d'HCM avant de prendre votre vol international de retour vers la France. Vous auriez pu tout aussi bien accomplir cette incursion au Cambodge au milieu de votre séjour au Vietnam... Ce n'est donc absolument pas un transit dans ce cas.
2) Par contre, si vous avez acheté : - un aller France/Vietnam, arrivée Hanoi = 1 entrée - un retour Siem Reap (Cambodge)/France qui vous fait passer par HCM avant de regagner la France, là vous êtes bien en situation de transit lorsque venant de Siem Reap vous vous posez à HCM et vous resterez effectivement dans la zone de transit --> visa à entrée simple pour le Vietnam.
J'espère avoir été assez claire. 😊
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bonjour
je dois effectuer le même circuit que vous en janvier, (vietnam /cambodge et retourParis par Hanoi) pouvez vous me dire ce que vous avez retenu comme solution pour vos visas ( visas simple ou multiples? , visas avant le départ ou à l'arrivée?) , car nous n'arrivons pas à entrer en contact avec l'ambassade et nous n'habitons pas à Paris
merci et salutations
merci et salutations
Bonjour,
Je peux vous confirmer qu'un visa simple entrée suffit pour ce type de voyage. Nous avons obtenus nos visas pour le Vietnam avant de partir en envoyant le dossier et les passeports directement à l'ambassade (nous ne sommes pas sur Paris non plus). On les a reçu en 10 jours. Pour le Cambodge les visas se prennent sur place à l'arrivée à l'aéroport (pour nous a Siem Reap). On les a eu pour 20 dollars chacun en à peu près 15 min !!
J'espère avoir répondu à vos questions.
Bon voyage, pour nous ça a vraiment été magique, un souvenir inoubliable...
Bonjour
Je vais partir en vietnam en novembre 2013. Et j'ai lu quelque part, on a pas besoin de visa avent 15 jours de sejours. Donc ce que je compte faire, c'est acheter le billet aller retour de france / vietnam. Et je part de vietnam au bout de 14em jour pour cambodge quelque jour. Et reviens au vietnam de nouveau, et je repart en france.
En fesons ca, est ce que je peut eviter de faire un visa en vietnam?
Merci pour votre reponse et desolee pour mon francais😊 cordialement
Bonjour,
j'ai lu quelque part, on a pas besoin de visa avent 15 jours de sejours
Je suppose que tu as gardé la nationalité japonaise ? Attention : Pour la durée du séjour au Vietnam, ce site parle de 15 jours pour les citoyens japonais : http://www.vietnamtourism.com/f_pages/useful/useful.asp Mais celui-ci évoque 30 jours... (voir § Visa) : http://www.asiakingtravel.fr/answers/Qui-a-besoin-de-visa-pour-aller-au-Vietnam-.html#faq_34 Et, toujours d'après ce site, il te faut un visa pour entrer au Cambodge.... alors que le Laos ne demande pas de visa pour les Japonais... 😉
j'ai lu quelque part, on a pas besoin de visa avent 15 jours de sejours
Je suppose que tu as gardé la nationalité japonaise ? Attention : Pour la durée du séjour au Vietnam, ce site parle de 15 jours pour les citoyens japonais : http://www.vietnamtourism.com/f_pages/useful/useful.asp Mais celui-ci évoque 30 jours... (voir § Visa) : http://www.asiakingtravel.fr/answers/Qui-a-besoin-de-visa-pour-aller-au-Vietnam-.html#faq_34 Et, toujours d'après ce site, il te faut un visa pour entrer au Cambodge.... alors que le Laos ne demande pas de visa pour les Japonais... 😉
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Bonjour margouillat4. Merci pour votre reponse tres rapide! Ca m'a aider. Je pense qu'effectivement, la nationalite japonais peut entree sans visa en vietnam. plutot 15jours. Car plupart de site dise.
Mais mon plan va pas maecher, car mon billet d'avion d'aller retour depasse 15jours. En tout j'ai 3 semaine. Donc de tout facon, je vais avoir besoin de visa multi comme les fransais 🙁 je vais continu a m'enseinger.
Non il vous faut un visa ; l'histoire de "pas de visa si moins de 15 jours" est valable uniquement si vous allez seulement dans l'ile de Phu Quoc, pas ailleurs au Vietnam. De plus, si vous voulez entrer au Vietnam, sortir et re-rentrer, il vous faut un visa entrées multiples ; un visa entrée simple et vous ne sortez pas pour re-rentrer vous coutera moins cher.
Le moins cher est le visa à l'arrivée SI vs arrivez au Vietnam par un vol INTERNATIONAL ; la procédure est expliqué sur de nombreux postes de ce forum.
Le moins cher est le visa à l'arrivée SI vs arrivez au Vietnam par un vol INTERNATIONAL ; la procédure est expliqué sur de nombreux postes de ce forum.
Méfiez-vous de la vie, car les ratés ne vous rateront pas!
Merci larsay. Oui, je prendrai le visa sur place. En fesant le lettre d'invitation. J'ai une adresse ''vietnamimmigration'' .
si vous connaisais des autre site qui fait le lettre d'invitation, je veux bien.
Ou dans cet forum surment il y a des info. Mais il y a telement de discution a ce sujet, j'ai du mal a trouver ...
Tout les site pour le lettre d'invitation, le trif est differant. Et je ne sais pas si le site est fireble... merci.
Je ne conanis pas "vietnamimmigration" mais le concensus parmi les membres est qu'il vaut mieux s'adresser à une agence sérieuse genre Amica, Asiatica ou Oriental Bridge qu'à une organisation qui ne fait que des visas, vu qu'il y a beaucoup d'escrocs à la lettre d'invitation parmi ces dernières
Méfiez-vous de la vie, car les ratés ne vous rateront pas!
dans ce cas il faut refaire le visa, mais le plus simple c'est de faire le 2ème visa (retour au vt) à Phnom Penh dans les nombreux agence de voyages en 24h
Ok. Je vais voir les 3 sites serieux.
Bonjour. Je ne voi pas d'interet pour faire 2 em visa... ca me coute plus cher en plus. Pourquoi c'est plus symple apres vous?
c'est au cas où vous ne pouvez pas prendre un visa multiple entrée
c'est au cas où vous ne pouvez pas prendre un visa multiple entrée
pour quoi vous dite ca?? ca peut arriver que je n'arrive pas a obtenir le visa multiplee?? ca m'inquiete... apart ca, j'ai etudier un peu le site. et site amica; je ne trouve pas pour faire le visa.
site asiatica; il y a des enseignement, mais je n'ai pas trouvee le page pour faie le visa.
Mais en lisant le forum. J'ai trouvee le site'' aca visa'' ca l'air pas mal. Il y a nombreux de gens etais satisfait.
Alors, je pense passer par cette agence. Merci de votre aide!
pour quoi vous dite ca?? ca peut arriver que je n'arrive pas a obtenir le visa multiplee?? ca m'inquiete... apart ca, j'ai etudier un peu le site. et site amica; je ne trouve pas pour faire le visa.
site asiatica; il y a des enseignement, mais je n'ai pas trouvee le page pour faie le visa.
Mais en lisant le forum. J'ai trouvee le site'' aca visa'' ca l'air pas mal. Il y a nombreux de gens etais satisfait.
Alors, je pense passer par cette agence. Merci de votre aide!
bonjour. c'est ceux qui cherche le site de visa fireble comme moi. j'ai trouver des autre site aussi..
https://www.visatovietnam.org/
http://www.vietnamvisacenter.org/index.php
ils sont un peu cher les lettre mais ils sont recomender par lonely. et moi, je vais le faire sur le site aca visa
http://www.aca-voyage.com/visa/formulaire-de-demande-de-visa-pour.html
https://www.visatovietnam.org/
http://www.vietnamvisacenter.org/index.php
ils sont un peu cher les lettre mais ils sont recomender par lonely. et moi, je vais le faire sur le site aca visa
http://www.aca-voyage.com/visa/formulaire-de-demande-de-visa-pour.html
Bonjour. Je suis entrain de faire mon lettre avec http://www.cheapvietnamvisa.net/en/visa-fee.html vietnam visa.
Dabord j'ai contacter aca voyage mais ca fait 8 jours que je n'ai pas de nouvel de ma question. J'ai envoyee 4 mails entre temps. Mais la silance total....
Du coup, j'ai decider de faire le demarche avec vietnam visa. Il m'a repondu le jour meme. Et on verra bien s'il fait leur travaille corectement.. car le pris n'ai pas cher (8$ pour 1 entree simple). Et 2,3 jours d'attente.
Si ca marche ou pas je vous tien ou courant.
Cordialement.
Dabord j'ai contacter aca voyage mais ca fait 8 jours que je n'ai pas de nouvel de ma question. J'ai envoyee 4 mails entre temps. Mais la silance total....
Du coup, j'ai decider de faire le demarche avec vietnam visa. Il m'a repondu le jour meme. Et on verra bien s'il fait leur travaille corectement.. car le pris n'ai pas cher (8$ pour 1 entree simple). Et 2,3 jours d'attente.
Si ca marche ou pas je vous tien ou courant.
Cordialement.
Bonjour larsay
Entre temps, mon voyage a ete modiffier.. donc moi et mon copin besoin de visa 1mois simple. Et comme on arrive pas a meme date, on a posser les question pour le prix.
Vous avez deja fait le lettre avec vietnem visa? Il est fiable comme site?
Cordialement
Entre temps, mon voyage a ete modiffier.. donc moi et mon copin besoin de visa 1mois simple. Et comme on arrive pas a meme date, on a posser les question pour le prix.
Vous avez deja fait le lettre avec vietnem visa? Il est fiable comme site?
Cordialement
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Thanks for your RECENT experiences!
See you, Jean.
Some French friends are visiting NYC (4/5 days around mid-May) from Montreal, Canada. They’ve got their eTA and ESTA approved!
Round-trip transport by bus.
Question: Is the I-94 form required, mandatory, and should it be filled out on the bus or in advance???
Thanks for your RECENT experiences!
See you, Jean.
Hello,
We’ll soon be moving to Madagascar long-term.
As a French national, I need to obtain a short-stay visa that can be converted to a long-stay one. To do this, I have to send the required documents to the Madagascar embassy in Paris.
No issues with that procedure so far.
If I get this visa, once I arrive in Madagascar, I’ll need to provide the same documents to the Ministry of the Interior in Anosy. I’m trying to find an email address or website for the Ministry to check which documents I need to submit (I think they ask for additional ones).
If you have any info on this, I’d appreciate your replies.
Best regards,
M. Buisson Eric
Hi there,
I’d like to know if anyone has already applied for a private visa to Russia with an invitation from a Russian resident. I traveled earlier this year with an e-visa, but since I want to stay longer, I’ll be visiting my friend who lives in eastern Russia. For the visa application, does the invitation need to be on an official paper form issued by the Russian ministry? And most importantly, do I need to present the original for the application, or is there an electronic version that can be sent directly to the consulate in France? Thanks for any info if you’ve gone through this process before!
Best regards,
Gilles
I’d like to know if anyone has already applied for a private visa to Russia with an invitation from a Russian resident. I traveled earlier this year with an e-visa, but since I want to stay longer, I’ll be visiting my friend who lives in eastern Russia. For the visa application, does the invitation need to be on an official paper form issued by the Russian ministry? And most importantly, do I need to present the original for the application, or is there an electronic version that can be sent directly to the consulate in France? Thanks for any info if you’ve gone through this process before!
Best regards,
Gilles
I filled out the B2 form to apply for a visa, created an account on Atvis to pay the visa fees and schedule a meet-up, but every time I try to pay with my Boursobank Visa 1st card, they refuse the payment with a message telling me to check my details (address), even though everything is correct. Does anyone know why this is happening, or maybe they don’t accept Visa cards? Are you aware of this?
Thanks for your feedback!
Elisabeth
Hi,
There are rumors going around about the ETA: it must absolutely be on your smartphone in the "ETA" app.
Paper documents might not be accepted. Is this real or just a hoax? Thanks, I’m leaving in 3 weeks. My passport is good to go and my ETA is still valid for a year, but I only printed the email I received. Thanks everyone.
There are rumors going around about the ETA: it must absolutely be on your smartphone in the "ETA" app.
Paper documents might not be accepted. Is this real or just a hoax? Thanks, I’m leaving in 3 weeks. My passport is good to go and my ETA is still valid for a year, but I only printed the email I received. Thanks everyone.
Hi there,
We need to apply for a B2 visa because we visited Iran in 2018. It currently costs $185, but they’re planning an additional $250 fee per person for the same visa—it’s been approved but not yet implemented. Does anyone know when this fee will take effect?
Thanks in advance!
Elisabeth
Hi there,
In November, we're heading off on a 4-month trip. We'll be landing in China and plan to leave the country via a land border into Vietnam.
I’ve read that China may ask for proof of exit within 30 days (flight ticket or other reservation). Since we’d be leaving by land, I’m wondering how this works in practice.
Has anyone here been in this situation recently?
Did the airline ask for an exit ticket before boarding? Did Chinese authorities require proof upon arrival? Is a train/bus ticket to Vietnam sufficient? Is a cancelable or flexible reservation accepted?
Thanks for sharing your experiences! 😊
Did the airline ask for an exit ticket before boarding? Did Chinese authorities require proof upon arrival? Is a train/bus ticket to Vietnam sufficient? Is a cancelable or flexible reservation accepted?
Thanks for sharing your experiences! 😊
Hi there,
Just a question that’s probably been asked before (though usually the other way around for my situation :))
My wife and I are heading to the US.
On her ticket, it only has her maiden name (e.g., Martine DUPOND).
On her passport, it’s written as Martine DUPOND épouse AVRY.
No issues for travel, I hope I did the right thing with the ticket?
Then for the ESTA, is just Martine DUPOND enough, or do I need to include the "épouse AVRY" part like on the passport?
Thanks in advance!
Hi there,
I’m spending a few days in San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) and would like to cross the Argentine border to make a loop toward Salta and then return to Chile to drop off the rental car.
I’ve heard that crossing the border can be tricky!
Is it possible with a rental company’s authorization? Which company, and at what cost?
Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Best regards,
Arnale
Hi everyone,
I saw on the French Embassy in Peru’s website and the Peruvian Consulate in Paris’s site that the rule is to have a passport valid for 6 months *after the arrival date* (not the return date).
I arrive in Peru on August 13, 2019 (for about twelve days), and my passport is valid until February 16, 2020.
That’s 6 months and 3 days after my arrival date in Peru. In my opinion, I’m good to go.
But could I still be denied entry if they say I don’t cover the return date or that I’m too close to the 6-month mark?
Thanks for your feedback.
I saw on the French Embassy in Peru’s website and the Peruvian Consulate in Paris’s site that the rule is to have a passport valid for 6 months *after the arrival date* (not the return date).
I arrive in Peru on August 13, 2019 (for about twelve days), and my passport is valid until February 16, 2020.
That’s 6 months and 3 days after my arrival date in Peru. In my opinion, I’m good to go.
But could I still be denied entry if they say I don’t cover the return date or that I’m too close to the 6-month mark?
Thanks for your feedback.
Hi there,
I read on the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs website that it’s possible to apply for a temporary driving permit in China, valid for 1 month. I’m planning to rent a car (without a driver) to explore part of the country next August, so I was wondering:
Has anyone here already gone through this process upon arrival? How long do the formalities take on the spot? Is it possible to handle these steps in advance, before arriving in China?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
I read on the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs website that it’s possible to apply for a temporary driving permit in China, valid for 1 month. I’m planning to rent a car (without a driver) to explore part of the country next August, so I was wondering:
Has anyone here already gone through this process upon arrival? How long do the formalities take on the spot? Is it possible to handle these steps in advance, before arriving in China?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
Hi
Has anyone been to Rwanda recently and gotten a 3-month visa on arrival easily?
Thanks