Vietnam Visa Extension and Renewal

Overstaying Vietnam visa will result in a penalty and also a poor mark in your history in Vietnam with Vietnam Immigration, so we highly recommend you avoid this situation. If you still wish to stay longer in Vietnam, in addition to leaving Vietnam and re-entering with a new visa, you may choose to extend or renew your visa in Vietnam when it comes close to expiration date.

Please follow the guide below on Vietnam-visa.com for more details on how to extend/renew Vietnam visa:

Requirements for Vietnam Visa Extension / Renewal

• Your original passport must be valid for at least 6 months from the time of extension/renewal.
• Your passport has at least 2 blank pages.

Visa Extension

If your total length of stay in Vietnam is no more than 6 months, you can extend your Vietnam visa, if you applied for a 3 month Vietnam tourist visa, now you can extend it for another 3 months.

• The type of visa you can extend is single entry (3 months at maximum).
• You can extend your current Vietnam visa for no more than 2 times.
• You will get a visa stamp on your passport indicating your new stay duration.

The visa extension is also available to those entering Vietnam under visa exemption. The maximum extended duration is the permitted exemption duration.

Note: The visa extension cannot be extended directly at the Immigration Office by you, but through a visa center in Vietnam.

Vietnam visa extension stamp

Visa Renewal

• Visa renewal is suitable for those expats who are exempted from a Vietnam visa for 15 or 30 days like Singaporean, Malaysian, or Russian nationalities.
• The type of visa you can renew is single and multiple entry visas.
• You will get a new page sticker (aka visa sticker) on your passport with its new duration. This is the main difference between visa extension and visa renewal.
• Vietnam visa renewal fee is higher than for visa extension.

Note: This service is now not offered by the Vietnam Immigration Office. We will keep you updated immediately when we are informed of any changes.

How to Apply for Vietnam Visa Extension/Renewal

To extend/renew your Vietnam visa, please follow the steps below:

• Check your visa status: Send a scanned copy of your passport and the page containing your current Vietnam visa to our email sales@vietnam-visa.com for checking.
• Be informed via email about whether or not your visa can be extended and the Vietnam visa extension fee as it varies from case to case.
• For those who are currently in Hanoi, please carry your original passport to our office (see the address and contact info here). In case you are in Ho Chi Minh City, please let us know your current address so that our staff can come in person to pick up your original passport. Please pay your extension fee then.
• Wait for 5-7 business days (excluding Saturday, Sunday and National Days) and we will return your passport back along with your new visa stamp.

Note: Since the average processing time of visa extension is about 7 days (a faster processing can be applied with extra charge), you had better apply for it about one (01) week in advance.

Please kindly check this table of different cases of Vietnam visa extension/renewal: