Ha Noi is the capital city which is located in the North of Vietnam. This region is so famous with cultural diversity and wonderful landscapes, so there are many travelers who want to visit this region. Fortunately, Noi Bai airport in Ha Noi is one of 6 international airports which accepts Visa On Arrival in Vietnam. So, tourists can get visa on arrival when flying to Ha Noi.

Let’s see below information to know detailed guidance how to get this kind of visa before and after arrival.

Before boarding the airplane

There are some required documents that you need to prepare before boarding the airplane:

• The approval letter (print it out)
• The visa application form (print it out)
• 2 photos (dimension 4×6 cm)
• Visa stamp fee (cash)
• Original passport

The approval letter

This is one of the important documents that you need to do firstly, because:

• The approval letter proves that you have enough conditions to get the visa stamp at Noi Bai airport or not.
• You can’t make the visa stamp without this approval letter.
• You need to present the approval letter and your original passport before boarding the airplane.

There are 2 simple steps to get the approval letter:

Step 1:  Fill your personal information and choose the suitable type of visa in the online application form. Then doing the online payment.

Step 2: Wait for 48 working hours to receive the approval letter via email.

Then, you just need to print it out and use it for getting the visa stamp at Noi Bai airport to enter Vietnam.

Click here for applying online the approval letter

The visa application form

At the airport, you will need the visa application form. You can get this form at the Visa Application counter and complete it right after, however, it will be quite confused and inconvenient for you because of many people doing the same thing like you.

In order to save your time, you can download this via website  and fill required information in this form in advance. Then you need to print it out and submit it with other documents at the Visa Application counter.

Cash

You need to have some cash to do the payment for visa stamp fee, you can see the below price table to know how much your visa stamp fee is.

Visa On Arrival counter at Noi Bai airport just accepts USD or VND.

Passport

There are some requirements that you need to take note:

• Your passport must be original
• The date of your passport must be more than 6 months from the day you arrive Noi Bai airport.
• There are still at least 2 blank pages in your passport.
• Don’t use the expiry passport

Passport photos

• You need to have 2 passport photos in the size of 4×6 (one for the visa application form, one for backup case).

After arrival

After arriving in Noi Bai airport, you need to be ready with required documents as above, then looking for the “Visa application” sign board to get the visa stamp. From here, you just need to submit these documents and wait for calling to do the payment for visa stamp fee and get your passport back with the visa stamp. With this stamp, you can enter Vietnam.