You want to visit Vietnam as a Indian visitor? If you don't want to get into trouble with Vietnam authority on arrival, you must obtain a tourist visa in advance. For Indian nationals living in Spain, read this article will help you figure out how to effortlessly get Vietnam tourist visa for Indian passport holders in Spain.

While Vietnam visa application can be submitted at the embassy, we seriously recommend you apply online on our website to be issued an approval letter, which grants you permission to pick up Vietnam visa on arrival at the airport. Your valuable time, cash and energy are saved with visa on arrival.

Legitimation

Although Vietnam embassies always warn that visa on arrival facility is not official, they can deny the fact the everyday there are thousands of foreign visitors (including Indian citizens) entering Vietnam and pick up the visa on arrival. If the visa on arrival facility was not real and not official, Vietnam Government would immediately take action to stop the travel agents. Should you be wondering about the legitimation of its, please kindly visit travel forums of Tripadvisor and LonelyPlanet to get advice from experienced travelers who used to apply for visa on arrival.

Requirements

In order to take advantage of visa on arrival facility from Spain, you must enter Vietnam by air. No tourist visa can be issued at land borders. Except for an online application form and visa processing fee, you don't need to submit any origin documents for application. However, some documents need to be available at arrival airport when you carry out procedure to pick up Vietnam tourist visa on arrival. We will mention about these documents the following.

Visa application process

Step 1: Get visa approval letter from Immigration Department online

 - Click “apply online” and fill out the application form online 

 - Pay processing fee with credit/debit card or with cash 

After 2 business days upon submission of application, we will provide you with the letter of approval via email. Please take note that we have no affect on your tourist visa result. Our duty to submit the application on your behalf. It's Immigration Department who will decide your visa request.

Step 2: Get visa stamped onto the passport at arrival airport

Please submit:

 - Original and valid passport

 - Print copy of the visa approval letter

 - 01 recent passport photo

 - Completed entry-exit form (we will send you the form with the letter at the same time. Or you may download it from our website)

 - Stamping fee (cash only, USD or VND): 25$ for single visa, 50$ for multiple visa

After 10 minutes since you submit complete documents, the Immigration Officer will put a visa stamp onto your passport and you can travel around the country then.

Note: Indian nationals travelling to Vietnam by land or sea are advised to visit Vietnam Embassy in Spain and obtain a Vietnam travel visa there. The documents which are generally requested for submission are original passport, 01 passport photo, completed application form and visa fee.