EnglishVietnam has been named as one of ten best countries for expats to live and work for the first time, according to HSBC's Expat 2019 Global Report released in July 2019. What makes Vietnam an attractive destination for foreigners?
Vietnam is rated as the greatest place to start a new life for its stable economy, good opportunities for career advancement, especially a good life balance and, ultimately, the rich cultural quintessence of Vietnamese people. Accordingly, the demand of expatriates on entry and different staying duration permission in Vietnam has been increasing more rapidly.
According to the No. 51/2019/QH14 of the National Assembly that takes effect on July 01, 2020, Vietnam visa is classified into up to 21 main types and symbolized as: DL, DN1, DN2, NG, DH, LV, HN, PV, VR, TT, LĐ 1, LĐ2, ĐT1, ĐT2, ĐT3, ĐT4, SQ, etc.
THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF VIETNAM VISAS
• Tourist visa (symbol DL)
• Visitor Visa (symbol TT)
• Business Visa (symbol DN1 – DN2)
• Working Visa (symbol LĐ1 – LĐ2)
• Investor Visa (symbol ĐT1, ĐT2, ĐT3, ĐT4)
VIETNAM VISA CATEGORIES (BY CLASSIFICATION SYMBOLS)
• DL: To be granted to foreigners entering Vietnam for tourism purposes;
• DH: To be granted to foreigners who come to practice as probationers or study;
• TT: To be granted to foreigners who are parents, spouses, under-18 children of foreigners holding LV1, LV2, ĐT, NN1, NN2, DH, PV1 or LĐ visas, or foreigners who are parents, spouses or children of Vietnamese citizens;
• VR: To be granted to people who come to visit their relatives or for other purposes;
• ĐT1, ĐT2, ĐT3, ĐT4: To be granted to foreign investors in Vietnam and foreign lawyers practicing in Vietnam;
• LĐ1, LĐ2: To be granted to foreigners who come to work;
• LV1: To be granted to people who come to work with departments, agencies and units under the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee; the National Assembly, the Government, the Central Committee of Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuracy, the State Audit of Vietnam, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies, People’s Councils and People’s Committees of provinces and centrally run cities;
• LV2: To be granted to foreigners who come to work with socio-political organizations, social organizations and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
• DN1: To be granted to foreigners working with enterprises and other entities having legal persons in accordance with Vietnamese laws;
• DN2: To be granted to foreigners who offer to sell services, establish commercial presence and render other services under international treaties of which Vietnam is a member state;
• NN1: To be granted to heads of representative offices or projects of international organizations and foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam;
• NN2: To be granted to heads of representative offices or branches of foreign traders, representative offices of other foreign economic, cultural, professional organizations in Vietnam;
• NN3: To be granted to foreigners who come to work with foreign non-governmental organizations, representative offices or branches of foreign traders, representative offices of other foreign economic, cultural, professional organizations in Vietnam;
• SQ: To be granted to the head of Viet Nam’s mission abroad is eligible to issue up-to-30-day visa for foreigners who enter Vietnam for the purpose of market survey, tourism, visiting relatives, or medical treatment in following cases:
+ A person who has working relations with the Viet Nam’s visa granting agency abroad and his/her spouse and children; or a person who applies for Viet Nam visa with a request (in written form) of a competent agency under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the host country;
+ A person who holds a guarantee diplomatic note issued by the diplomatic missions or consular agencies based in the host country.
• NG1: To be granted to members of delegations invited by the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee, the President, the Chairperson of the National Assembly or the Prime Minister;
• NG2: To be granted to members of delegations invited by the Standing Body of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Secretariat, Vice Presidents, National Assembly Vice Chairpersons, Deputy Prime Ministers, the President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s Central Committee, the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, the Procurator General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, or the State Auditor General; members of delegations invited by ministers and the equivalent post holders, secretaries of Party Committees of provinces and centrally run cities or chairpersons of People’s Councils and People’s Committees of provinces and centrally run cities;
• NG3: To be granted to members of diplomatic missions, consular offices and representative offices of international organizations affiliated to the United Nations, representative offices of intergovernmental organizations and their spouses, under-18 children and housemaids who live with them during their terms of office;
• NG4: To be granted to people who come to work with diplomatic missions, consular offices, representative offices of international organizations affiliated to the United Nations and representative offices of intergovernmental organizations; visitors of members of diplomatic missions, consular offices, representative offices of international organizations affiliated to the United Nations and representative offices of intergovernmental organizations;
• HN: To be granted to people who come to attend conferences or workshops;
• PV1: To be granted to permanent correspondents and journalists in Vietnam;
• PV2: To be granted to correspondents and journalists who come to work for a short term in Vietnam;
• LS: To be granted to foreign lawyers practicing in Vietnam;
• EV: one of visa types issued to foreigners (via electronic system) entering Vietnam through 33 regulated border gates.
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