Vietnam visa for Indian citizens

Arrange approval before the flight from India

Separate three things in your travel folder: the application you have saved, any payment record and the visa actually issued. They serve different purposes. A completed form is useful evidence of what you entered, but it is not the approval to present for travel.

The Embassy of India’s visitor guidance emphasises preapproval and checking the issued visa against passport and travel details. Make that comparison before leaving India, when an error can still be raised with the responsible authority. Do not leave the first close reading of your name or passport number until an airport desk.

Indian passport name fields: avoid inventing a surname

Read the labelled fields in the passport rather than dividing a name according to everyday usage. In this form, surname is optional and given and middle names are required. That supports a passport with a single name without forcing an invented family name into the application.

After entering the name, compare it with the data-page upload on the review screen. Check date of birth and passport number at the same time; a correct name alone does not establish that the application belongs to the right document.

Prepare a separate document set for each family passport

Start by counting passports, not relatives. Give each person’s data page and portrait distinct filenames so that the images cannot easily be swapped while you complete applications. A child’s portrait should not be selected as the adult applicant’s photograph.

The child section here is limited to under-14s included in the accompanying passport. If the child has a separate passport, use a separate application. Before adding a child to an adult’s form, check that the passport itself supports that arrangement; travelling together does not establish it.

• Keep each applicant’s passport number with the matching image files.
• Use the intended dates for that traveller, especially if the family is splitting its itinerary.
• Review each saved reference separately before considering the family’s preparation complete.

Match the purpose of entry to the visit

A holiday, a business visit and employment are different plans. The form asks for the purpose and supporting trip information; choose what describes the actual journey. A tourist selection should not be used to avoid resolving a work-related document question.

When the passport and itinerary are ready, start the Indian-passport e-visa application. The opening step asks for email, nationality, entry type, purpose and visa dates. Passport details and uploads follow, with a review before payment.