Vietnam visa for US citizens

Start with the US passport you will actually carry

Put the physical passport beside you before starting the form. A photo of an old booklet, a frequent-flyer profile and a flight booking can all contain details that differ from the document you will present. The passport number, name fields and expiry date should come from the travelling document.

A regular passport and a short-validity emergency document should not be treated as interchangeable. The US travel advisory flags the emergency-passport issue specifically. If that applies, resolve the document question before spending time on a regular-passport application. The name of an online visa option is not evidence that every travel document is accepted.

Count Vietnamese entries, including a return from another country

Sketch the international border crossings in order. A domestic flight from Hanoi to Da Nang is part of the same Vietnamese visit. Leaving Vietnam for Cambodia and later returning is another entry, even if the return flight home leaves from the same airport as your first arrival.

If the itinerary changes after approval, review the actual visa again. A longer flight layover or an extra night abroad does not automatically change the approved dates or add an entry to a single-entry document.

Use the review screen as a passport-to-form comparison

• Compare the surname and every given or middle name with the passport fields.
• Read the passport number one character at a time, including any leading characters.
• Check that the requested dates cover the first entry and final departure in the itinerary.
• Open the uploaded data-page image and confirm the bottom machine-readable lines are visible.

This website lets you review and edit a saved, unpaid application. That is a preparation step: it does not change an issued Vietnamese visa or prove that a government decision has been made. Keep the saved reference, and follow the instructions appropriate to the application’s current stage.

Check a claimed exemption against the whole journey

A visa-free island itinerary and a wider Vietnam holiday are different plans. If you are relying on the Phu Quoc exception, check its route and stay conditions before adding a mainland destination. If you already hold a Vietnamese exemption certificate, check the certificate itself rather than assuming ancestry or a family relationship is sufficient.

For a straightforward regular-passport visit using the e-visa route, begin with the guided Vietnam application. For document specifications, keep the passport and portrait checklist open while preparing the two images.