Difference between passport and visa in Vietnam

Passport and visa are one of the required documents if you want to go abroad. However, at present, many people are still very confused about these two documents and often confuse them as one. LSX Lawfirm will give you an article about: “Difference between passport and visa”, as follows:

Legal grounds

Law on entry, exit and transit of foreigners residing in Vietnam

General overview of visas for foreigners living in Vietnam

What documents do foreigners living in Vietnam need is an issue that many people are concerned about today. Because Vietnam is one of the countries that attracts foreign tourists not only because of its natural beauty and culture imbued with national identity; but also because of its favorable and stable investment environment. The number of foreign tourists entering Vietnam is increasing day by day.

However, recently, the Covid 19 epidemic is breaking out strongly in the territory of Vietnam; leading to stricter control over the entry, living and working of foreigners in Vietnam.

What documents do foreigners need when entering; living and working in Vietnam considered to enter and reside legally in Vietnam? One of the indispensable documents is the visa.

Visas for foreigners living in Vietnam

What is a visa?

Accordingly, this a type of document issued by a competent Vietnamese agency, allowing foreigners to enter Vietnam. Currently, visas so issued to foreigners by the competent authority of Vietnam in the form of: passport; separate or through electronic transactions (e-visa), valid for one time or many times.

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Who is granted a visa?

So from the above definition, it seen that most foreigners entering Vietnam must present a visa issued by a competent authority in Vietnam. Each foreigner entering Vietnam granted a visa with different symbols; of which the most common are visas with the following symbols:

Foreigners:

• Firstly Who are members of guest delegations of high-ranking state agencies; diplomatic missions of countries and international organizations in Vietnam – Visa symbol: NG1, NG2, NG3, NG4.
• Secondly Who enter and work at high-ranking state agencies, socio-political organizations, social organizations, and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Visa symbol: LV1, LV2.
• Then Foreigners are investors in Vietnam – Visa symbol: ĐT1, ĐT2, ĐT3, ĐT4
• Then, Foreigners who are managers of representative offices, branches and projects of economic organizations, international organizations or non-governmental organizations in Vietnam – Visa symbol: NN1, NN2, NN3.

Foreign workers – Visa symbol: LĐ1, LĐ2

So Foreigners enter Vietnam to study, travel, etc. – Visa symbol: DH, DL, HN, etc.

Then Foreigners who are relatives of people who granted visas or enter Vietnam to visit relatives – Visa symbol: TT, VR

You can also look for details about each type of visa; you can refer to Article 8 of the Law on entry, exit, transit and residence of foreigners in Vietnam 2019.

Difference between passport and visa

Passport

So, is a type of document identifying foreign nationality, issued by a foreign competent authority or the United Nations

So, currently, Vietnam has three types of passports:
– Ordinary passport: The type of passport common to all Vietnamese citizens. In order to have this passport, individuals submit an application for issuance and receive results at the Immigration Department of the police station of the province or city. In special cases, the application submitted at the Immigration Department
– Official passport: Passport issued to government officials when going abroad to perform official duties assigned by the state
– Diplomatic passports: Passports for people holding high-ranking positions in the system of agencies of the Party and State such as Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee or higher; Ministers, Deputy Ministers of Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies attached to the Government

Documents proving a person’s nationality

The validity of the ordinary passport is 10 years
The validity of official and diplomatic passports is 5 years

Visa

Is a type of document issued by a competent authority of Vietnam, allowing foreigners to enter Vietnam.

Ordinary passport: Individuals submit the application for issuance and receive the results at the Immigration Department of the police of the province or city. In special cases, the application submitted at the Immigration Department
Official and diplomatic passports: The Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Foreign Affairs, abroad are diplomatic missions, consular missions and other agencies authorized to perform consular functions of Vietnam abroad.

Is a type of permit that allows a person to enter, exit, and stay in a country or territory that he or she applies for.

The duration of the shortest visa is not more than 30 days, the longest is not more than 5 years.

Relationship between passport and visa

Passport is a pre-existing document, one of the most important documents required to obtain a visa.
Normally, visas are usually issued by stamping or affixing to the passport depending on the regulations of different countries. In Vietnam, visas are issued by stamping on the passport or issued separately
From the above article we can see that passport and visa are two different concepts, the function of each type of document is also different.

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