Vietnam and Cambodia

[anonymous-user]

Anyone been? Where/how did you get your visas? I see you can send off to the embassies but have to send your passport too.

[Philplop]

You can get the Cambodian visa on arrival. Just take a passport photo and crisp American dollars. They have to be perfect. Think it was $10.

First time I got my Vietnamese visa in Sihanoukville in Cambodia. Took about half an hour at the embassy.

The next time I used vietnam-visa.com. Pay a fee and you get an approval letter, then you use that to get your visa on arrival.

[Wolff]

I got Vietnam visa direct from the embassy in London - took about 1 week via post. Was cheaper than doing it through all the other agents that give you the letter, and was quicker when I got to Vietnam - straight through passport control rather than sorting out the Visa.

[anonymous-user]

Thanks guys. I hear you can now do Cambodia on line before you go.

[V8LM]

Vietnam you can apply online and then visit the embassy in person a week later with you original forms and passports to get the visas.

[rich85uk]

I did visa on arrival for Cambodia, I think it's now $30 plus $2 if you don't have a photo with you, seemed to be no advantage over those who done there's online except for filling out a form. This was at Siem Reap airport

[R8VXF]

V8LM said:

Vietnam you can apply online and then visit the embassy in person a week later with you original forms and passports to get the visas.

We did this when we went to Vietnam this year. SWMBO went to the embassy as she works nearby and said it was very well organised and took no time at all.

[anonymous-user]

R8VXF said:

V8LM said:

Vietnam you can apply online and then visit the embassy in person a week later with you original forms and passports to get the visas.

We did this when we went to Vietnam this year. SWMBO went to the embassy as she works nearby and said it was very well organised and took no time at all.

I'm aware of that possibility but it's a trek for me, a 100 miles each way plus train across London!

Another question if anyone can help. We fly back from Siam Reap to HCMC then on to London, only in HCMC airport for the connection. Would that count as a re-entry into Vietnam?

[R8VXF]

REALIST123 said:

I'm aware of that possibility but it's a trek for me, a 100 miles each way plus train across London!

Another question if anyone can help. We fly back from Siam Reap to HCMC then on to London, only in HCMC airport for the connection. Would that count as a re-entry into Vietnam?

Just send your passport off then.

I don't remember seeing international transit, but transferred from internal to international. Best bet would be to ask the embassy. If they are anything like the Vietnamese we met out there, then they will be more than willing to help. Fantastic people

[NordicCrankShaft]

We went last year and spent 6 weeks travelling North to South. Before leaving London I used http://www.vietnamvisacorp.com/ very easy and good service, they handled everything and it was all done online and the best thing was when we landed in Hanoi we were the last ones off the plane but the first ones called out in the Visa que.

Cambodia we entered by night bus, but it was a fairly simple 30 minute stop at the border, the bus handled the visa, so gave out all the paperwork before we stopped, we filled it out, gave it back and then when we stopped at the border they handed it over and we were all issued visa's.

Edited by NordicCrankShaft on Tuesday 26th May 18:52

[anonymous-user]

Thanks again for the replies, will look at all the suggestions.

[Stevanos]

REALIST123 said:

Anyone been? Where/how did you get your visas? I see you can send off to the embassies but have to send your passport too.

I went to the "st" a few years ago and you just need to order a letter of approval online, there were quite a few online companies at the time, one would have hoped they may have improved the situation since then but it was not really any hassle.

For Cambodia, you can probably pay on entry, depends on where and with whom, I got a bus from Saigon and the bus driver dealt with everything for us at the border ( about 15$ )

Hope that helps.

[Steve Benson]

You can get a visa from the airport in Vietnam. Your hotel will issue you with a "visa on arrival" letter before you travel, usually for free. Take that with two photographs and $45US to immigration and they will issue you with the visa. Don't listen to the horror stories about huge queue's, it took me about 5 minutes when I was there in March.

If you google the airport it will tell you exactly where to go when you arrive.

Cambodia is similar but you don't need a letter, just passport, 2 photographs and money.