Vietnam Investor Visa

What is Investor Visa?

Investor Visa is a type of visa granted by the Government to foreign investors or representatives of foreign organizations/enterprises who establish or contribute capital to enterprises in Vietnam.

Vietnam Investor Visa is symbolized as Visa DT with 4 types namely DT1, DT2, DT3, and DT4. Although the validity of the investor visa is 1-5 years, foreigners can make use of this visa to register a Vietnam Resident Card which allows them to stay in Vietnam for a maximum of 10 years (for DT1, 2, 3). Besides, this visa permits investors to guarantee for their wives and children to enter Vietnam on a visiting-relative visa (for DT1, 2, 3).

Investor visa in brief

Types of investment visa

Vietnam Investor Visa includes 4 types:

• DT1: Granted to foreign investors and representatives of foreign organizations contributing a capital of over 100 billion VND in Vietnam, or investing in prioritized industries or professions or geographical areas prescribed by the Government. Visa DT1 has a validity of 5 years.
• DT2: Granted to foreign investors and representatives of foreign organizations contributing a capital of 50 - under 100 billion VND, or investing in industries or professions encouraged for investment prescribed by the Government. Visa DT2 has a validity of 5 years.
• DT3: Granted to foreign investors and representatives of foreign organizations contributing capital of 3 - under 50 billion VND in Vietnam. Visa DT3 has a validity of 3 years.
• DT4: Granted to foreign investors and representatives of foreign organizations contributing capital of under 3 billion VND in Vietnam. Visa DT4 has a validity of 1 year (12 months).

Visa DT4 is the most popular type for foreign investors coming to Vietnam.

Conditions & required documents

Foreigners must meet a few conditions to apply for an investor visa to Vietnam.

• Have a valid passport
• Have a sponsor/guaranteed agency or organization in Vietnam
• Have documents proving that you are an investor (Business license, investment license, certificate of capital contribution/share in the enterprise, or relevant documents in regard of Vietnam Law).

How to apply

Preparation

Documents required by foreigners for investor visa application are:

• Visa application form (Form NA2 for foreigners not yet entering Vietnam or Form NA5 if foreigners have already entered and been residing in Vietnam)
• A valid original passport with at least 2 blank pages
• 02 photos in 4x6cm size
• Temporary residence registration form as prescribed (for foreigners who have already entered and been residing in Vietnam)
• Certified copies of documents proving the completion of the investment capital contribution to enterprises/companies in Vietnam according to Vietnam Law.

In addition, if foreigners’ guaranteed companies/enterprises have submitted legal documents to the Vietnam Immigration Department before, they do not have to prepare and submit them again. In case they are the guarantors for the first time, they must prepare the following documents:

• A certified copy of Business license/Investment license.
• A sample introduction of seal, signature of an authorized person of the company (form NA16)
• A certificate of seal sample registration or the Notice of publishing the enterprise's seal sample on the national enterprise registration portal.

Procedures

• Step 1: Prepare required documents
• Step 2: Guaranteed agencies/organizations submit all documents to one of Vietnam Immigration’s representative offices in Hanoi (44 Tran Phu)/ Ho Chi Minh City (333 Nguyen Trai)/ Danang (7 Tran Quy Cap) or Immigration Office of the province/city where the enterprise is located.

Applicants will get a receipt with an appointment and wait for the review process (5 working days)

• Step 3: Get the result
  • For foreign investors outside Vietnam: Guaranteed companies get the pre-approval visa letter, then scan the entire document and send it to the foreign investor. Foreigners prepare a passport, a visa application form, and 02 photos as prescribed to get a visa stamp at the arrival port in Vietnam.
  • For foreign investors staying in Vietnam: Guaranteed companies get a visa from Immigration Department and foreigners can stay in Vietnam with an investor visa.

Processing time & fee

The investor visa process takes around 05 working days. The fee depends on the duration of your stay and the number of entries:

• Single entry: USD25
• Multiple entries
  • Under 03 months: USD50
  • 06 months: USD95
  • 12 months: USD135
  • 02 years: USD145
  • 05 years: USD155