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Upgrading to a Business Visa In-Country
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Is it possible to "upgrade" the tourist visa to business visa if I have a visa approval? Or do I need to go out of the country and get a new visa at some embassy?

posted about 18 months ago by qwerty - viewed 731 times
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answered about 18 months ago by grubby

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not quite sure what you mean by a visa approval, but there's almost never any need to leave the country to get a new visa.

It's perfectly possible to get a B3 visa having entered as a tourist, though.

Your best bet is to shop around the old quarter travel agents for who can get you the best price - it varies according to your nationality and their contacts.

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answered about 18 months ago by qwerty

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Visa approval is that one person/org in Vietnam has to "invite" you to get business visa. But if you buy business visa through a travel agent they normally set their company name as the sponsor. I was thinking of getting business visa without going to a travel agency. Their prices are so sky-high that its cheaper to take the bus to Vientiane and back to get a visa at the Vietnamese embassy there.

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answered about 18 months ago by loominpapa

Are the prices for visas "so sky-high"?

Last time I got renewal it was $87 for a six month multiple entry visa. I think the first one is more expensive than a renewal - $95 if memory serves me correctly. This was in HCMC though...

But, like grubby said, the price varies from agent to agent. The visa costs $50, and the stamp $10 according to the details in the passport, the additional costs will be what is added for 'additional costs' and the agent's cut.

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answered about 18 months ago by kparsons

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Agreed -- don't leave the country, just find a travel agent. We found Tropical Tours at 10B Luong Ngoc Quyen St. (in the Old Quarter) to be particularly good. They were able to get us a business visa when no one else could (as Americans who had extended our initial tourist visas, it was apparently asking quite a lot to switch to a business visa). Plus, they seem to offer some of the cheaper rates in town for the 6 month, multiple entry visa. Here's their website and telephone:

www.tropicaltours.com.vn

tel: 84-4-9261580

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