What is the real cost of a Vietnam e-visa?

$25 USD for single-entry, $50 USD for multi-entry. This is the official Vietnamese government fee, paid directly through the Immigration Department's site at evisa.gov.vn. Anyone charging more is a middleman.

What is the official Vietnam e-visa website?

The only official site is evisa.gov.vn. The .gov.vn suffix is restricted to Vietnamese government entities. Sites like vietnam-evisa.org or evisa-vietnam.com are commercial middlemen, not official.

Is iVisa the official Vietnam e-visa site?

No. iVisa is a commercial middleman. They typically charge $99-179 USD for the same e-visa that costs $25 directly through the Vietnamese Immigration Department.

How long does the e-visa take?

Standard processing is 3 working days. The official site offers an express option for an additional $50 USD government surcharge, processed in about 1 working day. Middlemen often charge extra on top of these government fees.

Who needs a Vietnam e-visa?

Citizens of ~80 eligible countries can apply for the e-visa online. Visa-exempt nationalities (including most ASEAN countries, Japan, South Korea, several European countries) do not need any pre-arrival visa. Check the official Immigration Department eligibility list.

How long is the e-visa valid?

The e-visa is valid for 90 days from the entry date you declared in the application. Single-entry permits one entry; multi-entry permits multiple entries within the 90 days.

What is the difference between e-visa and visa on arrival (VOA)?

E-visa is fully online and lets you board your flight directly. Visa on arrival (VOA) requires a sponsor letter from a Vietnamese company before flight, and you pay another fee at the airport. VOA is also where the worst middleman scams live: 'visa on arrival' agencies often charge $40-80 for the sponsor letter, then bill the airport stamping fee on top. For most travelers, e-visa is simpler and cheaper.

I already paid a middleman more than $25. Can I get a refund?

If they actually delivered a real e-visa from evisa.gov.vn, your visa is valid and you cannot get a refund from the government. You can dispute the markup with your credit card issuer as 'misleading merchant' — explain the official fee is $25 and you were not informed. Best within 60 days of the charge.

Evisa Vietnam Official Site: $25/$50 Government Fee (2026)

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Quick answer

For an evisa Vietnam application, use evisa.gov.vn. That is the official Vietnamese Immigration Department site.

Single-entry Vietnam evisa government fee: $25 USD.
Multi-entry Vietnam evisa government fee: $50 USD.
Commercial visa sites can charge $80-200 for the same government application.

What the Vietnam E-Visa actually is

The Vietnam E-Visa is an electronic visa issued by the Vietnamese Immigration Department, valid for tourism, business, transit, and several other purposes. It replaced most paper visa-on-arrival processes for ~80 eligible nationalities starting around 2017 and was further expanded in 2024.

It costs $25 USD for single-entry or $50 USD for multi-entry. This is a real government fee, not a service charge. It is paid directly to the Vietnamese Immigration Department through the official site.

The catch is not the fee. The catch is that the first three results when you Google “vietnam e-visa” are middlemen charging two to eight times the official fee, and most travelers do not know there is an official site.

The problem

If you Google “vietnam e-visa” right now, you will see paid ads for sites charging $89, $129, $179 USD for the same form. Some of them do submit your application to the real official site. They keep the markup. Some submit a slightly different visa or just an invitation letter that does not work as a visa, and you find out at the gate.

The Vietnamese Immigration Department has issued multiple public statements that only evisa.gov.vn is the authorized e-visa site. Travel agencies and visa services that submit on your behalf are not illegal, but they are also not necessary, and they do not get you a visa any faster, easier, or more reliably than going direct.

Before you touch any form

Check the address bar. The official site is evisa.gov.vn and nothing else.

Not vietnam-evisa.org. Not evisa-vietnam.com. Anyone can register .com or .org. Only Vietnamese government entities can register .gov.vn.

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Address in Vietnam *

First night's address. Hotel name + street + city is enough.

Date of birth *

Format: DD/MM/YYYY on the form, but accept YYYY-MM-DD here

Email *

Approval letter and e-visa PDF are sent here.

Full name (as in passport) *

Exactly as shown on your passport (Latin letters only). Family name first, then given names — this matches Vietnamese name order convention.

Intended date of entry *

Format: YYYY-MM-DD — when you plan to enter Vietnam. E-visa is valid for 90 days from this date.

Nationality *

Country that issued your passport

Passport number *

Printed on the photo page of your passport. Letters and numbers only.

Passport expiry date *

Must be at least 6 months after your planned arrival

Allowed port of entry *

Pick the airport, land border, or seaport you plan to use. Vietnam's e-visa lists ~30 approved entry points.

Purpose of entry *

Tourism, business, transit, family visit, study, etc.

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Every field the official form asks

The Vietnam E-Visa form has roughly 25 fields across 4 sections: traveler identity, passport, trip details, and a brief health/security declaration.

A passport-style photo upload is required (this is one of the few cases where an official arrival document does request photo upload — but the upload happens only on the official .gov.vn site, never anywhere else).

Payment is required ($25 single, $50 multi) — but payment goes through the Vietnamese government’s payment processor, not to a third party.

If a site asks for your photo or payment but the URL is not .gov.vn, you are not on the official site.

Known sites that overcharge for the e-visa

These sites all charge significantly more than $25 USD for the same Vietnamese government e-visa. Some submit a real application on your behalf. Some don’t.

Screenshots captured April 2026. Archived snapshots available via archive.org.

How to tell any e-visa site is not the real one

Does the domain end in .gov.vn? If no, it is not a Vietnamese government site. Period.
Does the price match $25 single-entry / $50 multi-entry? Anything higher includes middleman markup.
Does the URL contain “vietnam”, “evisa”, “official”, “apply” but not .gov.vn? Bait.
Does the site claim “official partner” or “authorized agent”? Vietnam’s Immigration Department does not authorize partners. There are no such things.
Does the site offer express processing for $200+? The real express option is $50 government surcharge. Anything higher is middleman markup.

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