For some reason I assumed I could go to Vietnam without visa since I have a Canadian passport. Now I’m at airport in Tokyo and don’t know what to do.
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There are services there which can take care of it and meet you at immigration. This happened to me also.
don’t they have an eVisa system? apply online and hope for a swift response
Some good advice in here OP but the amount of people in here saying they made the same mistake is crazy… you guys call yourselves digital nomads and cant think to check visa requirements???
Anyway yeah good luck going home OP… this is probably the best decision considering the thought process behind this mistake. Asia (or traveling in general) may not be for you.
FYI Vietnam is a COMMUNIST country. Not much to do with visa requirements but you’d think knowing this you would at least bother to check the visa reqs…
You can get an e visa in 2 hours.
BTW this is an airline issue - the Vietnamese govt. Website says Canadian citizens can have a visa on arrival. The airlines haven’t caught up yet and it’s costing people 100s of dollars.
I used http://www.evisa.com.vn.
Coupon code ‘Legal nomads’ used to get you a 20% discount but that was back in 2014/2015. Don’t know if it still works now.
Buddy, have you heard of the word “a”? Sure doesn’t look like it from your post haha.
Hope you get it sorted out and it works out without too much pain
Don’t listen to some negative people here - also a Canadian who made the same mistake 4 weeks ago. Vietnam and Cambodia are 2/35 countries I’ve visited requiring this goofy pre-registration, and Vietnam just changed it from VoA recently. It’s baffling.
Unfortunately we had to get a hotel in Brisbane and stay an extra 5 nights until we got approved. Sorry about your experience
Ya I don’t get it, the OP already knows about the mistake. With a US passport sometimes you’re just entitled and didn’t even realize to look up.
I’ve been to 70 countries and it happened to me last year… it happens when you’re hopping around l!
Had this situation.
https://govietnamvisa.com Sign up for express service as fast as you want. Pick airport pick up and they will come to the airport to work out documents for you.
Jesus. You made me panic and triple check my visa stuff lol. I go to Vietnam in 5 days. British passport tho so I get 44 days
Pay a private agency for urgent visa
These are moments where very i value my German passport A LOT, it’s quite helpful
I’m sorry I don’t travel much, but could someone please explain me about this issue? If I have a visa-exempt passport, I’d still need a visa when going to Vietnam from Japan?
Bro I’ve been there haha…. I had to spend three nights in the airport waiting for my visa to clear. So either go hang out in Tokyo or get ready to spend some nights in the airport.
Classic canadians. Most entitled country in the world.
It’s been 5 years, but you can get one in Vietnamese airports. I did, and I’m CAN, too.