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Steps to get long term Vietnam visa once you marry to Vietnamese national

Steps to get long term Vietnam visa once you marry to Vietnamese national

Aug 16, 2019 3786 Views
If foreigners marry to Vietnamese people, they will follow procedure as below to apply for long term Vietnam visa

1. Apply for TT Vietnam visa

To start with, the applicant will enter Vietnam with TT visa (visiting relative). Applying for this TT visa with Vietnamvisavoa.com, requires following documents:
 Passport copy of yourselves and your Vietnamese spouse
 Certification of marriage: Must be in Vietnamese language
 NA2 form (signed by Ward police where your Vietnam spouse residing)
 Other required information: Entry/exit date, port of entry and exit; required visa type…
Processing time
Within 05 working days once required documents is submitted successfully, a TT Vietnam visa approval letter will be approved at Vietnam Immigration department.
Visa Fee
Depend upon visa duration whether it is 1 month or 3 months visa, visa service fee would costs between $100 US.
While staying in Vietnam, foreigner would apply for temporary resident card or 5 years Vietnam visa exemption.

2. Apply Temporary Resident Card(TT) or 5 years Vietnam visa exemption

2.1. Temporary Resident card TT is granted to foreigners whose spouse is Vietnamese national. This is also known as a long-term visa.

Notice:
 The duration of a TRC is 30 days shorter than passport expiration
 The duration for a temporary residence card type TT is not exceed 3 years.
 TRC is not issued for a person whose passport validity is less than one year.
• Documents required
+ Marriage certificate (original and certified ones)
+ Vietnamese spouse’s Identity Card (Certified)
+ Applicant’s original passport
+ Vietnamese spouse’s family book (Certified)
+ Certified registration of residential stay (Original, issued by Police office in your residence/ Online Declaration Temporary Residence for Foreigner from your hotel)
+ 2 passport photos of 3*4 and 4*6 cm
+ Form Na7: guaranty and sponsor form for their spouse to apply for a Temporary Resident Card.
+ Form Na8: Information form for a foreign applicant, include personal detail, current Viet Nam visa detail and request to apply for a Temporary Resident Card.
• Fee: Contact us
• Validity: 3 years.
You are able to stay in Vietnam continuously within 3 year.
• Processing time:
7-10 working days
Important notice:
 Once Resident card is issued, you could stay in Vietnam with this card continuously for 3 years.
 Resident Card is extendable
 In case your original Vietnam visa type is not TT visa but Tourist visa, Temporary Resident Card costs much more.

2.2. 05 years visa exemption

• Documents required:
+ Marriage certificate (original and certified ones)
+ Vietnamese spouse’s Identity Card (Certified)
+ Applicant’s original passport
+ Vietnamese spouse’s family book (Certified)
+ Certified registration of residential stay (Original, issued by Police office in your residence/ Online Declaration Temporary Residence for Foreigner from your hotel)
+ 2 passport photos of 3*4 and 4*6 cm
NA7 form
• Fee: Contact us
• Validity: 5 years.
• Processing time:
7-10 working days
Important notice:
 Once 5 years visa exemption is ready, you must leave Vietnam and come back with this visa exemption to make it takes effect. You are allowed to stay in Vietnam 6 months continuously per each entry.
 When 5 years visa exemption finishes, you must apply for a new one.
For any further information about TT visa, 5 years visa exemption and Temporary Resident card for foreigners who marry to Vietnamese, feel free to find us at:
support@vietnamvisavoa.com
+84969255515 (Whatsapp/Viber/Wechat)
https://www.vietnamvisavoa.com
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