Vietnam Visa - Only 1 Blank Page in Passport

[ouagadougou]

Hi,

 

I'm in Thailand with 2 blank pages in my passport.  Planning on going to Lao and then to Vietnam to get a new passport.

 

Lao visa will take 1 full page.  Will apply for Vietnamese visa in Savannakhet which will take the last page. 

 

Problem is I have just read that the Vietnamese may require 2 blank pages in passport.

 

True?  Any way around it?

[LongTimeLurker]

Yes.

 

Get your new passport in Bangkok.

[ouagadougou]

24 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said:

Yes.

 

Get your new passport in Bangkok.

 

Hmm, I was afraid of that.  But thank you for the info.  Not enough time before my Thai visa expires to apply for a new passport in BKK....unless they can expedite it.

 

Follow up question... Vietnamese consulate in Savannakhet, Lao....

 

Will they issue 3 month single or multiple entry tourist visas?  If not, 1 month multiple possible?  I'm planning on crossing into Vietnam overland so don't think the online visas help me.

 

 

[LongTimeLurker]

Depends on your nationality but some dionot require visas for VN for less than 15 days stay

 

And some places only give 1 year visas to US passport holders

[dsj]

I think if you are from Europe you don't need a Visa.

Updates on 01-07-2016: Starting from 01/July/2016 to 30/06/2017, visitors from the following countries may not need a visa to Vietnam for less than 15 days: Germany, France, the UK, Italy, and Spain.

https://www.myvietnamvisa.com/vietnam-visa-exemption.html

 

[louse1953]

1 hour ago, ouagadougou said:

 

Hmm, I was afraid of that.  But thank you for the info.  Not enough time before my Thai visa expires to apply for a new passport in BKK....unless they can expedite it.

 

Follow up question... Vietnamese consulate in Savannakhet, Lao....

 

Will they issue 3 month single or multiple entry tourist visas?  If not, 1 month multiple possible?  I'm planning on crossing into Vietnam overland so don't think the online visas help me.

 

 

Your right,online visa's are for 3 international airports only

[Goingmad]

Big risk traveling around Asia with only a few pages left on a Passport.

[ouagadougou]

1 hour ago, Goingmad said:

Big risk traveling around Asia with only a few pages left on a Passport.

 

Agree, but my country is daft.  I tried to get a new passport last time I was home but told I couldn't because the one I had was still good for 7 more years and had "plenty" blank pages left.

[Goingmad]

34 minutes ago, ouagadougou said:

 

Agree, but my country is daft.  I tried to get a new passport last time I was home but told I couldn't because the one I had was still good for 7 more years and had "plenty" blank pages left.

Welcome to USA.

[Searat7]

Have pages added to existing passport ?

[ouagadougou]

1 hour ago, Searat7 said:

Have pages added to existing passport ?

 

That would be nice.  They used to but stopped.  The coconuts instead brought in a 10 year passport with 29 usable pages. 

[Suradit69]

1 hour ago, Goingmad said:

Welcome to USA.

 

You can apply for a new US passport at any time. I got mine about a year before it expired and I had plenty of pages left in it. I wanted the new passport so that when I did the next retirement extension a few months later it would be good for a full year.

I even emailed the citizen consular services at the US Embassy ahead of time to ask if I could do the renewal that early and their reply was that I could apply at any time.

[Maestro]

Removed an off-topic post.

[MyFriend You]

6 hours ago, Suradit69 said:

 

You can apply for a new US passport at any time. I got mine about a year before it expired and I had plenty of pages left in it. I wanted the new passport so that when I did the next retirement extension a few months later it would be good for a full year.

I even emailed the citizen consular services at the US Embassy ahead of time to ask if I could do the renewal that early and their reply was that I could apply at any time.

I did exactly that for the same reason, my old passport has plenty of pages left and is good until July 17, but I want a couple long term visa's so needed to extend it.  Got the new pspt, the old is still good because I didn't report it stolen or anything like that, Consular officer said its still a good pspt but wouldn't travel on it if I didn't need too.

[MyFriend You]

7 hours ago, ouagadougou said:

 

That would be nice.  They used to but stopped.  The coconuts instead brought in a 10 year passport with 29 usable pages. 

The new pspt I got last month has 52 pages in it - no extra charge

[ouagadougou]

7 hours ago, TunnelRat69 said:

The new pspt I got last month has 52 pages in it - no extra charge

 

Unfortunately I'm not from the USA....close though....51st state