What to do if you enter Vietnam visa-free for 45 days but your approved e-visa starts after your arrival date?

From messages by 8 participants in 5 sources · Last activity: 17 days ago

TL;DR

Check the entry stamp in your passport, as it records the stay granted on arrival. Community advice is to print and show the e-visa at the border; if you remain under the 45-day visa exemption, plan a border run every 45 days, starting from VND 600,000.

What the community said

If you entered under visa exemption, check the stamp in your passport alongside the visa markings: it should show the date until which you are permitted to stay in Vietnam.

17 days ago 45-day entry stamp

To enter on an approved e-visa, the advice is to print it and present it at immigration. Without showing the printout, a traveler may receive a standard visa-exemption stamp rather than being admitted on the e-visa.

17 days ago Printed e-visa

If you do not activate the e-visa at the border and stay on the visa-exemption stamp, the discussion recommends a border run every 45 days. The quoted starting cost is from VND 600,000.

17 days ago Border run — from VND 600,000