Can I travel to a different city in Vietnam while waiting for my DTV visa approval?

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Dec 21, 2024

2 days ago

ORIGINAL POSTER

Question about e-visas (DTV if it matters).

Suppose I fly to HCMC and apply for DTV using the HCMC embassy. I submit documentation that I'm in HCMC, such as hotel bookings.

While waiting for the application to be approved, I fly to Hanoi, which is under the jurisdiction of a different embassy, but still within the country of Vietnam.

Is that allowed?

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TLDR : Answer Summary

Yes, you can travel to different cities in Vietnam after applying for your DTV visa at the HCMC embassy. It is permissible as long as you were physically present at the HCMC consulate when you submitted your visa application. Your travel within Vietnam does not interfere with the visa processing, as the requirement is only to be in the jurisdiction during the application submission.

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Tod *********

Okay this is the break down of where you have to be when you apply at which consulate. You only have to be there when you submit your application. After that you're free to travel the country.

a day ago

Tod *********

totally okay to travel around the country after the visa is applied for, as long as you were in the jurisdiction of that consulate when you applied you are good..

No issue at all traveling around vietnam while you wait for it to be approved

only thing you can't do is come back to thailand

a day ago

Gordon *******

And which jurisdiction is Hanoi under ? The Embassy of Thailand is in Hanoi. The Consulate of Thailand is in HCMC ...both HCMC and Hanoi are in the same country

2 days ago

Adam *****

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@Gordon ******

if you apply to the Hanoi embassy while in HCMC you'd get rejected

2 days ago

Gordon *******

@Adam ****

well there you go ...😎

2 days ago

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Gordon *******

Ryan ********

As I understand it, once you apply, you can go anywhere you want while your visa is processing.

2 days ago

Adam *****

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@Ryan *******

actually my understanding is the opposite, but maybe because my impression was from the time before e-visas, where your passport was kept by the embassy for physical endorsement, and thus you couldn't travel anywhere that needed your passport as ID to travel.

2 days ago

Ryan ********

@Adam ****

several times i have travelled to different countries while my evisa was processing and many people are in Thailand already by the time it is issued.

2 days ago

Ellie *******

@Ryan *******

, more and more embassies state you need to be in the country until the visa issued, or application could be rejected.

2 days ago

Ryan ********

@Ellie ******

is the reason because they may ask for more documents related to your presence in the country and you won’t be able to provide them if you have already left ?

2 days ago

James ********

@Ryan *******

correct ✅ and we urge you to STAY IN VIETNAM UNTIL THEY HAVE DECIDED on your DTV Visa Application.

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James ********

Ellie *******

As you are still in the same country to travel to Thailand from Vietnam while you wait for approval , it wouldn't be a problem.

2 days ago

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Ellie *******