Armin Ka . . you must DEFINITELY have entered on a 60-days Tourist Visa issued in your home country - (you NEVER ever entered on a 90-days Non-O visa because this one cannot get extended for 30 more days) - because an Iranian citizen cannot get a 60-days stay permit on a visa exempt entry - you are NOT listed under the 93 countries elegible for a visa-exempt entry. So what you need to do, you can exit and apply for another 60-days single entry tourist visa through the online E-Visa system in a neighbouring country. However you CANNOT re-enter visa-exempt - which some of the people commenting here have totally LOST
doesn't matter where in Vietnam, as you will have to apply online through the e-visa system of the Hanoi embassy or the HCMC consulate. Best to stay in Hanoi and await the issuance of the visa. You can be asked to the embassy for a personal interview. Waiting is about 1-2 weeks
it would be well said if he was right. But he is wrong. The threadstarter talks about a ""I have a retirement multiple entry visa" . . . . a Non-O/A visa is not a "retirement visa" (this is the Non-O visa!) . . . The Non-O/A visa is officially called a "Longstay Visa" by Thai embassies and Immigration
the multi entry Non-Imm-O/A visa is not a "retirement visa". It is officially called "Longstay Visa". And I strongly doubt that the threadstarter has an O/A visa. He rather is already on a "1-year Extension of Stay based on retirement" for which he bought a multi re-entry permit. Wrong wording in these groups is omnipresent
"I have a retirement multiple entry visa" . . . . . .there is nothing such. . . you do not have any kind of "visa" anymore . . . . . . you have an individual stamp that says you got a 1-year stay permit (based on being over 50/ retired). For this stay permit you bought a re-entry permit, which is a second individual stamp . . something like this:
when leaving, you will probably not be stamped out when you leave through the automatic gates . . . . . . And when you return, just make sure - on the spot! - the Immigration officer stamps you in correctly until the expiry date you received when you first entered on the 90-days Non-Imm-O Visa. As this is the furthest date your re-entry permit allows you to get stamped back in
apply for your 12-months extension as soon as possible, do not wait. If Immigration want one or more documents on top, you need time to collect them. You don't lose any single day of the new extension when you go earlier