Visas and border crossings forum

Posted from within Vietnam.

yes, visa on arrival is legit, there are a few sites offering this service and i have not heard any problems. a few sites are being recommended such as guidevietnam.com, vietnamstay, hotel-in-vietnam, and the site you mentioned above.

after a few minutes of reviewing info on travelfish, i found the most recommended one is guidevietnam.com.

regarding the info provided by vntraveler, i also read some threads on tripadvisor and lonely planet, many members used my vietnam visa and recommended them. (you can search more information on tripadvisor or lonely planet)

in general, i will advise you to go with visa on arrival since i would prefer not to send my passport to an embassy or just to save a few bucks.

good luck.

This doesn't relate directly to visa issues, but may be relevant as an entry/exit problem. At the end of May 2009 I was booked on a flight from Brisbane to Hanoi with Malaysian Airlines. My return flight was out of Singapore a couple of months later. The staff at Brisbane airport told me I could not board the plane as I did not have a ticket out of Vietnam (even though I had obtained a visa from the consulate in Canberra). I told them I planned to travel to Cambodia overland and that is why I did not have a ticket out of Vietnam. They kept insisting I had to purchase one online at the airport. I kept refusing. Eventually they said I had to sign a statement to the effect that I had sufficient funds to travel from Hanoi to Singapore. I did so, as they would not let me board the plane if I did not. Had to run to catch the plane, and only just made it. I did not show the document to airport staff at Hanoi, nor did they request it.