Step 3: Transfer payment to the Embassy's bank account (remember to put the Reference Number/Group ID);

Step 4: Loose-leaf visas will be sent by post to your address (once the Embassy receive the payment, the processing time is within 01-02 working day, excluding the post time).

There has been a cluster of complaints from both Australian and foreign visitors that the online visa applications via unauthorized and/or untrustworthy websites cause a lot of inconvenience. Sometimes they can not board on the plane or be denied entry and pay a fine because of fake visas.

For reasons as such, travelers and businesses to Viet Nam are strongly recommended to apply for the visas before departure through the Embassy of the S.R. of Viet Nam in Canberra. Please contact the Embassy for further information .

- The UK, Germany, Italy, France and Spain; and

- Japan, the Repulic of Korea, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russian Federation, Belarus.

Step 1: Certification by the Embassy of Viet Nam of your signature in Criminal Records Form and certification of true copy of your passport;

Step 2: Submission of paper work as required to the Vietnamese competent authority in Viet Nam (Department of Justice of the Province/cities where you resided; or the Hanoi-based National Center for Criminal Records- NCCR) by post or in person to get the Criminal Records Certificate; and

Step 3: Translation into English of the Criminal Records Certificate obtained at Step 2 which can be done at our Embassy.

Step 4:  Submission of the Vietnamese Criminal Records Certificate and its translated version to the relevant Australian authority.