How to Apply for Vietnam Visa From the Bahamas: Steps, Timing and Payment

How to apply for Vietnam visa from the Bahamas is done online: Bahamian citizens apply for the e-visa, valid for up to 90 days, pay by card, upload a passport page and a photo, and receive a PDF by email. The Bahamas is on none of Vietnam's exemption lists, so every Bahamian passport follows this online route. This page covers the steps, what to prepare, timing in Nassau time, paying from the Bahamas and the mistakes Bahamian applicants make. For prices in Bahamian dollars and the full cut-off table, see our guide to the Vietnam visa for Bahamian citizens. When you are ready, you can apply for your e-visa.

eVisaVietnam.com is a private visa service operated by TK VIET NAM., JSC, not the Vietnamese government. You can apply yourself at evisa.gov.vn for US$25.

How to apply from the Bahamas at a glance:

How to apply for Vietnam visa from the Bahamas

You apply for a Vietnam visa from the Bahamas in five steps with us, and the steps are the same wherever in the country you are.

1. Fill in the form: Enter your passport details, trip dates, entry gate and the speed you want. The price and the delivery time update as you choose.
2. Pay by card: Pay in US dollars. The price at checkout is the price we charge.
3. Upload your files: Add the passport data page and the portrait photo. You can upload any time after paying.
4. We check and submit: A person looks at the photo and scan, and contacts you if a file has a problem, before submitting on evisa.gov.vn.
5. Receive the PDF: The approved e-visa arrives by email. Check your name and passport number against your passport, and print one copy.

You can also apply yourself on evisa.gov.vn; our guide on how to apply covers that route screen by screen. To follow an order with us, use the e-visa status tool.

What to prepare in the Bahamas

A Vietnam e-visa application from the Bahamas needs four things ready:

• A Bahamian passport: Valid for at least 6 months from your entry date, with two blank pages.
• A data page image: The page with your photo, all four corners in view, and the two code lines at the bottom sharp, without glare.
• A portrait photo: Recent, facing the camera, white background, no glasses. The photo requirements guide shows examples that pass and fail.
• A card and an emergency contact: A card enabled for online payments to a foreign merchant, and the name, address and phone of a contact at home.

Copy your name from the two code lines at the bottom of the data page, in capital letters, including middle names. The form also asks for the address of your first night in Vietnam.

When to apply from the Bahamas

Apply at least two weeks before you fly if you choose Standard, because 5 to 7 working days can stretch over weekends and Vietnamese public holidays. Nassau is 11 to 12 hours behind Vietnam. Nassau changes its clocks, so the gap shifts by an hour twice a year.

For Same day delivery, order between 21:00 and 3:15 in Nassau in summer time (20:00 and 2:15 in winter), on a day that is a working day in Vietnam. Order in the evening, not the morning. An order placed at 20:00 or 21:00 in Nassau, depending on the season, reaches Vietnam as its working day begins at 8:00. Our guide for Bahamian citizens has the full table of cut-offs, and the urgent e-visa page covers every speed.

Paying for your e-visa from the Bahamas

You pay in US dollars by credit or debit card. A Standard single-entry e-visa costs $47, government fee included.

The Bahamian dollar is pegged one to one to the US dollar (1 USD = 1.00 BSD, xe.com, October 10, 2026), so the price in Bahamian dollars is the same number. See the full price table for every speed.

On evisa.gov.vn the government fee alone is US$25. If a payment fails, check that your card allows online payments to foreign merchants and retry, rather than starting a second application.

Mistakes Bahamian applicants make

The first two points below are specific to Bahamian applicants; the last two apply to everyone.

• Ordering at breakfast: An order placed at 9:00 in Nassau in summer time reaches Vietnam at 20:00, after every urgent cut-off, and starts at 8:00 the next Vietnamese morning.
• Believing a visa-free claim: Some lookup sites say Bahamians enter without a visa, but the Ministry's exemption lists do not include the Bahamas.
• A look-alike website: The government site is evisa.gov.vn. Private services, including ours, say that they are private; leave any site that does not say who runs it.
• A gate you will not use: Choose the airport or border gate you will really enter through, and check the ports of entry list.

If you already filed a faulty application, read about e-visa problems first. Ready? Apply for your e-visa and a person checks your files before they go in.