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

How to apply for Vietnam visa from Bermuda depends on your passport: a British Citizen passport enters Vietnam visa-free for up to 45 days, while a British Overseas Territories Citizen (BOTC) passport needs an e-visa for any stay. For a BOTC passport or a stay over 45 days you apply online 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. This page covers the steps, documents, timing in Hamilton time, payment and common mistakes. For prices in US dollars and the full cut-off table, see our guide to the Vietnam visa for Bermudian citizens. If your plans go beyond the exemption, 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 Bermuda at a glance:

How to apply for Vietnam visa from Bermuda

Decide first whether you need to apply. As our guide for Bermudian citizens explains, a British Citizen passport may stay up to 45 days without a visa, but a BOTC passport is on none of Vietnam's exemption lists, so it needs an e-visa for any trip.

If that is your case, you apply in five steps with us:

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 the government e-visa site; our guide on how to apply covers that route. To follow an order with us, use the e-visa status tool.

What to prepare in Bermuda

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

• A Bermudian 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.

When to apply from Bermuda

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. Hamilton is 10 to 11 hours behind Vietnam. Hamilton changes its clocks, so the gap shifts by an hour twice a year.

For Same day delivery, order between 22:00 and 4:15 in Hamilton in summer time (21:00 and 3:15 in winter), when the date in Vietnam is a working day. Order in the evening, not the morning. Our guide for Bermudian citizens has the full table of cut-offs, and the urgent e-visa page covers every speed.

Paying for your e-visa from Bermuda

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

The Bermuda dollar is pegged one to one to the US dollar, so these prices are the same in Bermuda dollars. Your card is charged in US dollars. See the full price table for every speed.

On evisa.gov.vn the government fee alone is US$25.

Mistakes Bermudian applicants make

Most problems come from a few mistakes:

• Assuming every British passport is exempt: Only a British Citizen passport gets 45 days visa-free. Check the nationality line on your data page; "British Overseas Territories Citizen" means you need an e-visa.
• Not planning a longer stay: A stay beyond 45 days must be arranged before you fly.
• A look-alike website: The government site is evisa.gov.vn. Private services, including ours, say that they are private.
• 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.