How to Apply for Vietnam Visa From Ireland

How to apply for Vietnam visa from Ireland starts with a fact that surprises many Irish travelers: you do need a visa, unlike British citizens, and the usual way to get one is the online e-visa, valid for up to 90 days. You fill in a form, pay by card, upload your passport page and a photo, and receive a PDF by email, with no embassy visit. This page covers the steps, what to prepare, timing in Dublin time, paying from Ireland and the mistakes Irish applicants make. For prices in euro and urgent cut-offs, see our guide to the Vietnam visa for Irish 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 Ireland at a glance:

How to apply for Vietnam visa from Ireland

You apply for a Vietnam visa from Ireland in five steps with us. The Embassy of Ireland in Hanoi states that Irish citizens require a visa to visit Vietnam, so every Irish traveler follows these steps.

1. Fill in the form: Enter your passport details, trip dates, entry gate and the speed you want. The price and 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, 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 Ireland

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

• An Irish passport: Valid for at least 6 months from your entry date, with two blank pages. The e-visa is issued for one passport, so enter the number of the passport you will travel on.
• A data page image: The page with your photo, all four corners in view, 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.
• A card and an emergency contact: A card enabled for online payments abroad, 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. If you hold both an Irish and a British passport, the one you show at the border decides what you need; see the mistakes below.

When to apply from Ireland

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. Vietnam is 6 hours ahead of Dublin in Irish summer time and 7 hours ahead in winter.

Irish summer time runs from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. An order placed in the Irish morning is processed the same day in Vietnam, so urgent speeds can arrive within hours. The last Emergency order of the working day must be placed by 11:30 in Dublin in summer time (10:30 in winter). Our guide for Irish citizens has the full table, and the urgent e-visa page covers every speed.

Paying for your e-visa from Ireland

You pay in US dollars by credit or debit card. A Standard single-entry e-visa costs $47, about €42 at 1 USD = 0.8933 EUR (xe.com, October 8, 2026), government fee included, and your card issuer sets the final euro amount. 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 abroad and retry, rather than starting a second application.

Mistakes Irish applicants make

Most problems come from five mistakes:

• Using the UK rule: British citizens can stay 45 days without a visa under Resolution 44/NQ-CP; Irish citizens are not covered. Many guides list the two together.
• Mixing up passports: If you hold Irish and British passports, enter the number of the one you will travel on. The e-visa is issued for one passport.
• A recycled photo: A crop from a passport or a photo of a printed picture is flagged.
• A cropped passport scan: If the two code lines are cut off, the site cannot read the passport.
• Dates with no margin: Start the validity a day or two before you land; 90 days costs the same as 30.

Read our page for British citizens only if you carry a British passport. Otherwise, apply for your e-visa and a person checks your files before they go in.