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I'm sure e-visas can be used at "Hon Gai Seaport."  Are the several points passengers can land. Are they all part of "Hon Gai Seaport" as far as the Immigration Dept is concerned? Hon Gai is not listed as a port in the link posted earlier in this thread  Quang Ninh Port is.  Until last month there were separate Customs Department branches for what they call Cai Lan Port  and Hon Gai Port. There is a town on the northern border with two international border crossing points. The e-visa can be used at only one.  A similar situation may occur at a border crossing in the south.

Thanks for posting the passport stamps image, Expat Cruise. It's interesting for the 31 day period of stay and the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Immigration stamp for Phu My.  Thanks also for the extra details later.  The image itelf didn't prove anything about the issue. The dates you mention don't match those in the image, but I'll accept that the visa validity was extended past the "valid until" date on the e-visa.   I can't accept it as the norm.  It is not happening at land ports and air ports as far as I know.  Could it be just at seaports?  

I'm not much the wiser about using an e-visa at Hon Gai though.  Think I'll ask elsewhere. 

On 1/13/2020 at 5:01 PM, Expat Cruise said:

I said the Visa need to be within the date range and started within that range.  So if you have a Visa that starts January 2nd, it can be used until January 31st. If you enter the country on the 31st of January on this visa you do  not have to leave until 30 days later.  The visa is valid for 30 days after the first entry, as long as started within the date range on the visa.  So exactly as I advised and done with over 30 e-visa so do not assume, FYI  Phu My is consider part of HCMC seaport, have used it as the entry point at lease 5 times in the last two years. 

 

Expat Cruise, I have no idea what you think I assume, but I see what you misunderstand. The  validity of the e-visa is a maximum 30 days commencing on the date stipulated on the the e-visa. If you enter later, the expiry date of the visa does not change. You must leave before or on the "valid until" date stipulated on the e-visa. The immigration officer will not recalculate and extend the validity of the visa beyond its legal maximum. 

Thanks to those who confirm the use of e-visas at Vietnamese ports.  There is very little other information and it is great to read first-hand reports of actual experiences.

Rose, Phu My is part of Vung Tau Seaport which is on the list of Seaports where e-visas can be used.  The smaller ships can use the HCMC Seaport.

  I am interested in  using the e-visa at Hon Gai Seaport which could be my first port of call in Vietnam.  It seems there are several places passengers could disembark:  a new Hon Gai International Cruise port (with its International Passenger Terminal),  Cai Lan terminal, Bai Chay wharf (by tender),  Vinashin dock, and possibly Tuan Chan International Port. Are all or only some of these   part of Hoi Gai Seaport?   Or, to put it another way, can I use the e-visa at all or only some of these points - or, indeed, is it done on the ship before disembarking ? 

Expat Cruiser, it is clear that one must enter AND exit Vietnam within the date range applied for and stated on the e-visa,  not as you advised.