Start the online application
Use the government e-Visa flow first, then confirm the passport split and stay window below before paying any fees.
Open the e-Visa portal Vietnam passport to Japan
Vietnamese passport holders traveling to Japan
Vietnamese ordinary passport holders follow Japan's short-term stay visa procedures, with a conditional eVISA path for designated package tours, while diplomatic and official passports are visa-exempt.
Likely path Outcome depends on passport type
How you file Embassy or consulate / Official e-Visa portal
Source quality Government-linked
Updated Mar 9, 2026, 9:58 PM
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Match the rule to your passport class
Ordinary, diplomatic, official, service, and special passports can land on different outcomes. Open the rule card that matches the document in your hand before paying any fee.
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Passport rules
Ordinary passport
- Outcome
- Visa required
- Channel
- Embassy or consulate
- Use the paper short-stay route for tourism outside the package-tour eVISA path, as well as for visiting relatives or friends, business, and other short stays.
Ordinary passport
- Outcome
- Conditional e-Visa
- Channel
- Official e-Visa portal
- Stay limit
- Up to 15 days
- Entry type
- Single entry
- JAPAN eVISA is limited to nationals of Viet Nam residing in Viet Nam who participate in package tours organized by designated travel agencies.
- Only ordinary passport holders traveling by air or sea can use the eVISA channel.
Diplomatic passportOfficial passport
- Outcome
- Visa-free
- Channel
- No advance filing
- Stay limit
- Up to 90 days
Before you go
Conditional eVISA route
Japan's eVISA route for Vietnamese nationals is limited to residents in Viet Nam joining package tours organized by designated travel agencies, and the eVISA period of stay is 15 days.
Paper visa route
Japan's Viet Nam short-stay page covers single-entry and multiple-entry visa procedures for tourism, business, and visiting relatives or acquaintances outside the package-tour eVISA route.
Passport split
Japan lists Viet Nam under its diplomatic and official passport exemption arrangements, while ordinary passports follow the short-stay visa or conditional eVISA routes.