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eVisa – Important AdviceWe had a bit of an issue with a visa when entering Vietnam at Saigon airport. My wife had applied for an eVisa and received it in a few days without any problems. She filled out her “given name” as <Firstname><Middlename> with *NO* space in between. I did the same, but my eVisa application was rejected because of “Incorrect given name.” Based on suggestions on FB and Reddit, I resubmitted my application multiple times (filling in ALL fields, clearing and reentering all fields, etc.) to no avail. It kept getting rejected for the same reason. I did not consider adding a space between first and middle names because my wife’s visa was approved without the space. I finally gave up because our date of departure was fast approaching and applied for an on-line visa with the Vietnamese consulate in Washington DC. Again, I filled my given name without the blank. The paper visa arrived by FedEx in a week as expected, but it *HAS* a space! When we went through immigration in Saigon, I was allowed through, but my wife was told to wait. After about a half hour, an immigration officer pointed out that her visa was invalid because of the missing space! I tried to explain that the visa was granted even though she filled in the form without a space. Finally, he asked to see her boarding pass. IT HAS NO SPACE!!! 😮He said he would let her go even though the visa didn’t match her passport. Moral of the story: Add a space between your first and middle names and hope you get an immigration officer who wants to see the space! The bottom line is that it all agencies agree whether the correct way to write your given name in ICAO format is with or without a space. US passports have a < between the names, but boarding passes have no space.
eVisa – Important Advice We had a bit of an issue with a visa when entering Vietnam at Saigon airport.
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What the hell made you think not to put a space, it’s common sense 😝 😜
70 years ago I was taught at school to put a space between words.
What are you talking about of course you have space between the names – that’s how it works – it should match your passport
The visa must match the exact names and format in the passport. There are spaces between names as denoted by << or <. How could you not know this? The boarding pass is immaterial. The immigration officer only used it as a last resort.
Also. KEEP your boarding pass. They wanted it at HCMC immigration. Usually I chuck them but glad I did t this time.