A Vietnam visa overstay fine in 2026 runs 500,000 VND to 40,000,000 VND (roughly $19 to $1,520), scaled to how many days you went over, under Decree 282/2025/ND-CP. Under 16 days it’s the cheapest tier - over 16 days, deportation becomes a legal option, not just a fine.
How Much Is the Vietnam Visa Overstay Fine in 2026?
The fine climbs in seven brackets tied directly to days overstayed, set by Decree 282/2025/ND-CP, effective 15 December 2025. It replaced the older Decree 144/2021/ND-CP and roughly doubled the top penalty, from 20,000,000 VND to 40,000,000 VND for anyone overstaying a year or more.
| Days overstayed | Fine (VND) | Fine (approx. USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Under 16 days | 500,000 - 2,000,000 | $19 - $76 |
| 16 - 29 days | 5,000,000 - 10,000,000 | $190 - $380 |
| 30 - 59 days | 10,000,000 - 15,000,000 | $380 - $570 |
| 60 - 89 days | 15,000,000 - 20,000,000 | $570 - $760 |
| 90 days - under 6 months | 20,000,000 - 25,000,000 | $760 - $950 |
| 6 months - under 1 year | 25,000,000 - 30,000,000 | $950 - $1,140 |
| 1 year or more | 30,000,000 - 40,000,000 | $1,140 - $1,520 |
A single day over the line and a two-week overstay both land in the same bottom bracket - the jump only starts once you cross 16 days, and that jump is steep: from a maximum of 2,000,000 VND straight to a minimum of 5,000,000 VND.
Why Are So Many Overstay Fine Numbers Online Wrong?
Most English-language sites still quote a maximum fine of 20,000,000 VND for overstaying Vietnam - that’s the old ceiling under Decree 144/2021/ND-CP, replaced more than a year before this was written. The real 2026 ceiling is double that, 40,000,000 VND, and the tier boundaries below it shifted too, not just the top number.
I checked half a dozen of the visa-agency sites that show up first when you search “Vietnam overstay fine 2026,” and most of them are still running the 2021 fine table under a “2026” heading - bottom bracket unchanged, but the top bracket capped at 20,000,000 VND instead of the real 40,000,000 VND. One site even lists its own source as “Decree 144/2021/ND-CP” in the fine print while calling the page current. Decree 282/2025/ND-CP roughly doubled the top penalty and added the harsher long-stay brackets above - if a page you’re reading tops out at 20 million dong, it’s a year out of date.
What Happens If You Overstay by More Than 16 Days?
Sixteen days is the legal trigger for deportation as a supplementary penalty under Decree 282/2025/ND-CP, on top of whatever fine applies to your bracket. Decree 282/2025 landed alongside a wider set of 2026 entry changes - see our full rundown of what changed if you’re tracking more than just the overstay fine.
Deportation isn’t automatic at day 16 - the immigration officer weighs the length of the overstay and how forthcoming you were about it. What is consistent: past 16 days, you’re no longer dealing with a routine fine at the counter. The Immigration Department (Cục Quản lý xuất nhập cảnh) opens a formal case, and that changes both the paperwork and the timeline for actually getting out of the country.
What Actually Happens at Da Nang Airport If You’ve Overstayed?
For a short overstay, some travelers pay an immigration officer directly at the airport in cash dong before their flight, with processing commonly reported at roughly 30-60 minutes - cut it close and you risk missing the flight. Longer overstays can’t be resolved at the counter at all. (Exiting via a land border instead? The process runs differently - see our Lao Bao overstay walkthrough.)
Nobody publishes airport-specific reporting for Da Nang International Airport - not the government, not the airport operator, not even the visa-agency sites that cover this topic. What does exist is the national rule, and it applies the same way at DAD as anywhere else: if your overstay runs past a few days, the airport counter sends you to the Da Nang Immigration Department office downtown first, for the formal penalty decision and a short exit extension, before you’re allowed anywhere near a departure gate. There’s no informal “smoothing” the way land-border crossings sometimes have - it’s paperwork, then payment, then a new stamp, in that order. Airlines flying out of Vietnam are also required to check your exit status before boarding, so an unresolved overstay can get flagged before you even reach immigration.
This is where I usually get involved, because the part that trips people up isn’t the fine itself - it’s timing the office visit against a flight that’s already booked. I’ve walked clients through the Da Nang Immigration Department process and back out through the airport on the same trip, cash ready, paperwork checked before we go — what it needs from you is the flight time and how many days you’ve gone over.
Is There a Vietnam Visa Exit Ban or Re-Entry Ban After Overstay?
Two different bans exist, and they’re often confused. A temporary exit suspension (tạm hoãn xuất cảnh) can stop you from leaving Vietnam at all until an unpaid penalty is resolved - for up to 3 years while it’s outstanding. A re-entry ban only starts once you’ve already left.
Under Article 21 of Law No. 47/2014/QH13 (as amended in 2023), a formal deportation carries a re-entry ban of up to 3 years from the deportation decision; the lesser “forced exit” measure carries up to 6 months. Pay the fine, leave voluntarily, and neither formal ban applies automatically - though the record can still follow you into future applications, covered next.
Does an Overstay Affect Your Next Vietnam Visa Application?
A paid, first-time, short overstay is generally treated as lower risk for future e-visa or TRC applications; longer or repeat overstays raise real rejection risk. Vietnamese law doesn’t publish an exact lookback window for this beyond the formal re-entry bans above.
What’s consistent across the cases I’ve handled: immigration officers do check history, and an unresolved case (fine unpaid, decision never issued) is far riskier for a future application than one that’s fully closed out with a receipt in hand. Close the loop properly the first time and you’re not gambling on how a future application gets read.
Straightening out an overstay before it turns into a deportation case is exactly what I do for clients out of Da Nang, and timing the immigration office visit against a booked flight is the part that actually trips people up. The visa-run and e-visa booking details are on danangvisarun.com if you want to get ahead of it before your stamp expires.
Methodology: Where These Numbers Come From
The fine table comes from Decree 282/2025/ND-CP, cross-checked against Vietnamese state media and a provincial police portal’s old-versus-new comparison of the brackets. The re-entry and exit-suspension distinction traces to Article 21 of Law No. 47/2014/QH13 (amended 2023) and the National Public Service Portal’s official explainer.
Airport-specific procedural details for Da Nang are flagged as unconfirmed where that’s the honest answer - I’d rather say a number isn’t nailed down than invent one that sounds precise.
Frequently asked questions
What if my flight home gets cancelled and that’s what pushes me into overstay - does the reason matter for the fine? Not for the fine amount itself - the bracket is set purely by how many days you went over, regardless of why. A cancelled flight is worth documenting anyway, since it can matter for how understanding the immigration officer is about the circumstances, even if it doesn’t change which bracket you land in.
Does the deportation clock start from my visa’s expiry date, or from when immigration actually catches the overstay? From the visa’s expiry date - the clock starts the day your authorized stay ended, not the day you happen to get flagged at a checkpoint or the airport. That’s why the running total matters even if nobody stops you until you’re already at departure.
Does the overstay fine apply to a child traveling on my visa, or just to adults? In principle, yes - the fine attaches to the individual’s visa status, not an age exemption, so a child on their own visa or included status is technically assessed under the same bracket system. In practice, families sort this together with the parent’s case rather than as two separate proceedings.
Does an overstay in Vietnam affect visa applications for other Southeast Asian countries, or is it strictly a Vietnam-only record? It’s strictly a Vietnam record as far as anything published goes - there’s no evidence of the overstay being shared with immigration authorities in neighboring countries. What follows you is specifically your history with Vietnamese immigration on any future Vietnam application.
Is there a way to check my exact overstay day count myself, or do I need an immigration officer to calculate it? You can work it out yourself from your entry stamp and your visa’s stated validity - count from the day after your authorized stay ends. The tricky part is that officers use the same official record, so if your own count and their count disagree, theirs is what determines the bracket, not yours.
