Vietnam Visa Services for Russians 2026: 6 Options

Visa services built specifically for Russian travelers charge anywhere from $45 for a rubles-paid e-visa filing to $130 for a full visa sticker at a Moscow walk-in office, and which one is worth your money depends on one detail most guides skip entirely: can your card actually pay the Vietnamese government fee at all?

If you just want someone to solve the card problem and hand back a finished e-visa, skip ahead to #3, that’s mine. I run Best Bus out of Da Nang, filing e-visas and driving visa runs for Russian and English-speaking travelers, and I’ve ranked my own service honestly, not at the top, drawback included.

Quick comparison: 6 Vietnam visa services for Russians

Why can’t Russians just pay evisa.gov.vn directly?

Russian applicants keep hitting the same wall on evisa.gov.vn: a payment that won’t go through. Since March 2022, Visa and Mastercard products issued by Russian banks have been disconnected from the international rails that carry a charge from your bank to Vietnam’s treasury, so the money never reaches the government fee account. MIR, built mainly for domestic and limited international use, doesn’t clear the same gateway either.

Most Russian travelers don’t hit this problem right away. Vietnam’s 45-day visa exemption for Russian citizens, confirmed and extended through 14 March 2028 by Government Resolution No. 44/NQ-CP, covers most short trips already. The payment problem only bites once you need an e-visa for a longer stay, a second visit inside that window, or a border-run renewal - what filing that renewal on our end looks like is on the Vietnam e-visa 90 days page.

That gap is exactly what this market grew to close. Some travelers solve it themselves with a foreign-issued card, or a crypto-linked card such as Bybit Card, which runs on ordinary Visa/Mastercard rails and converts crypto to fiat the moment you pay. Everyone else pays an agency in rubles and lets that agency push the government fee through on a card that actually works. Both paths show up across the six services below.

1. evisa.gov.vn - cheapest, if your card works

Filing directly on evisa.gov.vn costs $25 for a single-entry e-visa or $50 for multiple entries, valid up to 90 days, with government processing quoted at three business days. It’s the cheapest way onto Vietnamese soil and the only option with zero agency markup, but it only works if you already have a card the portal will accept.

Pros:

• Cheapest option on this list, no service fee at all
• Straight from the source, no third party handling your passport data

Cons:

• Russian-issued Visa and Mastercard don’t clear the payment gateway
• MIR isn’t built for this kind of online payment either
• Recommended buffer is 7-14 days, well beyond the 3-day minimum

2. MyVisa.World - pay in rubles, skip the card problem

MyVisa.World charges $45 for single-entry and $75 for multiple-entry e-visas, and takes payment directly in rubles, via SBP, or with any Russian bank card, so the whole card-network problem never comes up. Processing runs from standard government speed up to a 4-hour express option for an extra fee.

Pros:

• Fully removes the payment-gateway problem
• Russian-language support throughout
• Four speed tiers, including 1-day and express options for last-minute trips

Cons:

• Entirely online, no office to walk into if something goes wrong
• Independent reviews of the service are thin online

3. Best Bus (danangvisarun.com) - best once you’re already headed to Vietnam

Best Bus is my own service, and I’m ranking it #3 on purpose. Send us your passport details and we file the e-visa ourselves, paying the government fee with a card evisa.gov.vn actually accepts instead of a Russian-issued one that gets declined. If the application gets refused, we refile it and refund what you paid.

This is usually the point where people actually write to me: once they’re already in Vietnam, watching their 45 free days run out, or after their card has bounced off the government site for the third time. I keep live English and Russian support running out of Da Nang, and once your passport details are in, the fee gets paid and the new e-visa lands in your inbox the same day. Message us on Telegram with your travel dates and I’ll tell you the same day if we can make it work.

The honest con: I don’t run a walk-in office in Moscow you can visit before booking a flight. Best Bus is strongest once you’re already traveling to Vietnam, or living here, and need a border run or extension somewhere in Central Vietnam. Want a downtown desk instead? Kalinka Service or Asia Visa Center below will suit you better.

Pros:

• Government fee paid on a card that clears, solved for you
• Refund-and-refile guarantee if the visa is refused
• Live English and Russian support based in Da Nang

Cons:

• No Moscow office, no in-person desk before you travel
• Best suited to people already in or actively heading to Vietnam

4. Kalinka Service - a walk-in office in Moscow

Kalinka Service runs a physical visa office on Tverskaya 20/1 in Moscow and charges $85 for a single-entry e-visa, with client reviews reporting a turnaround close to three days once your passport and documents are in. For travelers who want to sit across a desk from someone before handing over a passport, this is the most established walk-in option on the list.

Pros:

• Physical office, a real person handling your documents
• Fast turnaround by client account

Cons:

• Pricier than the online-only competitors on this list
• Only useful if you can get to Moscow in person

5. Asia Visa Center - full visa sticker, not an e-visa

Asia Visa Center, based in Moscow, processes full visa stickers physically placed in your passport, priced at $100 for single-entry and $130 for a 90-day multiple-entry sticker, submitted by email to visa@asiavc.ru or in person at its office.

Pros:

• Handles visa stickers, useful for the rare traveler who specifically needs one instead of an e-visa
• Phone line and office hours for direct contact

Cons:

• Noticeably pricier than every e-visa option on this list
• Only worth it if you specifically need a sticker, which most travelers don’t

6. Vietnam-Visa.com / Vietnamimmigration.com - English-language international agencies

These two international agencies charge a $23-80 service fee on top of the government fee, process applications in English, and pay the government fee themselves by default, on their own card, which solves the same declined-card problem Russian travelers run into on evisa.gov.vn, just without any Russian-language support.

Pros:

• Solves the card-payment problem automatically, the same mechanism Best Bus uses
• Established English-language agencies with public testimonials

Cons:

• No Russian-language support
• Reviews are mostly hosted on the agencies’ own sites, not independent platforms

How do you actually choose between these six?

Start with one question: does your card already work on international payment gateways? If yes, file directly on evisa.gov.vn and skip every fee on this list. If no, the next question is where you are: still in Russia and want an office to visit, or already traveling and need someone to handle the passport-and-payment problem remotely.

• Payment method - a working foreign card, or rubles paid through an agency?
• Document type - a digital e-visa, or a physical sticker, which few travelers actually need?
• Location - still in Russia and want a walk-in office, or already in or heading to Vietnam?
• Speed - standard government processing, or a faster same-day or express option worth paying extra for?
• Language support - a Russian-speaking agency, or comfortable working entirely in English?

If you’ve gone through all six and just want the passport-and-payment part off your plate, that’s the part I handle out of Da Nang every week. Send me your travel dates on Telegram and I’ll tell you the same day whether we can get your e-visa filed, paid, and in your inbox before you fly.

Frequently asked questions

Do Russian citizens need a visa to enter Vietnam in 2026? No, not for stays up to 45 days. Resolution No. 44/NQ-CP (7 March 2025) extends Vietnam’s visa exemption for Russian citizens through 14 March 2028. Longer stays, or a second trip inside that window, still need an e-visa or a border run.

Can Russians pay for a Vietnam e-visa online if their card is blocked internationally? Not with a Russian-issued Visa or Mastercard directly. The workaround that consistently works is a foreign-issued card, a crypto-linked card such as Bybit Card running on Visa/Mastercard rails, or an agency that accepts rubles and pays the government fee on its own card.

Does evisa.gov.vn accept the MIR card? There’s no official confirmation either way from the portal itself, but MIR wasn’t built as an international online-payment card, and no visa agency or traveler report confirms it clearing the evisa.gov.vn gateway. Assume it won’t work until proven otherwise.

What’s the real difference between an e-visa and a visa sticker like Asia Visa Center sells? An e-visa is a digital approval emailed to you, filed entirely online for the standard government fee. A visa sticker is physically placed in your passport at an office like Asia Visa Center’s in Moscow, and costs noticeably more for it.

How long should I budget for a Vietnam e-visa before flying? Official government processing is quick on paper, but agencies and Vietnam’s own immigration department recommend budgeting seven to fourteen days total, since system overload and small form errors are the most common causes of delay. We broke down real processing times by nationality if you want the full picture before you apply.