Guinea-Bissauan Visa is not required for Vietnameses
Stay Duration: 90 days
Entry Requirements
- Vietnam citizens about to visit Guinea Bissau are to apply for either its visa on arrival or e-visa.
- The period of stay granted on the two visas is 90 days respectively.
- To apply for the Guinea Bissau e-visa, you have to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website for your e-visa application procedure.
- Your Guinea Bissau e-visa will take three days for its process and will be emailed to you with this three days, providing you met all the requirements needed for the visa application.
- You are to print out your visa application form and take it along with you when you are visiting the country.
- To extend your visa staying period, you should get in touch with the Immigration Department of Guinea Bissau. However, this extension incurs a visa extension fee.
- You are to provide an original international passport that is valid for at least 6 months, and you should reserve a minimum of two blanked pages for necessary stampings.
- Your country’s national Identity card is required upon your arrival in Guinea Bissau.
- Proof of hotel reservation or any other means of your accommodation in Guinea Bissau.
- Sufficient funds that will cater to all your expenses throughout your stay in Guinea Bissau should be made available before you embark on your journey to the country.
- Airport tax is not levied on any traveller upon their embarkation at the country’s airport.
- The standard time zone of Guinea Bissau is the Greenwich Mean Time itself which is (GMT+0). The time difference between Guinea Bissau and Vietnam is 7 hours. That indicates that Vietnam is 7 hours ahead of Guinea Bissau.
- Estimated flight’s time from Hanoi, Vietnam to Bissau, Guinea Bissau is 28 hours.
- Various airlines travelling to Guinea Bissau are Emirates, Tap Air Portugal, Vietnam Airlines, Air France, Lufthansa, Air France, British Airways, and THAI.
- The telephone line used in Guinea Bissau is (+245) available for both national and international communications.
- Banks in Guinea Bissau do not operate on weekends(Saturdays and Sundays).
- The local official currency of Guinea Bissau is the CFA Franc (XOF).
- Local(CFA Franc-XOF) and foreign currencies up to XOF 2,000,0000 is allowed in cash.
- Your baggage is cleared at the first port of entry in Guinean Bissau.
- Travellers travelling with their pets are required to provide a veterinarian good health certificate.
- The Guinea Bissau official language is Portuguese.
- Bissau is the official capital city of Guinea Bissau.
- Roads, waterways, seaports and harbours, merchant marine, and airports are the mediums for transporting in Guinea Bissau.
- Guinean Bissau’s population is estimated to be over 2 million people.
- Islam is the religion dominating the country. About 45% of its population are Muslims, 22% are Christians, and 31% are traditional worshippers.
- Places you can visit in Guinea Bissau for tourism Bissagos Islands, Orango, Cacheu, Colonial old town and Fortaleza d’Amura, etc.
- The national dishes of Guinea Bissau are rice and chicken, beef, pork, and goat meat are the meals commonly eaten in Guinea Bissau.
- The power plug type used in Guinea Bissau is type C, while the voltage supply is 220V and 50Hz.