Extending your stay from Da Lat in 2026: what actually gets extended

Two different things get mixed up here. A visa is extended; a visa-free stay is not. Russians, Germans, French, Italians, Spanish, Britons, Japanese, Koreans, Danes, Swedes, Norwegians and Finns enter Vietnam for 45 days without any visa at all — and when those days run out, there is nothing in your passport to extend. What to do instead, and where papers are taken in Da Lat.

45 days is not a visa Visa-free entry for citizens of twelve countries, Russia among them, gives up to 45 days from the date of entry — government resolution 44/NQ-CP of 7 March 2025, in force from 15 March 2025 to 14 March 2028. Those days cannot be extended at the immigration office: an extension (gia hạn) is a procedure for a visa, and you do not have one.

1 Re-enter quick, but it adds up

Leaving and coming back resets the counter: another 45 days from the new stamp. From Da Lat that is a trip of its own — routes, times and prices are in the visa-run piece.

2 Get an e-visa up to 90 days $25–50

The e-visa is issued on the immigration service site evisa.gov.vn: up to 90 days, $25 single entry and $50 multiple entry. The fee is non-refundable, including on refusal. A visa is a document you can extend later.

Apply only at evisa.gov.vn — lookalike sites charge extra for the same form.
Your passport must be valid for at least six months.
The e-visa arrives as a file by email — print it, the border asks for it.

3 Extend the visa without leaving only if you already hold a visa

Extensions are handled by the immigration management office of the provincial police. File before your current stay ends, not after: an expired day is a violation, not a delay.

In Da Lat papers are taken and returned at the single-window desk: 19 Tran Phu, Xuan Huong.
The office itself moved on 20 March 2026 to 210 Quoc Lo 20, Duc Trong commune — you do not go there for a routine filing.
Provincial police phones: 02633 822 043 and 0693 446 109.

Start early Visa agencies advise filing at least a week before your stay ends and allowing 5–10 working days for processing. We have not verified those timings and do not vouch for them — but keep a week of slack anyway: your passport is out of your hands while the case is open.

What you will be asked for in any case

Your temporary residence registration. The landlord files it, and nothing moves without it.
A passport valid for at least six months with blank pages.
Your exact address in Da Lat — the same one as in the registration.

The visa-free regime is government resolution 44/NQ-CP of 7 March 2025, running 15 March 2025 to 14 March 2028. E-visa fees come from the evisa.gov.vn portal. Addresses and phones are from the Lam Dong provincial police notice of 14 March 2026 about the office move. Checked on 8 August 2026. Processing times and agency prices are unverified and not quoted here.

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