Vietnam moves Hanoi immigration office to Mac Thai To Street on June 1

New Hanoi headquarters at 69 Mac Thai To Street

Vietnam's Immigration Department shifts its Hanoi headquarters to 69 Mac Thai To Street in Yen Hoa Ward starting June 1, with the old Tran Phu office running in parallel through June 15, the Ministry of Public Security said. From June 16, all in-person immigration and aviation-security procedures in the capital will be handled only at the new address.

Gate No. 01 at 69 Mac Thai To serves as the main headquarters entrance. Gate No. 02 on Nguyen Quoc Tri Street is dedicated to receiving and processing immigration and aviation-security paperwork for individuals, businesses and organizations.

Who has to use the new address

The move affects anyone needing face-to-face contact with the Hanoi immigration office. That includes tourists handling visa extensions or lost passports, expats and remote workers renewing temporary residence cards, companies sponsoring foreign staff, airlines filing aviation-security procedures and Vietnamese citizens applying for passports.

Travelers using the e-visa system or the National Public Service Portal are largely unaffected. In-person follow-up is still required for complex cases such as status corrections, denied e-visas or sponsor-based residence cards and those visits now route to Mac Thai To.

The relocation changes only the physical location. Fees, eligibility rules and processing windows stay the same: visa issuance for foreigners already in Vietnam is typically resolved within five working days of a complete dossier, single-entry visas remain $25 and multiple-entry visas up to three months remain $50.

Timing your visit

Applicants with urgent deadlines should plan around the changeover. Anyone starting a complex application during the June 1-15 window is better off filing directly at Mac Thai To, since internal operations are already shifting there. Going to 44-46 Tran Phu Street after June 15 will mean being redirected across town.

Permit holders whose status expires in early June should avoid the first days of the move if possible, because physical relocations tend to slow queues even when authorities run a transition office. Online filings through the Ministry of Public Security portal remain the fastest route for procedures that don't require an in-person appearance.

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