Can foreigners get visas for free when they are about to marry a Vietnamese citizen?
According to information, your boyfriend is a foreigner and the two of you are just about to get married and are not yet husband and wife, so the regulations on visa fee exemption as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article cannot be applied. Decree 82/2015/ND-CP.
Do Accordingly, it can be based on the cases of exemption of fees and charges specified in Clause 1, Article 5 Circular 25/2021/TT-BTC as follows:
Cases are free of fees and charges
1. Cases are free
a) Guests (including spouses and children) invited by the Party, State, Government, National Assembly or leaders of the Party, State, Government, National Assembly in their personal capacity.
b) Officials and employees of diplomatic missions, foreign consulates and representative agencies of international organizations in Vietnam and members of their families (spouses and children under 18 age), regardless of passport type, not being a Vietnamese citizen and not permanently residing in Vietnam are not required to pay fees on a reciprocity basis.
c) In case of exemption according to international treaties that Vietnam has signed or participated in or according to the principle of reciprocity.
d) In case of exemption according to international treaties that Vietnam has signed or participated in or according to the principle of reciprocity.
e) Foreigners entering Vietnam to perform relief work or humanitarian assistance for Vietnamese organizations and individuals.
d) Free of charge in cases of granting visas and temporary residence to foreigners in Vietnam who violate the law and are handled but do not have the financial ability and the representative agency of the country where the citizen is located does not bear the cost or There is no representative agency of the country whose citizens violate the law in Vietnam.
Determining that foreigners in Vietnam who violate the law are subject to free treatment in this case is decided by the toll collection organization in each specific case and is responsible according to the law.
Thus, foreigners whose fiancées are Vietnamese citizens are not exempt from visa fees.