Most travelers in Da Nang hear about the overstay fine only after their visa has already expired. By then the question is never "can I be fined?" It is "how much, and where do I pay it?"
This page answers both. It covers what the fine actually costs under the current rules, how the days are counted, where you pay in Da Nang, and the one mistake that turns a small fine into a much bigger problem: trying to fix an overstay with a visa run.
Vietnam sets overstay fines in brackets by how long you stay past your visa expiry, not as a flat per-day rate. Under Decree 282/2025/ND-CP, which replaced the old rules in December 2025, a short overstay of a few days costs somewhere between 500,000 and 2,000,000 VND, roughly 19 to 76 USD. Cross the 16-day line and the fine jumps to 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 VND, and deportation becomes possible. The worst cases, a year or more over, run up to 40,000,000 VND, about 1,520 USD, and end in forced removal.
If you want the full official schedule with every bracket and the source law, the Vietnam Visa Overstay Timeline page has it all laid out. This page is the Da Nang version: what it means on the ground here, at the Da Nang Immigration Office, at the airport, and at the Lao Bao border.
The fine is the smallest part of an overstay. The paperwork, the risk of deportation, and the effect on future visas all matter more. But money is where most people start, so start there.
Here is the schedule that applies in Da Nang right now, under Decree 282/2025/ND-CP, effective December 15, 2025. The old rules under Decree 144/2021 capped fines at 20,000,000 VND. The new decree doubles the ceiling to 40,000,000 VND and adds harsher treatment from day 16.
| Overstay duration | Fine (VND) | Roughly (USD) | Deportation risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16 days | 500,000 - 2,000,000 | $19 - $76 | No |
| 16 to under 30 days | 5,000,000 - 10,000,000 | $190 - $380 | Possible |
| 30 to under 60 days | 10,000,000 - 15,000,000 | $380 - $570 | Likely |
| 60 to under 90 days | 15,000,000 - 20,000,000 | $570 - $760 | Very likely |
| 90 days to under 6 months | 20,000,000 - 25,000,000 | $760 - $950 | Almost certain |
| 6 months to under 1 year | Up to 30,000,000 | $1,140 | Yes |
| 1 year or longer | Up to 40,000,000 | $1,520 | Yes, mandatory |
The range inside each bracket is not random. Immigration weighs how long you overstayed, whether it looks accidental or deliberate, and how cooperative you are when you come forward. A traveler who walks into the Da Nang Immigration Office on day 3 with a booked flight out gets treated differently from someone caught at the airport on day 40 with no explanation.
Two takeaways from the table. One: the jump at 16 days is the biggest cliff on the whole schedule, and it is the same cliff that opens the door to deportation. Two: nobody in Da Nang pays "per day" in the sense of a fixed rate multiplied by days. The bracket decides the range, the officer decides the number inside it.
The count starts the day after your visa expires. If your stamp says valid until August 20, then August 21 is day one of the overstay. Immigration counts calendar days, not business days, and there is no grace period. A weekend, a public holiday, or a closed office does not pause the clock. Neither does being sick, or waiting for a bank transfer, or not having found a flight yet. The day count runs regardless.
Partial days count as full days for bracket purposes. If your visa expired at 23:00 and you try to leave at 08:00 the next morning, you are already day one over. You will not be treated as "a few hours over" just because the sun had barely come up. The 8-hour versus 48-hour distinction that travelers sometimes read about refers to how immigration handles you at the airport, not to the fine bracket itself.
Here is how the count maps to the brackets in practice.
One more thing about the clock: it starts the moment you are over, not the moment you notice. A traveler who realizes on August 28 that the visa died on August 20 is eight days over, not zero. Checking your visa expiry date against today's date is the first thing anyone in Da Nang should do when the thought crosses their mind. Count the days honestly, because immigration will.
There are three places a traveler in Da Nang might try to sort out an overstay: the immigration office, the airport, and the border. Only one of them is the right first move.
The Da Nang Immigration Office is the correct place. It is at 78 Lê Lợi, Hải Châu District, a short ride from the city center. Officers there process overstay cases, set the fine, collect payment, and issue the paperwork that lets you leave cleanly. For short overstays the whole thing can be done the same day, but plan for a few hours and bring everything listed below.
The airport is where people hope to skip the office. It does not work that way anymore. At Da Nang International Airport, an overstaying traveler who shows up at check-in with an expired visa gets redirected to immigration, often the very same office downtown, by which point the flight is gone. In 2025 and 2026 this has become routine. The airport can handle tiny overstays in some cases, but it is a gamble with your departure date as the stake. Do not plan around it.
The border is the trap. Lao Bao, the crossing used for visa runs, sits about 290 km from Da Nang on the Quang Tri border with Laos. Vietnam exit control there sees the same overstay records as everywhere else. You will not slip through because the crossing is small. What happens instead is that you get flagged at exit, told to resolve the overstay, and sent back into Vietnam with your visa run failed, your Laos visa money spent, and the situation worse than when you started. The next section covers why this is the most expensive mistake of the three.
The idea comes up constantly: "My visa expired, but I can just do a visa run to Lao Bao and get a fresh stamp, right?" No. A visa run does not fix an overstay. It is the one move that reliably makes everything worse.
Here is the mechanics of why. A visa run works because you exit Vietnam legally and re-enter on a new visa. The exit is the load-bearing part. If your visa is already expired, you have nothing legal to exit on. Vietnam's exit control at Lao Bao checks your records the same way the airport does. The system flags you, the border officers stop you, and instead of a quick Laos stamp and a fresh 90 days, you get a lecture, a referral back to immigration, and no exit.
The costs stack up fast. The run itself costs real money: a shared van seat runs about 1,000,000 VND, a private car more, and the Laos visa and border fees add more on top. That money is gone whether you cross or not. Then you pay the overstay fine anyway, at the same bracket you were in before, because the days kept counting while you were driving to Quang Tri. And you have burned a day on a failed trip that you could have spent resolving the overstay properly.
There is also a reputation problem. Immigration notes who tried to leave with an expired visa. A failed exit attempt reads as an attempt to dodge the system, and it can push your case toward the harsher end of the fine range or invite extra scrutiny on future visa applications.
The order that works: resolve the overstay first at the Da Nang Immigration Office, pay the fine, get your exit clearance. Only then arrange a visa run or a fresh e-visa for your next entry. If you are in Da Nang and your visa is expired or nearly expired, message us on WhatsApp before you book anything, and we will tell you straight whether a run is still possible for your dates.
Walking into the Da Nang Immigration Office prepared halves the time you spend there. Here is the checklist.
What happens at the office depends on how long you are over. For short overstays, one to three days, it is often a single visit: you explain, they calculate the fine, you pay, and you leave with the paperwork that lets you exit. From around four days the questions get more detailed, and from 16 days you are looking at a written explanation letter, possibly a return visit, and a case that is genuinely serious.
Most officers in Da Nang speak limited English, and this is not a conversation where you want to guess what is being asked. If you do not speak Vietnamese, bring someone who does. We run a dedicated overstay support service in Da Nang, with a translator who goes with you to the office, helps shape the explanation letter, and makes sure you understand every step. It is a flat fee of 350 USD, not an hourly meter, and it covers the full case handling. Read the details on the overstay translator page, or message us on WhatsApp with your situation and we will tell you what your case needs.
One rule of thumb beats every tip on this page: the earlier you walk in, the cheaper and simpler the outcome. Day 3 is a minor administrative matter. Day 30 is a deportation-risk case with a five-figure fine. The difference is only weeks of waiting.
Under Decree 282/2025/ND-CP, under 16 days over costs 500,000 to 2,000,000 VND, about 19 to 76 USD. From 16 to 30 days it is 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 VND. The maximum, for overstays of a year or more, is 40,000,000 VND.
No. Vietnam uses brackets, not a per-day rate. The number of days decides which bracket you land in, and the officer sets the exact fine inside that bracket based on your case. A fixed per-day rate does not exist.
Sometimes, for very short overstays, but it is a gamble. In 2025 and 2026 most overstaying travelers at Da Nang International Airport get redirected to the immigration office, by which point they often miss their flight. Go to the Da Nang Immigration Office at 78 Lê Lợi, Hải Châu first.
No. Exit control at Lao Bao checks your records, flags an expired visa, and stops you from crossing. You pay for the run, you still owe the fine, and the days keep counting. Resolve the overstay at the immigration office first, then arrange the run.
The fine jumps to 5,000,000 VND and up, and deportation becomes possible. Over 30 days it is 10,000,000 VND and up with deportation likely. An entry ban of one to five years is possible in serious cases.
Your passport with the current visa page, your flight booking out of Vietnam, your hotel address, the number of days you are over, and enough cash in VND to cover the top of your bracket. A Vietnamese speaker helps a lot.
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