Can you cross the Vietnam border or do a border run with a damaged passport if pages with old visas and stamps are missing?
Based on 2 discussions with 2 participants · Last activity: 6 days ago
TL;DR
Travelers do not recommend attempting a border run with passport pages missing: the passport can be treated as invalid even if the missing pages only contained old visas and stamps. Da Nang does use biometric passport/photo checks, but that does not override the requirement for an intact passport.
What the community said
In Da Nang, border control now uses passport photo scanning and iris biometrics, but this mainly speeds up verification and does not fix a damaged document issue. If pages have fallen out, the technology does not guarantee you will be allowed to cross.
6 days ago Da Nang
If passport pages have actually fallen out rather than being slightly torn, border officers may treat the passport as invalid. The fact that those pages only contained old 2024–2025 visas and entry stamps usually does not make it safer.
6 days ago 2024–2025 visas and stamps
The practical advice shared was not to attempt a border run with this passport and to replace it first. The main risk is not the old visa history but the fact that missing pages alone can be enough for refusal at the border.
6 days ago border run