{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"VN","name":"Vietnam","slug":"vietnam"},"destination":{"code":"MK","name":"North Macedonia"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-23","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"vietnamese-ordinary-passport-north-macedonia-advance-visitor-visa-2026","title":"Vietnamese ordinary passports: North Macedonia advance visitor visa","summary":"North Macedonia's live Foreign Ministry checker returns that Vietnamese foreign citizens need a visa, and its procedure requires pre-travel application through a competent representation.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["The Foreign Ministry's nationality checker returns 'Needed' for Vietnam.","Separate third-country-document entry waivers, if applicable, are not an ordinary Vietnamese-passport baseline.","Work, residence, transit, special travel documents and final admission remain outside scope."],"sourceIds":["north-macedonia-mfa-vietnam-visa-needed-2026","north-macedonia-mfa-advance-visa-procedure-2026"],"application":{"url":"https://mfa.gov.mk/en-GB/konzularni-uslugi/postapka-za-izdavanje-na-viza","label":"North Macedonia visa application procedure","steps":["Apply through the competent North Macedonian diplomatic-consular representation before the intended trip.","Submit the application no more than six months and at least 15 days before travel."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"north-macedonia-mfa-vietnam-visa-needed-2026","title":"Do you need a visa?","url":"https://mfa.gov.mk/en-GB/konzularni-uslugi/dali-ti-e-potrebna-viza?region=asia","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of North Macedonia","jurisdiction":"North Macedonia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-23"},{"id":"north-macedonia-mfa-advance-visa-procedure-2026","title":"Visa Application Procedure","url":"https://mfa.gov.mk/en-GB/konzularni-uslugi/postapka-za-izdavanje-na-viza","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of North Macedonia","jurisdiction":"North Macedonia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-23"}]}