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I fucked up big time in regards to visa for Vietnam (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by LevelWriting@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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For some reason I assumed I could go to Vietnam without visa since I have a Canadian passport. Now I’m at airport in Tokyo and don’t know what to do.

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[–] FunLow5511@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I once screwed up my application which was already last minute. Found an agency online that offers "expedited" visa processing, usual time is 3 business days, they did it same day for me. It was expensive ($150 USD or something) and pretty dodgy (correspondence through Whatsapp etc) but I decided to roll the dice and it worked, same day. I asked how they do it and they basically they said they have contacts in the embassy I assume they bribe lol

[–] Fiss@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s crazy how much business is conducted abroad over WhatsApp. I’ll book and tour and they just text you where to show up at what time on WhatsApp and I swear I’m going to get ripped off but I show up and it goes as planned.

[–] gilestowler@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I had this when I got my visa for Bali. I was recommended a visa agency on Instagram who I messaged. They then gave me a whatsapp number and the whole thing was done on whatsapp and a bank transfer. Seemed a bit dodgy at the time but worked perfectly.