@Sugarcrisp
Canadian expat in Vietnam
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Passport and VEC renewal by Sugarcrisp
I'm a Canadian living in Vietnam. My passport will expire in early 2026 along with my VEC (Visa Exemption Certificate). I know that I can renew my passport via the Canadian embassy. Does anyone know if there is a process for renewing the passport ...
I finally received a reply from the Vietnam Embassy in Canada. Here is the information that they provided.Good morning,You can apply for a visa exemption while still being in Viet Nam. Please follow instructions as provided in this link: ... Read More
Passport and VEC renewal by Sugarcrisp
I'm a Canadian living in Vietnam. My passport will expire in early 2026 along with my VEC (Visa Exemption Certificate). I know that I can renew my passport via the Canadian embassy. Does anyone know if there is a process for renewing the passport ...
@qnbui...I agree that the passport needs to be renewed first as the VEC is linked to the passport. I'm looking for the actually method (or legal process) of completing the procedure without leaving Vietnam (or Southeast Asia). Read More
Passport and VEC renewal by Sugarcrisp
I'm a Canadian living in Vietnam. My passport will expire in early 2026 along with my VEC (Visa Exemption Certificate). I know that I can renew my passport via the Canadian embassy. Does anyone know if there is a process for renewing the passport ...
@OceanBeach92107...Unfortunately, she's not. Her family left Vietnam in the 80's. She doesn't have any family still residing here, so she hasn't been able to make any headway on getting her gov id Read More
Passport and VEC renewal by Sugarcrisp
I'm a Canadian living in Vietnam. My passport will expire in early 2026 along with my VEC (Visa Exemption Certificate). I know that I can renew my passport via the Canadian embassy. Does anyone know if there is a process for renewing the passport ...
@OceanBeach92107...thanks again. You are correct about my wife getting her Vietnamese passport, but as of yet she has not been able to establish her own residency here. That would be the ideal situation. Just means she no longer needs a VEC for ... Read More
Passport and VEC renewal by Sugarcrisp
I'm a Canadian living in Vietnam. My passport will expire in early 2026 along with my VEC (Visa Exemption Certificate). I know that I can renew my passport via the Canadian embassy. Does anyone know if there is a process for renewing the passport ...
@OceanBeach92107...Thanks for the reply. How about the transition to my new passport and before I receive the new VEC? Would I need to get a visa during this period? Read More
Passport and VEC renewal
I'm a Canadian living in Vietnam. My passport will expire in early 2026 along with my VEC (Visa Exemption Certificate). I know that I can renew my passport via the Canadian embassy. Does anyone know if there is a process for renewing the passport ... Read More
Opening a bank account by williamherron13
We send money from the US to my wife's sister in Vietnam regularly and visit every year or so. Use a service located here that charges a reasonable fee and delivers to her doorstep within 24 hours. I wonder if we opened a joint account ...
I've been using Wise for about 7 years in Vietnam also. Never had an issue. The cost is very competitive and it only takes about a minute for the funds to be transferred into my wife's account. You can easily check out what the transfer fee would ... Read More
mailing credit cards to Vietnam by dlewis516
i have 2 credit cards (receipt has not been confirmed yet) waiting for me in New Jersey. Can anyone recommend the safest way of getting them to me in Saigon without paying excessive shipping, duty, etc. I was told to be wary of ordinary postal ...
I'm from Canada. My card (and my wife's card) expired earlier this year. I contacted MasterCard a month or so ahead of time and they made it happen. One watch out that I was unaware of at the time is they treated them like lost or stolen ... Read More
Vietnam passport for Canadian Viet Kieu by Sugarcrisp
My wife and I are from Canada. She is a Canadian citizen. Before moving to Vietnam, she applied for her Vietnamese passport at the embassy in Canada. She recently received notice of approval and was told to contact the embassy in Canada when we ...
Hey qnbui! Yes, she had to provide all of the family documents that she had. Read More
Vietnam passport for Canadian Viet Kieu
My wife and I are from Canada. She is a Canadian citizen. Before moving to Vietnam, she applied for her Vietnamese passport at the embassy in Canada. She recently received notice of approval and was told to contact the embassy in Canada when we ... Read More
mailing credit cards to Vietnam by dlewis516
i have 2 credit cards (receipt has not been confirmed yet) waiting for me in New Jersey. Can anyone recommend the safest way of getting them to me in Saigon without paying excessive shipping, duty, etc. I was told to be wary of ordinary postal ...
I would talk to your credit card company. They may suggest cancelling those cards and send you new ones directly to Vietnam. I contacted my company (in Canada) ahead of renewal date. They treated my request like a lost or stolen card. They ... Read More
100% natural peanut butter by WillyBaldy
I remember discussing this before on the forum but is there really 100% natural peanut butter in Vietnam? My contacts in Saigon checked around and only found 98% pure, the rest being sugar and salt. In my city of Rach Gia, no way I can get this, ...
It's the easiest method I've ever found. Very little risk of burning the peanuts. Enjoy! Read More
100% natural peanut butter by WillyBaldy
I remember discussing this before on the forum but is there really 100% natural peanut butter in Vietnam? My contacts in Saigon checked around and only found 98% pure, the rest being sugar and salt. In my city of Rach Gia, no way I can get this, ...
Hey Willybaldy, My recommendation is to make your own. Very easy to do! Just need roasted peanuts and blender. You can buy pre-roasted peanuts or make your own using the link below. How to Roast Peanuts Perfectly Read More
5 year Viet Kieu visa and border run by qnbui
Just curious if the 5 year visa for Viet Kieu still require holders to do visa runs every 6 months. I received my 5 year visa last year but have not been back to Vietnam nor would I stay long enough to require a visa run but just curious for future ...
Hey qnbui...Yes, you have to get your 5 year visa stamped ever 6 months. Read More
worth updating/improving old NEC by Thaiger
thinking of adding SSD and new RAM to my old Jap NEC but im afraid that newer protcols/ puter lingo maght make it useless for teaching on line. Its about 8 years old , good spec i5, 4 gb but only 150gb ROM Wanna update but afraid its just too old ...
LibreOffice and OpenOffice were built from the same base. I would say that LibreOffice is a little more polished, but they both work great. Read More