Si Holder
@SiCoTic
English expat in Vietnam
Forum posts
33
About me
English
Lives in Saigon (HCMC)
Speaks France
Registration: 29 January 2015
Activity
Where to get Vietnam Visa Extention in HCMC by 726dbr
Hello, My visa expires at the end of October, I currently have a 3 month multiple entry tourist visa. I am from Canada. I would like to extend it for a minimum of 3 more months. I assume this is possible, Where do I go in HCMC to get this ...
Hi 7Steven, I see what some of the others are going on about now, I got a new DN visa back in August + there wasn't any 1 year option on the table, I'd have grabbed it without hesitation as I'm sure you did. As it is I'm ... Read More
Where to get Vietnam Visa Extention in HCMC by 726dbr
Hello, My visa expires at the end of October, I currently have a 3 month multiple entry tourist visa. I am from Canada. I would like to extend it for a minimum of 3 more months. I assume this is possible, Where do I go in HCMC to get this ...
Well, the Visa Circus is all change again from 3 months ago, apart from the fact no one really knows what's going on or how much anything is, that hasn't changed, it's still the same free-for-all, unregulated, state sponsored, open ... Read More
Any Updates on the newly passed 12 month tourist visa for US citizens by ChrisRug
My name is Chris. I've lived here with my wife and two children for almost a year now. I read all news VN, and read a few months ago that the VN govt was going to change the way tourist visa's were issued for Japan, AU and US. I then read ...
Is there any kind of TRC, or anything that negates the need for 90 day renewals, that doesn't involve being married to a local girl? I'm a devout bachelor with far too much respect for women to ever marry one, but it seems that's the ... Read More
Backdate, Pay Twice - The Latest Visa Scam by SiCoTic
Had the misfortune of having to go to Moc Bai, last week, always unpleasant but getting there + back with everything I left with, both arms, legs, those sort of things, I consider to be a victory. Getting a 3 month Business Visa that is valid for 3 ...
Unless they move Cambodia, or Vung Tau becomes an independent state, neither of which I can see happening before Christmas, at the earliest, I don't see that there's any alternative. As you rightly point out, I don't count the days until ... Read More
Teaching with a criminal record by pablokk
Hi, I'm hoping to teach in Vietnam next year after i finish my hons degree. The problem is in 1997 i got a conviction for unlawful drug possession which resulted in a 100 euro fine. This has turned up in vetting for social care work i did here ...
I've worked at some schools here, that from what I could tell, seemed to almost exclusively only hire those with criminal records, + ex cons. Admittedly, I don't know that was their policy for a fact, I'm just going on the content of the ... Read More
Backdate, Pay Twice - The Latest Visa Scam by SiCoTic
Had the misfortune of having to go to Moc Bai, last week, always unpleasant but getting there + back with everything I left with, both arms, legs, those sort of things, I consider to be a victory. Getting a 3 month Business Visa that is valid for 3 ...
You need to be thick skinned, alright, or maybe just thick? I always end up going back, hmmmmm??? Read More
Backdate, Pay Twice - The Latest Visa Scam by SiCoTic
Had the misfortune of having to go to Moc Bai, last week, always unpleasant but getting there + back with everything I left with, both arms, legs, those sort of things, I consider to be a victory. Getting a 3 month Business Visa that is valid for 3 ...
I know what you're saying, I was there the day following the date on 'the letter', so I suppose that could account for one of the days I was rinsed of. 'The Letter' is nothing more than a way of ensuring the local mob, wherever ... Read More
Backdate, Pay Twice - The Latest Visa Scam by SiCoTic
Had the misfortune of having to go to Moc Bai, last week, always unpleasant but getting there + back with everything I left with, both arms, legs, those sort of things, I consider to be a victory. Getting a 3 month Business Visa that is valid for 3 ...
There are no flies on you, Fred, I rate Moc Bai right up there with the M25, my old dentist's surgery, + the "secret" visa place on Nguyen Du. I call it that due to the signage on the front of the building, or the fact that there ... Read More
Backdate, Pay Twice - The Latest Visa Scam by SiCoTic
Had the misfortune of having to go to Moc Bai, last week, always unpleasant but getting there + back with everything I left with, both arms, legs, those sort of things, I consider to be a victory. Getting a 3 month Business Visa that is valid for 3 ...
The whole deal up, at Moc Bai, is very much in keeping with your name, I reckon, which is to say it's a pain in the arse! Read More
Backdate, Pay Twice - The Latest Visa Scam by SiCoTic
Had the misfortune of having to go to Moc Bai, last week, always unpleasant but getting there + back with everything I left with, both arms, legs, those sort of things, I consider to be a victory. Getting a 3 month Business Visa that is valid for 3 ...
I couldn't tell you, Fred, I brought a nice packed lunch with me, a corned beef sandwich, pork pie, pickled egg, + a pack of Twiglets, plus my Thermos flask of tea, some Rich Tea would have been nice but I put a brave face on it, there is a war ... Read More
Backdate, Pay Twice - The Latest Visa Scam by SiCoTic
Had the misfortune of having to go to Moc Bai, last week, always unpleasant but getting there + back with everything I left with, both arms, legs, those sort of things, I consider to be a victory. Getting a 3 month Business Visa that is valid for 3 ...
There are no flies on this guy, a few ticks, maybe? Never the less, I couldn't have put it any better myself............ Read More
Backdate, Pay Twice - The Latest Visa Scam
Had the misfortune of having to go to Moc Bai, last week, always unpleasant but getting there + back with everything I left with, both arms, legs, those sort of things, I consider to be a victory. Getting a 3 month Business Visa that is valid for 3 ... Read More
Permanent Residence - Anyone tried this? by Jvdairlie
According to the Vietnamese law (the Ministry of Public Security’s Circular No. 31/2015/TT-BCA dated July 6, 2015), a foreigner who has temporarily resided in Vietnam for at least three consecutive years and is guaranteed by his/her parent, ...
I'm with you on that, August, I'll have been here 10 years, you don't get that for manslaughter!!! The circus that the visa process is here, is a total scam + unashamed rip-off, there's no doubt about that, but it's also a ... Read More
'False' Visas Warning! They Allow it + You Get Fined! by SiCoTic
Hi, I was sent this yesterday + thought I'd better spread the word concerning this latest grubby + shameful example of what we're exposed to by the total free-for-all the unregulated + state sponsored 'Visa Circus' foreign ...
"Your style is obviously free form." I think it's free of a lot of things, at times, anyway, reason, direction, grip on reality, they've all been known to be conspicuously absent at one time or another but no one got hurt. The pen ... Read More
'False' Visas Warning! They Allow it + You Get Fined! by SiCoTic
Hi, I was sent this yesterday + thought I'd better spread the word concerning this latest grubby + shameful example of what we're exposed to by the total free-for-all the unregulated + state sponsored 'Visa Circus' foreign ...
I don't, but I have done, there are often problems with the higher level, more advanced types of course, the need for higher level, more advanced types of student to take them isn't always who ends up in the class. This being the ... Read More