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Repeated problems paying for evisa

Last activity 02 March 2023 by Guestposter655

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Guestposter655

Hi all. I have tried any number of times today to get an evisa for April when we visit Da Nang. The payment site always fails and asks me to come back later. This means now I have to start the whole process all over again since the payment fails. I still have plenty of time since our trip is not until mid April. I've booked the flights to Da Nang and got hotels already.


If there is a visa agent someone could suggest in a private message, I'd appreciate it. I just want to make sure I can go along with my girl friend. I'll continue trying to use the payment site and generating more failed evisa requests but a backup would be good.


Thanks all.

Aidan in HCMC

@mpmilestogo


Thank you for that report, mpmilestogo.


Is the application still directing people to pay through Vietcom Bank?


Please let us know how you manage to eventually rectify this.

Guestposter655

Hey all. Well, lesson learned. Do not use auto fill in for visa or Mastercard numbers. My MacBook stores my Mastercard and will auto fill in but the Vietcom Bank thing does not like accepting the numbers so it fails. One must enter the numbers in and then wait. In my case, I get an authorization code from my US bank sent to my google voice number which must be entered to process the payment. One thing which does seem odd is for me the first time I hit continue nothing happens after entering all the payment stuff. Then the next time I hit continue it prompts me to enter the SMS verification number.


Now all is good! From here on out, will just enter the numbers for the card manually and not use my MacBook to enter.


Hello Da Nang in April!

Aidan in HCMC

@mpmilestogo


!!!

:)

OceanBeach92107

Hello Da Nang in April!
-@mpmilestogo


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Guestposter655

Just to update this a gentle bit. I applied for the visa Saturday last after figuring out the credit card issues. I got the email notification this morning my visa was granted. It took I figure 3 days. Our trip is not until April but I never like waiting until the last minute for things.

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