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Athan2727

Hello everyone. I would like to ask for advice. I've been working and living in Vietnam for almost years now...My   first visa was DN and when i got my fist work permit my visa was LD and when my contract finished i got a 3 months tourist visa while waiting for my work permit in my new school.. when my new work permit was released my tourist visa was due to expire so i called my visa agent to help me get a business visa so i can apply for a trc.. but after a week he told me that i cant get a visa because i maybe on  blacklist. I dont understand.. anybody here who are also experiencing this? What should i do? Please i need your advice

Guest2023

This blackban thing seems to be a money making venture. You need to go to immigration and check for yourself. I doubt a WP would have been issued if your name was on a blackban list.

Athan2727

Thank you for your reply. Yes, i went to the immigration here and they said they can't extend my visa because it's tourist visa not business.. but when i applied for business visa they said i may be on a blacklist.. there was an incident last year after three months of working in my previous school the police or immigration officers came over  and asked my boss about my legal status there, that time i guess he was not able to provide what they asked so they asked him to pay 20 million ( that's what my boss said)...i had business visa that time so i dont know why he did not prepare my work permit right away..so after it was settled i got my work permit for a year and 1 year business visa.. now i changed my school, i also have a work permit here.. but when i applied for a business visa the agent said there's a problem.. and that i can't get a visa.. should i ask my previous boss about it? Oh im so stressed.. how can they release a new work permit for me last nov 18,2018 if im even in the blacklist???? It's even a 2 year work permit!!

Athan2727

Thank you for your reply. Yes, i went to the immigration here and they said they can't extend my visa because it's tourist visa not business.. but when i applied for business visa they said i may be on a blacklist.. there was an incident last year after three months of working in my previous school the police or immigration officers came over  and asked my boss about my legal status there, that time i guess he was not able to provide what they asked so they asked him to pay 20 million ( that's what my boss said)...i had business visa that time so i dont know why he did not prepare my work permit right away..so after it was settled i got my work permit for a year and 1 year business visa.. now i changed my school, i also have a work permit here.. but when i applied for a business visa the  agent said there's a problem.. and that i can't get a visa.. should i ask my previous boss about it? Oh im so stressed.. how can they release a new work permit for me last nov 18,2018 if im even in the blacklist????it's even a two year work permit

BUMBLEBEE123

where are u from ?

THIGV

BUMBLEBEE123 wrote:

where are u from ?


Hover over the person's avatar and you will see the little flag.  You are from Japan; he is from the Philippines.

BUMBLEBEE123

THIGV wrote:
BUMBLEBEE123 wrote:

where are u from ?


Hover over the person's avatar and you will see the little flag.  You are from Japan; he is from the Philippines.


yaz, i saw it, tks

Athan2727

I'm from Philippines sir

senwl

Athan2727 wrote:

. there was an incident last year after three months of working in my previous school the police or immigration officers came over  and asked my boss about my legal status there, that time i guess he was not able to provide what they asked so they asked him to pay 20 million ( that's what my boss said)...i had business visa that time so i dont know why he did not prepare my work permit right away..so after it was settled i got my work permit for a year and 1 year business visa..
.... how can they release a new work permit for me last nov 18,2018 if im even in the blacklist????it's even a two year work permit


If the blackban is true ('coz of that incident) it clearly shows (twice) DOLISA has no clue what Immigration authorities are doing.

An interesting point is, you could still get your LD visa after that incident (blackban?). I assume they blackbanned you immediately after that incident. If so, how could you get your LD visa?

As @colin.. said, it seems like a new scheme. Instead of deporting the offender or taking direct punitive action, these days they seem to do it on the sly ... for more than one reasons, of course!

One last try you may give, since you have your new WP, get out of the country and apply for an LD through a VN embassy. Do not apply for a business visa. Not sure it will work or not, but that's what I can only think of at the moment.

OTOH, if you go through a well-connected VN lawyer to remove the blackban, stay prepared to pay at least 3k - 4k USD. 
That's what a few others in similar situation said in another thread on this forum. Search on the forum with relevant keywords (e.g blacklist ) and you can access those threads.

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