I got fired for making friends with the local populace

Hi Shyzzs, welcome to the forum 

Even if you are not in your country, you can contact your embassy : http://www.dirco.gov.za/hanoi/consularservices.html

They should be able to look after your interests or atleast guide you.

All the best,
Bhavna

This is beyond ridiculous. Do you even want to work for a  school /boss  that usurps the authority to tell what to do and who you can talk to in your free time? Get your passport back and move on.

Agreed... completely stupid, but as he has the power to ask for the cancellation of your visa, there's no point to argue... at least right now.

Get your passport immediately, you didn't sign your contract yet, so there's no reason is keeping your passport. There's NEVER a good reason to let anybody keep your passport, except authorities.
Most of the time, they only need to do a copy!


Then leave the country immediately and come back with a 3 months with a DL visa.
And if anything goes wrong, go to the police / call your embassy/consulate

Where do you live. This is ***. If you live in Thanh HOA I will help you. I have been living here for 5 years.  My phone no ***

I am an American and if he pulled this *** on me I would march into his office and give him all of 5 minutes to give me my passport. Vietnam needs outside money to keep this country  afloat so if other expats are treated this way , well what can I say. BTW I was here in 1967-71 to free people from this type of ****!!

Can we please refrain from bad language and political expression.

Hey Fred, I trying to help this guy out and he needs to stand up for his rights no matter what country you are in

The OP posted, returned a week ago to look at the thread, but didn't post.
Doesn't seem to be a lot of point getting angry about something we only have one side of and the OP seems to have lost interest in.

You need to talk to him with other Vietnamese friends. He is out of line. There is no rule you cannot socialize with the locals. He cannot legally control your life. Get your visa! He has no right to it! He can get a copy if needed with your educational docs etceterra... The original belongs to you. Your new here. If your staying in his building, maybe this is why he has your visa. Go to a hotel...and yes...they will need to hold your visa... If he could he would have you in a room, on a lease, and only allowed to advertise your foreigner face to attract customers. Find another job.