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Left my apartment in Berlin with a laptop and not much else. Client work doesn’t care where you sit, so why sit in grey weather? Da Nang had good wifi and cheap rent, according to the forums.Visa came through in four days. Applied Tuesday, approved Saturday. The status page was slow and timed out twice,…
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Saved up for two years working retail in Toronto. The plan was simple – Southeast Asia for six months, starting in Vietnam. Cheapest e-visa option, no fancy agencies, just the official application.Submitted everything on Monday morning. Wednesday evening it showed approved. Printed it at the library for twenty cents and stuffed it in my passport.…
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Promised the kids we’d go somewhere different for the school holidays. Vietnam won because flights from Sydney were reasonable and everyone wanted to see Ha Long Bay. Four visas to organize for the whole family.Applied for all of us on the same night. Kids’ applications came through in two days. Mine and my wife’s took…
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Worked in the City for six years. Burnout hit hard last spring. Booked a one-way to Saigon without much of a plan. The visa was my only real concern since I was leaving in ten days.Applied on a Wednesday evening after work. Friday afternoon the confirmation came through. Two working days. Printed it at the…
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Left Chicago on a Tuesday morning. Applied for the visa on Sunday night, wasn’t sure it would come through in time. Layover in Tokyo, then straight to Hanoi. Somewhere over the Pacific, my phone buzzed with the approval email. Three days from application to approved.Immigration at Noi Bai was quick. Showed them my printed letter,…
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Tracked my visa costs over seven Vietnam trips. Here’s the real breakdown.
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Searched ‘vietnam evisa processing time reddit’ at midnight because mine hadn’t arrived. Flight in 52 hours.
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Wednesday, 4pm Berlin time. Email from the project manager: Client meeting moved to Friday. Saigon. Non-negotiable.
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Posted in three Facebook groups asking about Vietnam evisa timing. Got twelve different answers. Here’s what actually happens.
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How I got my Vietnam visa approved in 18 hours when the official portal wasn’t fast enough.