Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Going through a weird experience of trying to extend a stay here in HCM. Usually when we arrive in Vietnam we get a 30 days visit pass and don't need to get a visa.

trouble comes when wanna extend stay, and thats when you need to apply for visa. by right, if you stay hotel they should get a temp residency permit for you with local cong an chop that you must submit with visa application. by left, cong an don't wanna chop cos too troublesome for them (offer kopi money also don't want).

no choice, get an agent to do it and they have to send my passport to hanoi to get it done before coming back a week later :o

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Just cross the border n bingo..... :D

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drink ca phe always welcome...but depends on my timing always morning before 12pm and if I am free...:p

drink kopi can do in singapore LOL..why need go hcm...:p

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

singapore difficult... cos i'm already in hcm :D

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yah i know... me and my lazy ass...

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haha...I just came back leh...pm me your vn number and details...msg you when i back to hcm again...:p

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Nothing weird about extending a 30 day tourist visa. What is weird is that you are asking for a temporary residence permit.

You can extend your tourist status (I dont call this a 'visa' since S'poreans are visa free for 30 days upon arrival in a tourist status) once for another 30 days. Per VN Immigration Law, a tourist is not a temporary resident. On the other hand, foreign expats on 2 year employment contract in Vietnam are.

Most travel agents in Pham Ngu Lao can extend your 30 day tourist status for a small fee.

Temporary Resident Permit (The Tam Tru) is a different thing altogether. To get this you need to be in possession of a business visa, employment contract in Vietnam and have undergone a medical examination (amongst other things which I dont need to mention here).

I know this because I have held all 3 in Vietnam before (tourist visa, work visa, temporary resident permit).

You should have posted the question on this board earlier, I would have given you a much easier and cheaper way to get your 30 days extended.

Go to the small bus station near Ben Thanh Market across from the roundabout. Get on a bus to Moc Bai (Cambodian border). Clear VN Immigration, find a nice Cambodian xe om to take you to Cambodian Immigration. Enter Cambodia (Singapore passport visa free for Cambodia). Have a hu tieu nam vang and ca phe sua da for lunch. Exit Cambodia, enter Vietnam. Voila, 30 days again. Total cost = about 3-4 hours, approx. USD 10.

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

going back to HCM after 5 months, have tried everything fm motorbikes pimps girls to bia om girls to KTV girls, any seniors have any new suggestions?

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

the last option would have been ideal but I can't make the trip for certain reasons. I also thought it was a simple matter to extend but after asking a few travel agents that my local friend knows of, all gave the same reply. somehow, something must be different now. our singapore 30 days entry is not considered a visa and cannot be extended :(

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

ladyboys ai mai?

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will pm you... once i recall my nos lol. anyway once I get my passport back next week I'm headed for danang and then back to sg first week of jan for my last reservist ict :p

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Not comfortable lah this type of bus
I would suggest go Pham Ngu Lao n book a express tour bus to PP
stay in Naga world casino for one night
win some money first then go darling darling to pick up a FL
Next day rtn to hcm

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Bro,

I have tried this method before on 2010, it worked however Cambodia immigration insisting I paid USD 25 visa just for u-turn, wondering Sing PP is it really visa free for cambodia???:confused:

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Bro,

Confirmed all are wearing sexy tight nurse attire, I saw it with my own eye. May be u r right, nothing happening, the pub having a transparent glass door & u can c thru everything inside the pub from outside:)

Will like to check with bro again, I saw a roof top disco from the hotel I stay, it located at a building call 'VFM', look very happening, can bro advice what is the name of the disco?

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

24 use to have but the std not high enough