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mikeymyke wrote:

Ok so I have to send my documents to Embassy of Vietnam in Ottawa for translation/legalization, and they want to charge me $70 per document!!  I have 10 documents to translate.  That's pretty insane. 

How much did you guys get charged for yours?  Also is it possible to get the translation/legalization done in Vietnam? 

This sucks, I feel like I'm being ripped off in Vietnam, but in Canada this time.

Yes, you can get it translated in Việt Nam and the fees are nowhere close to $70 per document.  Just go around near the American embassy and there are a ton of paralegal services.

yeah I'm getting married on February 23. Going to do everything in Vietnam or hire a lawyer in Canada to gather all the required documents and notarize them if I can't do them in Vietnam.

I have Canadian boyfriend ,I made visa for visitor but They didn't give me.We also tried to get married,so it is difficult
some Canadian got married with Vietnamese but they can't have each other in their life,still far from ,
that why we feel very tired and we decided to leave
If you want to come here to live,everything is ok for both of you,
good luck ,
Ha,

Tran Hung Dao wrote:

mikeymyke wrote:

Ok so I have to send my documents to Embassy of Vietnam in Ottawa for translation/legalization, and they want to charge me $70 per document!!  I have 10 documents to translate.  That's pretty insane. 

How much did you guys get charged for yours?  Also is it possible to get the translation/legalization done in Vietnam? 

This sucks, I feel like I'm being ripped off in Vietnam, but in Canada this time.

Yes, you can get it translated in Việt Nam and the fees are nowhere close to $70 per document.  Just go around near the American embassy and there are a ton of paralegal services.

They translate documents, but do they legalize them too?  Legalize Canadian documents to acquire validity for use in Vietnam.

ha1976 wrote:

I have Canadian boyfriend ,I made visa for visitor but They didn't give me.We also tried to get married,so it is difficult
some Canadian got married with Vietnamese but they can't have each other in their life,still far from ,
that why we feel very tired and we decided to leave
If you want to come here to live,everything is ok for both of you,
good luck ,
Ha,

I'm sorry to hear that.  It's impossible to be successful with a visitor visa if you don't have enough family members back home, have no job, not a lot of money, or you don't have a good travel history.  My fiance has lived in the USA for a year, travelled to 5 different countries, has a solid job, money, no family in Canada, etc, but we decide not to have her apply for a visitor visa because if she is rejected, it will be a red flag on our application.  It doesn't matter if she can't visit me because I will go visit her instead.

We both decided to live in Canada, but I told her that if her application fails after repeated attempts, I will live in Vietnam with her.  That really put her mind at ease because she knows I won't leave her.  She doesn't really like to live abroad anyway because she will have to leave the comforts of home and her family.  Every time I mention the wonderful things Canada has to offer, she never really seemed too interested anyway

"decide not to have her apply for a visitor visa because if she is rejected, it will be a red flag on our application."

Very sensible idea. Any red flags raised will make thing very very difficult later on.
One of my cousins made that mistake and paid(a fortune) for it. He wasn't Canadian tho but same scenario, only he wasn't smart at the start.

Thanks,
My boyfriend visited me and that time he made documents for visitor visa for me ,just came there to visit his family,and learn more about him ,
I have 2kids with me,have big house and have job here,I offered him to come here to live with me but Maybe He doesn't like ,We love each other but we don't know how to live together,
that is our problem ,We tried to leave but until now ,we still connect ,
WHAT CAN I DO ?

ha1976 wrote:

Thanks,
My boyfriend visited me and that time he made documents for visitor visa for me ,just came there to visit his family,and learn more about him ,
I have 2kids with me,have big house and have job here,I offered him to come here to live with me but Maybe He doesn't like ,We love each other but we don't know how to live together,
that is our problem ,We tried to leave but until now ,we still connect ,
WHAT CAN I DO ?

If he's unwilling or doesn't want to live with you in Vietnam, then you should not be with him.  For a couple to really be happy together, both have to be willing to be together, no matter what, no matter which country they live in.

Why don't you guys just get married and have him sponsor you to Canada?

Tran Hung Dao wrote:

mikeymyke wrote:

Ok so I have to send my documents to Embassy of Vietnam in Ottawa for translation/legalization, and they want to charge me $70 per document!!  I have 10 documents to translate.  That's pretty insane. 

How much did you guys get charged for yours?  Also is it possible to get the translation/legalization done in Vietnam? 

This sucks, I feel like I'm being ripped off in Vietnam, but in Canada this time.

Yes, you can get it translated in Việt Nam and the fees are nowhere close to $70 per document.  Just go around near the American embassy and there are a ton of paralegal services.

You can get documents translated at 47 Le Duan street (across from Diamond Plaza) in district 1. My US marriage license was translated there, for a very small fee. (I think no more than 300,000 VND, but not sure because I was paying for other services at the same time, and total was a little more than 300,000.)

mikeymyke wrote:

Ok so I have to send my documents to Embassy of Vietnam in Ottawa for translation/legalization, and they want to charge me $70 per document!!  I have 10 documents to translate.  That's pretty insane.

That's probably about right for translation in Canada, given the price at the US Consulate in HCMC for notarization of a document is $50 USD. (!) That's right, $50 for someone to just look at it, and put a stamp on it! Translation is a lot of work, so $70 may be a bargain.

Try going to the UK consulate, I had 1 form signed and stamped there, 3years ago and charged me 70GBP around $115USD.
70bucks is cheap to me

All these consulate fees are a con... seriously far too high!

saigonmonkey wrote:

mikeymyke wrote:

Ok so I have to send my documents to Embassy of Vietnam in Ottawa for translation/legalization, and they want to charge me $70 per document!!  I have 10 documents to translate.  That's pretty insane.

That's probably about right for translation in Canada, given the price at the US Consulate in HCMC for notarization of a document is $50 USD. (!) That's right, $50 for someone to just look at it, and put a stamp on it! Translation is a lot of work, so $70 may be a bargain.

And that my friend, is how the US Consulate can keeps it's doors open while there's a government shutdown.  Can we say Fees?

ha1976 wrote:

I have Canadian boyfriend ,I made visa for visitor but They didn't give me.We also tried to get married,so it is difficult
some Canadian got married with Vietnamese but they can't have each other in their life,still far from ,
that why we feel very tired and we decided to leave
If you want to come here to live,everything is ok for both of you,
good luck ,
Ha,

Sorry just trying to understand your story so we can better help you.

You tried to get married? Or are you married to your Canadian boyfriend. If not that's the first step if you want to come to Canada to live with your boyfriend.

If you have 2 kids (I assume under 18) he will have to sponsor them too.

You can't force the issue but accept the situation as it is. Forcing it will just come back to bite both of you later on. He obviously doesn't want to live in Vietnam and he may not adapt to living in Vietnam if you forced him to. Same with you. It seems you have a good life in Vietnam. Big house and loving family I assume.

Do you know what his life is like in Canada? If you come to Canada you might be wishing for your big house and comfy job in Vietnam. Big houses here if you live where most Vietnamese are in Toronto and Vancouver can be $600k and upwards of over $1 million. Most Vietnamese that come here end up working in the factories grinding away 8 hours a day 5 days a week. They come home dirty and exhausted.

Just some perspective of live in Canada. Not saying it happens to all Vietnamese some might be fortunate enough to find a nail salon to work in.

khanh44 wrote:

Do you know what his life is like in Canada? If you come to Canada you might be wishing for your big house and comfy job in Vietnam. Big houses here if you live where most Vietnamese are in Toronto and Vancouver can be $600k and upwards of over $1 million. Most Vietnamese that come here end up working in the factories grinding away 8 hours a day 5 days a week. They come home dirty and exhausted.

Just some perspective of live in Canada. Not saying it happens to all Vietnamese some might be fortunate enough to find a nail salon to work in.

khanh44, you forgot the MOST important part of living in Canada that Vietnamese have never experienced....

Tran Hung Dao wrote:

khanh44 wrote:

Do you know what his life is like in Canada? If you come to Canada you might be wishing for your big house and comfy job in Vietnam. Big houses here if you live where most Vietnamese are in Toronto and Vancouver can be $600k and upwards of over $1 million. Most Vietnamese that come here end up working in the factories grinding away 8 hours a day 5 days a week. They come home dirty and exhausted.

Just some perspective of live in Canada. Not saying it happens to all Vietnamese some might be fortunate enough to find a nail salon to work in.

khanh44, you forgot the MOST important part of living in Canada that Vietnamese have never experienced....

http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/im … w_ohio.jpg

lol, after I came back from Vietnam last year , which was in February, I showed them a picture of my car piled with snow on Facebook saying "Get used to this honey", and my fiance replied "O_o"

they may get 40 degree celsius but we get -40 degree celsius

Iam Canadian also. Check the consular list of fee's in hcmc.20$  per page.also can notarize

Tran Hung Dao wrote:

khanh44 wrote:

Do you know what his life is like in Canada? If you come to Canada you might be wishing for your big house and comfy job in Vietnam. Big houses here if you live where most Vietnamese are in Toronto and Vancouver can be $600k and upwards of over $1 million. Most Vietnamese that come here end up working in the factories grinding away 8 hours a day 5 days a week. They come home dirty and exhausted.

Just some perspective of live in Canada. Not saying it happens to all Vietnamese some might be fortunate enough to find a nail salon to work in.

khanh44, you forgot the MOST important part of living in Canada that Vietnamese have never experienced....

http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/im … w_ohio.jpg

my friend brought his viet wife home 10 years ago, she didn't leave the house the first winter, she has adapted quite well since then, .