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It's been pretty easy for many of us to just lump all these agents into one category, but it seems that this particular company may have most-favored status with the consulate, perhaps due to their connection with someone who works there?

Since moving here permanently 2008 I have used 3 visa agents (actually one you quote on your post) , 2 on line & one direct from their office & I can honestly say I have never ever been screwed or abused or ripped off by any of them. I use them for their convenience & never ever have be grudged them their fee. They provide a service & they should be paid for it & anyone that knows life here their fee does not go into their pockets as there are "other expenses to pay"
I have to have a laugh at some of the rants on here about unscrupulous agents ripping off their customers, well I have never experienced it & if you cant scrape up (in the past) 300 usd for a 3 months multi entry tourist visa you probably should not be here in the first place.

goodolboy wrote:

It's been pretty easy for many of us to just lump all these agents into one category, but it seems that this particular company may have most-favored status with the consulate, perhaps due to their connection with someone who works there?

Since moving here permanently 2008 I have used 3 visa agents (actually one you quote on your post) , 2 on line & one direct from their office & I can honestly say I have never ever been screwed or abused or ripped off by any of them. I use them for their convenience & never ever have be grudged them their fee. They provide a service & they should be paid for it & anyone that knows life here their fee does not go into their pockets as there are "other expenses to pay"
I have to have a laugh at some of the rants on here about unscrupulous agents ripping off their customers, well I have never experienced it & if you cant scrape up (in the past) 300 usd for a 3 months multi entry tourist visa you probably should not be here in the first place.

I agree with virtually everything you're saying, though I'm wondering who was paying that much for a 3-month visa?

Maybe it's different prices based on different nationalities?

I paid a little bit more than that for a one-year business Visa (US citizens)

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

goodolboy wrote:

It's been pretty easy for many of us to just lump all these agents into one category, but it seems that this particular company may have most-favored status with the consulate, perhaps due to their connection with someone who works there?

Since moving here permanently 2008 I have used 3 visa agents (actually one you quote on your post) , 2 on line & one direct from their office & I can honestly say I have never ever been screwed or abused or ripped off by any of them. I use them for their convenience & never ever have be grudged them their fee. They provide a service & they should be paid for it & anyone that knows life here their fee does not go into their pockets as there are "other expenses to pay"
I have to have a laugh at some of the rants on here about unscrupulous agents ripping off their customers, well I have never experienced it & if you cant scrape up (in the past) 300 usd for a 3 months multi entry tourist visa you probably should not be here in the first place.

I agree with virtually everything you're saying, though I'm wondering who was paying that much for a 3-month visa?

Maybe it's different prices based on different nationalities?

I paid a little bit more than that for a one-year business Visa (US citizens)

UK Citizen & well its been well over 2 years since I did the 3 months multi entry tourist visa bit so the past was a bit misty, so just checked my old e mails from Vietnam-e* & it was just under 20usd for the letter & as I remember 90 usd for the visa. Then again things got difficult & I found an e mail just at the start of Covid & I got a 1 month extension for 180 usd so that might be where I got the 300 usd from but hey.......bring back the 3 months multi entry for me cos the visa run to BKK broke up my time here!! & some friends down Soi Cowboy & soi 4 keep sending me messages on FB saying how very very much the miss me

Not all visa agents are evil. I used the one who posts on this forum sometimes, when I was fresh off the boat. I didn't speak Vietnamese or have a Vietnamese wife yet to navigate party offices, and it was easy peasy. I would happily refer him if someone messages me.
There are also a couple on FB Expats that are routinely recommended.

All agents are tar and feathered now because of the foreign expert visa arrests during lockdowns in 2021.

gobot wrote:

Not all visa agents are evil. I used the one who posts on this forum sometimes, when I was fresh off the boat. I didn't speak Vietnamese or have a Vietnamese wife yet to navigate party offices, and it was easy peasy. I would happily refer him if someone messages me.
There are also a couple on FB Expats that are routinely recommended.

All agents are tar and feathered now because of the foreign expert visa arrests during lockdowns in 2021.

And I still think the VOA system makes a lot of sense, since Immigration really doesn't want to be bothered communicating with all foreigners and it provides employment & entrepreneurship to many citizens.

goodolboy wrote:

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

goodolboy wrote:

It's been pretty easy for many of us to just lump all these agents into one category, but it seems that this particular company may have most-favored status with the consulate, perhaps due to their connection with someone who works there?

Since moving here permanently 2008 I have used 3 visa agents (actually one you quote on your post) , 2 on line & one direct from their office & I can honestly say I have never ever been screwed or abused or ripped off by any of them. I use them for their convenience & never ever have be grudged them their fee. They provide a service & they should be paid for it & anyone that knows life here their fee does not go into their pockets as there are "other expenses to pay"
I have to have a laugh at some of the rants on here about unscrupulous agents ripping off their customers, well I have never experienced it & if you cant scrape up (in the past) 300 usd for a 3 months multi entry tourist visa you probably should not be here in the first place.

I agree with virtually everything you're saying, though I'm wondering who was paying that much for a 3-month visa?

Maybe it's different prices based on different nationalities?

I paid a little bit more than that for a one-year business Visa (US citizens)

UK Citizen & well its been well over 2 years since I did the 3 months multi entry tourist visa bit so the past was a bit misty, so just checked my old e mails from Vietnam-e* & it was just under 20usd for the letter & as I remember 90 usd for the visa. Then again things got difficult & I found an e mail just at the start of Covid & I got a 1 month extension for 180 usd so that might be where I got the 300 usd from but hey.......bring back the 3 months multi entry for me cos the visa run to BKK broke up my time here!! & some friends down Soi Cowboy & soi 4 keep sending me messages on FB saying how very very much the miss me

Oh yeah, the price of a 3-month extension during lockdown was getting brutal.

I hope to never see that again, knock wood!

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

goodolboy wrote:

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

I agree with virtually everything you're saying, though I'm wondering who was paying that much for a 3-month visa?

Maybe it's different prices based on different nationalities?

I paid a little bit more than that for a one-year business Visa (US citizens)

UK Citizen & well its been well over 2 years since I did the 3 months multi entry tourist visa bit so the past was a bit misty, so just checked my old e mails from Vietnam-e* & it was just under 20usd for the letter & as I remember 90 usd for the visa. Then again things got difficult & I found an e mail just at the start of Covid & I got a 1 month extension for 180 usd so that might be where I got the 300 usd from but hey.......bring back the 3 months multi entry for me cos the visa run to BKK broke up my time here!! & some friends down Soi Cowboy & soi 4 keep sending me messages on FB saying how very very much the miss me

Oh yeah, the price of a 3-month extension during lockdown was getting brutal.

I hope to never see that again, knock wood!

During Covid visa agents were going for the jugular, as too were the transport guys. Quotes for a 4-seater car from Vung Tau to the airport was anything up to 3.5 million, now, its 900k. If people are happy to pay the gouging arseholes, then do it, but I prefer to shop around and pay a fair price.

colinoscapee wrote:

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

goodolboy wrote:

UK Citizen & well its been well over 2 years since I did the 3 months multi entry tourist visa bit so the past was a bit misty, so just checked my old e mails from Vietnam-e* & it was just under 20usd for the letter & as I remember 90 usd for the visa. Then again things got difficult & I found an e mail just at the start of Covid & I got a 1 month extension for 180 usd so that might be where I got the 300 usd from but hey.......bring back the 3 months multi entry for me cos the visa run to BKK broke up my time here!! & some friends down Soi Cowboy & soi 4 keep sending me messages on FB saying how very very much the miss me

Oh yeah, the price of a 3-month extension during lockdown was getting brutal.

I hope to never see that again, knock wood!

During Covid visa agents were going for the jugular, as too were the transport guys. Quotes for a 4-seater car from Vung Tau to the airport was anything up to 3.5 million, now, its 900k. If people are happy to pay the gouging arseholes, then do it, but I prefer to shop around and pay a fair price.

Fortunately I had/have a regular driver in V农ng T脿u who never attempted to raise his regular rate on me during lockdown.

Always 鈧�800,000 VN膼 from VT to D1 HCMC

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

Oh yeah, the price of a 3-month extension during lockdown was getting brutal.

I hope to never see that again, knock wood!

During Covid visa agents were going for the jugular, as too were the transport guys. Quotes for a 4-seater car from Vung Tau to the airport was anything up to 3.5 million, now, its 900k. If people are happy to pay the gouging arseholes, then do it, but I prefer to shop around and pay a fair price.

Fortunately I had/have a regular driver in V农ng T脿u who never attempted to raise his regular rate on me during lockdown.

Always 鈧�800,000 VN膼 from VT to D1 HCMC

Thats why it pays to shop around, some idiots were paying 3-3.5 million.

colinoscapee wrote:

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

During Covid visa agents were going for the jugular, as too were the transport guys. Quotes for a 4-seater car from Vung Tau to the airport was anything up to 3.5 million, now, its 900k. If people are happy to pay the gouging arseholes, then do it, but I prefer to shop around and pay a fair price.

Fortunately I had/have a regular driver in V农ng T脿u who never attempted to raise his regular rate on me during lockdown.

Always 鈧�800,000 VN膼 from VT to D1 HCMC

Thats why it pays to shop around, some idiots were paying 3-3.5 million.

Private drivers in VT are like sellers at Ben Thanh market: quote you 4 times their minimum, then if you get them to cut that by 50%, you think you got a great deal, while the driver laughs at you for paying twice what your Vietnamese girlfriend pays when she's not with you.

(Not "you" Colin)

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