Visa-extension - Where to get in HCMC & How much it cost?

Hi,

Pls check here:

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=369913https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=383348

Good luck!

Easy way is to approach some travel agents in Pham Ngu Lao, De Tham or Bui Vien street, Q.1. So many travel agencies located there. If you don't want to travel outside Vietnam during this 3 month period  just extend with a single entry which is very cheap.  Multiple entry costs upto $130
Depends on agents, fee will vary. You can ask many and bargain.
If you go directly to immigration office, it's complicated and give you headache 

sailingholidays wrote:

Hello @All,
I have a business-visa B 3 need a extension for 90 days multiple entry. Can anybody please give me information where to get in HCMC how much it cost? Thank you very much.

I had my tourist visa extended for 3 months (single entry) at one of the travel agent in Pham Ngu Lao. It cost USD45 (VND960,000). However, it took them nearly a week to process, so do it in advance is better.

hi,
The visa service price would be varied depends each visa agency. Therefore, I advice you to go around, ask and research carefully agiences to choose the best one. Normally, the price will fall at $40, or cheaper. I suggest a visa agecy located on 254  Nguyen Trai Street, district 1. They will provide the best price and quality. Contact [email protected] or access visa extension to have more inf

xnc.congan.com.vn/

Phòng Quản lí Xuất Nhập Cảnh Công An TP. HCM
161 Nguyen Du, Q.1 (góc Nguyen Du va CMT8)

New law on entry, exit, transit, and residence of foreigners in Vietnam - Law no 47/2014/QH13 issued by Vietnamese National Assembly will be effected on January 01, 2015. It is absolutely new, and does not give any instruction, so it is difficult to know whether you visa could be extended or not?

New Youth Tourism (GPS: 10.797392, 106.652982)
212/29 NGUYEN THAI BINH
PHUONG 12, QUAN TANH BINH
HO CHI MINH CITY
PostCode: 736632

Work: +84-(0)-8-6292-3432
Work 2: +84-(0)-8-3811-3238
Work: [email protected]
Work: www.VisaVietNam.net.vn

They handle tour groups and they get bulk bribe rates!

They can pick up or deliver to your hotel/house in central HCMC.

smltong wrote:

I had my tourist visa extended ... However, it took them nearly a week to process, so do it in advance is better.

The only thing that matters is that the agent gets it IN to Immigration BEFORE the expiry date. If late you can get fined (or charged a bigger bribe).

It seems he did it already. 5 months ago, he needs to extend it one more.
I think when he posted here, some agencies contacted him immediately !

PS: I don't know why but when I contact with some agencies here, to help some my foreigners friends, they never reply me ! Hmmm, it's not fair at all ! Poor me  !

maybe they think that you are a staff of other agencies.

Does anyone know where I can get it extended now that the law has changed?

albinofrog wrote:

Does anyone know where I can get it extended now that the law has changed?

What type is your valid visa?

It's a 3 month business single-entry

albinofrog wrote:

It's a 3 month business single-entry

what are you doing in Vietnam?
Where are you now?
You still can extend your visa but the fee will be higher.

Over 9.000.000 people visited VietNam last year (VNAT) so USD$40 (minimum) x 9,000,000 is at least USD$36,000,000 in nice hard currency just for letting visitors in the door.

Making it harder/more expensive is plain dumb ... unless you are in the Ministry of Public Safety.

Perhaps if they had more English-speaking Immigration Officers in the interior offices, instead of at the border gateways, and allowed (required) the public to attend in person, rather than through an agent, and NOT pay bribes for them  just doing their jobs, there would be more acceptance of higher fees.

What other process results in the Government collecting less money than all the leaches they force us to go through.

Yes seems the guys and gals in Ha Noi are hell bent on making things as difficult as they can. I remember when I first opened a business here, my secretary informed me everything is made difficult to extract money.

ngattt wrote:

I don't know why but when I contact with some agencies here, to help some my foreigners friends, they never reply me

New Youth (address/contact above) will - they frequently handle boatloads or busloads of VNese visiting other countries.

They are actually used by several tour operators both in VN and out of VN.

colinoscapee wrote:

Yes seems the guys and gals in Ha Noi are hell bent on making things as difficult as they can. I remember when I first opened a business here, my secretary informed me everything is made difficult to extract money.

I agree with your secretary.

Ripping off Foreigners is a very short-sighted policy.

You have to remember in Ha Noi political circles they indulge in p*ssing games to prove who is better than the other. Remember, also, the Interior/Public Order ministry is a big player in this country - they not only police the population but they also police the Cong An, CGST, etc., along with politicians.

But it's nice to know they aren't perfect!

I entered VN on one passport and the border guard stamped me in, then, as I was putting the passport away in my security bag he saw I had a second passport.

He asked to check it, and he saw I had a valid multi-entry visa in it so he stamped that as well - in other words one person and two separate passport entries!

Another funny thing is that according to VN records I am married under on of the passports and not the other. I wonder if I can get a second wife?

The point is that notwithstanding they have a massive NEC computer in this ministry, they still can't tie separate visa applications together with identical names and pictures!

Nice to know when governments have screwed-up computer systems.

The US ICE men couldn't tie my non-US passport with my US passport/citizenship, either. But we've known about their systems - 'terrorists' entered the US with visas. And the 'Pants of Fire' guy who tried to crash a plane in Detroit had a valid visa, when through TWO US-style immigration checks and this was AFTER his Father had warned the US authorities he was a convert.

Ain't technology wonderful!

Shortsighted approach is correct.
I just wonder what prospective Foreign property buyers are thinking about all this stuff. It's a circus.
They need foreign investment to clear their banks Toxic debt and they throw hurdles in the way.

Any buyer will want to live here for at least 6 to 12 months prior to buying something . How's that going to work, they'll get the shits, leave their money in safe havens and look elsewhere.
Besides, they don't have a retirement visa.   Most SE Asian countries do.

I was thinking about it, BUT uncertainty, instability , distrust is never too far away here. 

I can always get an agent in Phnom Penh to give a 3 month visa for $103.    May as well take a run across and have some fun spending my money there for a few days eh.

Yeah they sure do have some funny ways,but at the end of the day it's their country to govern. Having inept relatives in places of power doesn't help the situation, hopefully one day the penny will drop and some needed changes will take place. Now waiting for the next decree installment in relation to letting those damn pesky foreigners permission to buy property in their own names.

Hi,
I've just the cat among the pigeons.    I've emailed some Visa agents telling that if it's uncertain as to what the can do, (as at 11.20am today they still don't know)  the Cambodians are setting up a Visa Run service.

As Jaitch said earlier, the punter stays just inside the border , while the agents do the rest in an overnight run.    Sounds great, you stay at one of those Casinos with some interesting company and enjoy the stay while the agent rattles along on the bus to Phnom Penh. 

Always someone to capitalise on stupidly of their competitor.  Hopefully that'll make them think.