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What are the recent changes in soft power application for cooking schools through HCMC?
Recent soft power application through HCMC?
Hello 🙂 Anyone with recent experience applying for soft power with cooking school through HCMC? I just reached out to Arun and they told me that now the minimum course duration is 9 months due to embassy feedback (previously 6 months, and I think before that it was 3 months). I assume there had to be enough rejections for the school to adjust accordingly. But first had recent experience would be super helpful. Thank you in advance!
Hello 🙂 Anyone with recent experience applying for soft power with cooking school through HCMC? I just reached out to Arun and they told me that now the minimum course duration is 9 months due to embassy feedback (previously 6 months, and I think before that it was 3 months). I assume there had to be enough rejections for the school to adjust accordingly. But first had recent experience would be super helpful. Thank you in advance!
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Recent discussions highlight changes in the soft power application for cooking schools through HCMC, indicating an increase in the minimum course duration from 6 to 9 months following feedback from embassies. This shift is seen as a response to earlier high rejection rates. Comments also point to a recent case where a six-month course was still approved, suggesting that while regulations may be tightening, some flexibility remains.
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James ********
Best to listen to the Soft Power Activity course sponsors...
Wise advice to have a course of 9 months or more.
Wise advice to have a course of 9 months or more.
Greg ********
There was a recent post from the Jakarta Embassy where somebody was given an METV for a six-month course. Looks like embassies are tightening up. You used to be able to get one with a one-month course.
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