Love these, shows all the doom mongering is seriously just absolute nonsense

Recommend HCMC, can chill and doss out in Da Nang or something whilst you wait and its painless unlike Cambodia

Luckily still kept my SCB account from the work visa days when i worked for a crappy agency back in the day (lol they forced teachers to close their bank account when they wanted to quit or even move jobs, i refused and just bounced, so glad I did) SCB have been really cool since and weren't that bothered when I told them my visa status changed to DTV in case anyone is in a smilar boat

@John ******

???? Could've should've would've. Makes no difference. What's done is done and if the embassy are being that picky and bothered OP can literally mention the e-gates and they'll have a record if they really want to go through the effort and check ffs

@Nicola **********

needs to be in there the last few months.....give me a message I can help

Get to Da'nang and apply to HCMC. 3 day turnaround as long as you keep track and give them the required documents

I had a non-o work related visa and i can agree the dtv is MUCH EASIER and less hassle. Nothing but misery with the non-o and work permit crap

@Ayl ********

DTV beats Non-o by a mile (i had a working non-o) far less paperwork and hassle, couldnt agree more with this after my experience either

Yes mate, the documents vary from embassy to embassy and in all honesty from personal experience I would strongly recommend HCMC embassy Vietnam. They need 6 months of bank statements but fast very fast, only 3 days. Yes your current location would be ok in regard to passport page stamp/sticker etc. And the financial requirement, I did a combination of a savings account and current, they were cool with it.

@Luit ****************

i ask myself the same thing, its not universal, some embassies in some countries just like to throw their weight about. Had similar for British embassies too when I have had passport related or visa stuff to sort