@Sarah ********

what embassy.

It’s a 1 time payment. Each embassy price is a little different.

It’s just pure laziness. Can’t fix stupid but you can put in some measures to encourage searching first. Post approval takes work on admin but might be necessary.

@James *******

it’s 340 USD in Vietnam. And they require perfect bills with no change given back. He’s not a fool to use an agent. Let’s be kind. Most people use agents to make the visa process easier but as we know it’s not necessary with the dtv.

I think you’re over thinking this way too much. Firstly why are you using an agent ?? This is a huge waste of money. You already qualify so just go yourself and pay the fee. Save yourself all that extra money. There is nothing an agent can do that you can’t yourself. I just did it myself today and it took 15 minutes. No need for tax returns. This is not listed as a requirement. Your bank statements are fine with the required balance. Use 6 months if you can. You don’t need pay slips. Hcmc is very good to apply at but they are moving to evisa in October. Not sure if there are any online appointments left for in person. If you have a rental agreement just attach it. Honestly when you go they will check and give you back what they don’t want and or ask you for what is missing but they main things are the money and proof you have a remote job. Keep it simple and don’t over think it.

@Andi **********

There are no slots after like the 7th of Oct. I believe this is when they are starting the evisa as they emailed me about this a month ago.

I posted about this previously. Yes, they emailed me that they are moving to Evisa in October. The wait time will be up to 30 days they said so I don't know...that's a long time to wait in a hotel. I think there might be better options than this, but if you don't get an apt before they move to the evisa, I am not sure it's worth coming to HCMC to do it unless you already live here or are willing to wait indefinitely in an airbnb.

@Brian *******

wise is the best. It takes seconds to get to my landlord and money in my Thai bank account

So the best thing to do is to open a bank account and transfer from her wide account. Everything is done by qr code scanning here. If she wants to transfer from wise to her landlord she can easily do that in wise with the landlords bank info. This is what I do and I just transfer from wise to my Thai bank account each month. Day to day transactions are much easier if you have a Thai bank. Top up it up with wise.

Do not use an agent. Unnecessary