Dutch Expat 'Blacklisted' from Vietnam After 13 Years, So Stuck in Cambodia in the Meantime

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hanno wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 1:01 pm
RickyBobby wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 12:31 pm
hanno wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 12:26 pm
RickyBobby wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:46 amCalling Hanno?
I have a residence card but there are heaps of foreigners that do visa runs; he must have pissed someone off.
Being blacklisted with no warning or explanation is a bit harsh?
Very and I am thinking that there is a little more to the story.... If they blacklisted everyone doing visa runs, there would be no English teachers left.
So true. Almost everyone lives on 3-month visas. Largely because it's a cheaper route. The 6-month and 12-month (business) visas are either not being given out or are outrageously expensive. The temp residence card is running $1600US for a 2-year this year. Was $980 last fall, double what it was earlier in 2018.
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Which begs the question - why the fuck are they doing this? Do they only want short term visitors who will (hopefully) spend more dough on a shorter stay and fuck the English teachers (along with many others)?

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johnny lightning wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:40 pm Which begs the question - why the fuck are they doing this? Do they only want short term visitors who will (hopefully) spend more dough on a shorter stay and fuck the English teachers (along with many others)?
I dont know, but part of the problem is they think Westerns are all very wealthy, so they can charge them ridiculous amounts of money.
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johnny lightning wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:40 pm Which begs the question - why the fuck are they doing this? Do they only want short term visitors who will (hopefully) spend more dough on a shorter stay and fuck the English teachers (along with many others)?

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It's probably because they can and can make money doing so. It's the same reason the 1 year tourist visa for Americans doesn't readily state you have to leave the country every 3 months to keep your visa valid, so when you inevitably overstay your visa, you get blacklisted and fleeced for a few thousand dollars in order to be let back into the country.

Viets can be dodgy as shit about these things.
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JerryCan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 5:33 pm
johnny lightning wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:40 pm Which begs the question - why the fuck are they doing this? Do they only want short term visitors who will (hopefully) spend more dough on a shorter stay and fuck the English teachers (along with many others)?

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It's probably because they can and can make money doing so. It's the same reason the 1 year tourist visa for Americans doesn't readily state you have to leave the country every 3 months to keep your visa valid, so when you inevitably overstay your visa, you get blacklisted and fleeced for a few thousand dollars in order to be let back into the country.

Viets can be dodgy as shit about these things.
Never had an issue as I have always had a resident card when working in Vietnam. Easy-peasy.
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