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22 hours ago, ChiFlyer said:

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I am assuming that my Viet Nam visa request will be approved within 2 weeks. I booked a very nice hotel for our stay using Marriott points. Anyone know this hotel and/or the surrounding area.

https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/dadsi-sheraton-grand-danang-resort/overview/

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oops - posted the url for the wrong hotel. We are actually staying here.

https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/dadfp-four-points-by-sheraton-danang/overview/?scid=f2ae0541-1279-4f24-b197-a979c79310b0

 

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Next step completed today. I re entered Thailand on a 45 day visa exempt, which is a tourist visa IMO. Seeing an agent next week to start the 90 day Non-IM O and the subsequent one year extension to the Permission to Stay. Will get my situation to January 2024. Hope I am here to enjoy it. :)

btw - Da Nang is a city that I like. 

Oh - the check-in agent at the Da Nang airport asked to see my throw away exiting Thailand ticket. I paid about $60 USD for it. Immigration at Bangkok did not ask to see it. I suspect that the Da Nang agent was trying to sell me a ticket.

The Vietnam currency (the Dong) is a bit of a pain in the ass to deal with. It is currently about 22,500 to 1 vs. the USD. They have no problem with converting THB. I suspect that I was getting a series of small ripoffs. One needs to carry a calculator just to buy lunch and figure out what to tip.

A few pics.

Views from the hotel balcony (22nd floor)

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Lady Buddha

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Dragon Bridge

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13 minutes ago, ChiFlyer said:

re entered Thailand on a 45 day visa exempt, which is a tourist visa IMO

Erm, a visa exemption is not a visa. It's in the wording :)

Nice pictures and best of luck with non imm whatnot. 

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On 20/10/2022 at 21:07, Thomaz73 said:

Erm, a visa exemption is not a visa. It's in the wording :)

Nice pictures and best of luck with non imm whatnot. 

whatever :)

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To anyone else following this saga, it really isn't difficult/complicated.

Step 1 is to kill your O-A..... just go out without a Re-entry permit then come back visa exempt or TV or O visa.

If not on O Visa you need to convert to one = 3 months.

Then you do 12 month Extension making total 15 months.

All can be done at Immigration without an agent, unless you don't have money seeded in the bank.

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