Sugarcrisp
Canadian expat in Vietnam
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Help Legalizing Canadian Marriage Cert in HCMC for VEC Renewal by Sugarcrisp
I鈥檓 a Canadian citizen living in Nha Trang, married to a Vietnamese/Canadian citizen. I need to legalize my certified marriage certificate (issued by the Ontario Registrar General, not yet authenticated) for my Visa Exemption Certificate (VEC) ...
@OceanBeach92107As with your previous posts, you clearly understand what you are speaking about. However, I believe my previous question must not have been clear on what I was trying to ask. I was hoping to confirm if there are other documents ... Read More
Help Legalizing Canadian Marriage Cert in HCMC for VEC Renewal by Sugarcrisp
I鈥檓 a Canadian citizen living in Nha Trang, married to a Vietnamese/Canadian citizen. I need to legalize my certified marriage certificate (issued by the Ontario Registrar General, not yet authenticated) for my Visa Exemption Certificate (VEC) ...
@ajairon My wife no longer has Family in Vietnam and isn't listed on any family book. Because of this, she hasn't been able to get her citizenship. That means I can't get a TRC (it would be nice). Read More
Help Legalizing Canadian Marriage Cert in HCMC for VEC Renewal by Sugarcrisp
I鈥檓 a Canadian citizen living in Nha Trang, married to a Vietnamese/Canadian citizen. I need to legalize my certified marriage certificate (issued by the Ontario Registrar General, not yet authenticated) for my Visa Exemption Certificate (VEC) ...
@OceanBeach92107 One of the things I was trying to confirm with the Department of External Relations is what documentation I will need in addition to the marriage certificate. From what I could find online, it suggested photocopies of our ... Read More
Help Legalizing Canadian Marriage Cert in HCMC for VEC Renewal by Sugarcrisp
I鈥檓 a Canadian citizen living in Nha Trang, married to a Vietnamese/Canadian citizen. I need to legalize my certified marriage certificate (issued by the Ontario Registrar General, not yet authenticated) for my Visa Exemption Certificate (VEC) ...
@OceanBeach92107 Thanks for all the information that you have provided. I will end up going to HCMC this time as I will have multiple items that I need to do while I'm there. One trip to complete them all is OK. The idea of using my wife's father is ... Read More
Help Legalizing Canadian Marriage Cert in HCMC for VEC Renewal by Sugarcrisp
I鈥檓 a Canadian citizen living in Nha Trang, married to a Vietnamese/Canadian citizen. I need to legalize my certified marriage certificate (issued by the Ontario Registrar General, not yet authenticated) for my Visa Exemption Certificate (VEC) ...
@OceanBeach92107 I'm a bit confused by the terminology. I ordered a Certified Copy of Marriage Registration from Canada but struggled to contact the Department of External Relations about legalization. The Canadian Consulate had me send a photo of ... Read More
Help Legalizing Canadian Marriage Cert in HCMC for VEC Renewal by Sugarcrisp
I鈥檓 a Canadian citizen living in Nha Trang, married to a Vietnamese/Canadian citizen. I need to legalize my certified marriage certificate (issued by the Ontario Registrar General, not yet authenticated) for my Visa Exemption Certificate (VEC) ...
@OceanBeach92107 Thank you for this reply. I will heed your advise. Read More
Help Legalizing Canadian Marriage Cert in HCMC for VEC Renewal
I鈥檓 a Canadian citizen living in Nha Trang, married to a Vietnamese/Canadian citizen. I need to legalize my certified marriage certificate (issued by the Ontario Registrar General, not yet authenticated) for my Visa Exemption Certificate (VEC) ... Read More
Passport and VEC renewal by Sugarcrisp
I'm a Canadian living in Vietnam. My passport will expire in early 2026 along with my VEC (Visa Exemption Certificate). I know that I can renew my passport via the Canadian embassy. Does anyone know if there is a process for renewing the passport ...
I finally received a reply from the Vietnam Embassy in Canada. Here is the information that they provided.Good morning,You can apply for a visa exemption while still being in Viet Nam. Please follow instructions as provided in this link: ... Read More
Passport and VEC renewal by Sugarcrisp
I'm a Canadian living in Vietnam. My passport will expire in early 2026 along with my VEC (Visa Exemption Certificate). I know that I can renew my passport via the Canadian embassy. Does anyone know if there is a process for renewing the passport ...
@qnbui...I agree that the passport needs to be renewed first as the VEC is linked to the passport. I'm looking for the actually method (or legal process) of completing the procedure without leaving Vietnam (or Southeast Asia). Read More
Passport and VEC renewal by Sugarcrisp
I'm a Canadian living in Vietnam. My passport will expire in early 2026 along with my VEC (Visa Exemption Certificate). I know that I can renew my passport via the Canadian embassy. Does anyone know if there is a process for renewing the passport ...
@OceanBeach92107...Unfortunately, she's not. Her family left Vietnam in the 80's. She doesn't have any family still residing here, so she hasn't been able to make any headway on getting her gov id Read More
Passport and VEC renewal by Sugarcrisp
I'm a Canadian living in Vietnam. My passport will expire in early 2026 along with my VEC (Visa Exemption Certificate). I know that I can renew my passport via the Canadian embassy. Does anyone know if there is a process for renewing the passport ...
@OceanBeach92107...thanks again. You are correct about my wife getting her Vietnamese passport, but as of yet she has not been able to establish her own residency here. That would be the ideal situation. Just means she no longer needs a VEC for ... Read More
Passport and VEC renewal by Sugarcrisp
I'm a Canadian living in Vietnam. My passport will expire in early 2026 along with my VEC (Visa Exemption Certificate). I know that I can renew my passport via the Canadian embassy. Does anyone know if there is a process for renewing the passport ...
@OceanBeach92107...Thanks for the reply. How about the transition to my new passport and before I receive the new VEC? Would I need to get a visa during this period? Read More
Passport and VEC renewal
I'm a Canadian living in Vietnam. My passport will expire in early 2026 along with my VEC (Visa Exemption Certificate). I know that I can renew my passport via the Canadian embassy. Does anyone know if there is a process for renewing the passport ... Read More
Opening a bank account by williamherron13
We send money from the US to my wife's sister in Vietnam regularly and visit every year or so.聽Use a service located here that charges a reasonable fee and delivers to her doorstep within 24 hours.聽I wonder if we opened a joint account ...
I've been using Wise for about 7 years in Vietnam also. Never had an issue. The cost is very competitive and it only takes about a minute for the funds to be transferred into my wife's account. You can easily check out what the transfer fee would ... Read More
mailing credit cards to Vietnam by dlewis516
i have 2 credit cards (receipt has not been confirmed yet) waiting for me in New Jersey. Can anyone recommend the safest way of getting them to me in Saigon without paying excessive shipping, duty, etc. I was told to be wary of ordinary postal ...
I'm from Canada. My card (and my wife's card) expired earlier this year. I contacted MasterCard a month or so ahead of time and they made it happen. One watch out that I was unaware of at the time is they treated them like lost or stolen ... Read More
mailing credit cards to Vietnam by dlewis516
i have 2 credit cards (receipt has not been confirmed yet) waiting for me in New Jersey. Can anyone recommend the safest way of getting them to me in Saigon without paying excessive shipping, duty, etc. I was told to be wary of ordinary postal ...
I would talk to your credit card company. They may suggest cancelling those cards and send you new ones directly to Vietnam. I contacted my company (in Canada) ahead of renewal date. They treated my request like a lost or stolen card. They ... Read More
100% natural peanut butter by WillyBaldy
I remember discussing this before on the forum but is there really 100% natural peanut butter in Vietnam? My contacts in Saigon checked around and only found 98% pure, the rest being sugar and salt. In my city of Rach Gia, no way I can get this, ...
It's the easiest method I've ever found. Very little risk of burning the peanuts. Enjoy! Read More
100% natural peanut butter by WillyBaldy
I remember discussing this before on the forum but is there really 100% natural peanut butter in Vietnam? My contacts in Saigon checked around and only found 98% pure, the rest being sugar and salt. In my city of Rach Gia, no way I can get this, ...
Hey Willybaldy, My recommendation is to make your own. Very easy to do! Just need roasted peanuts and blender. You can buy pre-roasted peanuts or make your own using the link below. How to Roast Peanuts Perfectly Read More
5 year Viet Kieu visa and border run
Hey qnbui...Yes, you have to get your 5 year visa stamped ever 6 months. Read More
worth updating/improving old NEC by Thaiger
thinking of adding SSD and new RAM to my old Jap NEC but im afraid that newer protcols/ puter lingo maght make it useless for teaching on line. Its about 8 years old , good spec i5, 4 gb but only 150gb ROM Wanna update but afraid its just too old ...
LibreOffice and OpenOffice were built from the same base. I would say that LibreOffice is a little more polished, but they both work great. Read More
worth updating/improving old NEC by Thaiger
thinking of adding SSD and new RAM to my old Jap NEC but im afraid that newer protcols/ puter lingo maght make it useless for teaching on line. Its about 8 years old , good spec i5, 4 gb but only 150gb ROM Wanna update but afraid its just too old ...
There is a very large selection of Open Source software available for free and many of the big named software also (Google Chrome). As for Microsoft programs. No! However, there are many alternatives that can be just as good or better. One of ... Read More
worth updating/improving old NEC by Thaiger
thinking of adding SSD and new RAM to my old Jap NEC but im afraid that newer protcols/ puter lingo maght make it useless for teaching on line. Its about 8 years old , good spec i5, 4 gb but only 150gb ROM Wanna update but afraid its just too old ...
I would recommend testing Linux Mint. It's very small compared to Windows and runs well on older systems. Should work great on an I5. You can download the program and burn to CD or USB and test it without installing on your system. I ... Read More
Visa Stamp without leaving the country? by Sugarcrisp
My wife and I are currently staying in Vietnam on a 5 year visa exemption. Our current stretch is coming up for a stamp renewal in August. We are trying to find out if we can get our visa stamped without leaving the country.
I believe we are registered with the ward police via our property manager (will verify). What paperwork do we require? Read More
Visa Stamp without leaving the country? by Sugarcrisp
My wife and I are currently staying in Vietnam on a 5 year visa exemption. Our current stretch is coming up for a stamp renewal in August. We are trying to find out if we can get our visa stamped without leaving the country.
Just looking to renew our stamps. We are located in Nha Trang. The cost of travelling to Ho Chi Minh and then to Cambodia may cost as much as using an agent. Thanks for the help. Read More
Visa Stamp without leaving the country?
My wife and I are currently staying in Vietnam on a 5 year visa exemption. Our current stretch is coming up for a stamp renewal in August. We are trying to find out if we can get our visa stamped without leaving the country. Read More
Visa Extensions - Nha Trang & Khanh Hoa Province by dongbathin
So many stories of how to acquire a visa extension thru-out VN and how local jurisdictions handle them. I can see how an extension may be gotten in Nha Trang at least if you live in Nha Trang. How about if you live in Cam Ranh 35 mi south of Nha ...
My wife and I are currently staying in Nha Trang. We are on year 1 of a 5 year extended visa from Canada. Our current Visa stamp will expire around August 20, 2017. Are we required to leave the country and re-enter to renew our stamp? If not, ... Read More