Got an SETV in Vietnam after 2 yr Overstay followed by 7 Visa Exemptions

[jspill]

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[sanemax]

9 minutes ago, jspill said:

 

 

Just re-entered today, not a word spoken to me by the IO. 

 

Actually I think he gave me another visa exemption and didn't notice the tourist visa because it was on a later page after a half empty page before the vietnam visa sticker.

 

Can I use the tourist visa next time since it's valid til Feb 13th?  I'll start another thread about that maybe it can help somebody else, I did a search and couldn't find anything

 

 

 

    You should have written your Visa number on the arrival card, then the IO would have noticed your Visa

[jspill]

2 minutes ago, sanemax said:

 

You should have written your Visa number on the arrival card, then the IO would have noticed your Visa

 

I did yeah. 

[darrendsd]

You need to visit Immigration ASAP to get that corrected, if you are in BKK then go to Chaeng Wattana (sp) they have a special desk for this sort of thing

[JackThompson]

Looks like you just got your 8th Visa Exemption.  You could re-use that visa, unless the IO did enter the visa into their computer system.  But the stamp, etc looks like he didn't. 

 

I'd check and see what the local imm-office has in the computer to be sure, maybe as part of going for the 30-day extension.  Hopefully they will give you the option to extend the exempt and use the visa next time. 

[jspill]

Thanks guys.

 

I use an agent in Sukhumvit for all my visa exemption extensions, pretty sure he'll be able to get it sorted so I can extend the exempt and use the visa next time. 

[hawker9000]

When IOs execute a visa, they'll stamp "USED" on it, and I don't see that on yours.  And the entry stamp indicates you were given 30days, whereas a tourist visa gives you 60.  So I think I agree with JackThompson, and you have until 13FEB17 to use the SETV.  The only fly in the ointment I can see is an alert & perhaps troublesome IO seeing the previous entry (& exit) when you come back intending to use the SETV, and just deciding on his own to consider it used.  That's probably unlikely.

[jspill]

On 29/11/2016 at 1:25 AM, hawker9000 said:

When IOs execute a visa, they'll stamp "USED" on it, and I don't see that on yours.  And the entry stamp indicates you were given 30days, whereas a tourist visa gives you 60.  So I think I agree with JackThompson, and you have until 13FEB17 to use the SETV.  The only fly in the ointment I can see is an alert & perhaps troublesome IO seeing the previous entry (& exit) when you come back intending to use the SETV, and just deciding on his own to consider it used.  That's probably unlikely.

Yep re-entered today and the IO executed it, no questions .