I applied for my Visa on Arrival (VOA) letter a couple of weeks ago through VietnamVisaPro (see previous post). I got this agency name from Trip Advisor Vietnam posts so I felt as confident as I could under the very shady/questionable circumstances. I paid my $6 US ($7.91 CAN) and then nothing. The website said it would only take a couple of days to receive my 'letter'. I am leaving in a month so if this wasn't going to work, I needed to know asap so I could still get the embassy issued visa (for WAY more money).
Now that my course is over, I had a bit more time to actually read the Vietnam Visa Pro email and found the 'check my status' link. So, I checked my status: Waiting for payment. I had paid and sent them an email with payment details just to make sure. Ok, time to get serious. A phone call was in order.
Vietnam is 15 hours ahead of Victoria time. I tried calling them in the day but no answer. So, last night, I got out of my warm bed at 11pm to call. They answered.
I suspect if a deceased loved one tried to contact me from the beyond, that the message would sounded something like my phone conversation with the VietnamVisaPro agent, garbled, distant and completely incomprehensible. I could tell she was female but that was it... ??
Grandma/VVP Agent! What are you trying to tell me!!!???
I literally don't know if she was speaking English. I was using all of my linguistic skills to figure out her part of the conversation based on intonation and the occasional word passing through the ephemeral membrane separating the living from the dead, Vietnam from Canada. I swear if she had been underwater, the conversation would have been better.
Much yelling on my part in an attempt to demonstrate the sound level required. Pleading for her to just answer 'yes' or 'no' but she never did. I would ask the simplest question 'did you receive my payment' and she would answer with a 2 minute string of bubbles and whispers.
Eventually, eventually!, I heard what sounded like positive intonation? and the words 'yes' and 'email'. I hoped for the best, thanked the dead mermaid (I have to tie those mixed metaphors together somehow) and hung up.
This morning I receive this email:
Dear Madam,
We will proceed visa letter for you right now and send you this afternoon if possible!!!
Because we have not checked your payment at the earlier so we can not make visa for you at that time. We are so sorry for this!
please wait for your visa letter we will send you as soon as it is completed.
Best Regards,
Vietnam Visa
So I hope I am back on track. I will keep you posted.
Now that my course is over, I had a bit more time to actually read the Vietnam Visa Pro email and found the 'check my status' link. So, I checked my status: Waiting for payment. I had paid and sent them an email with payment details just to make sure. Ok, time to get serious. A phone call was in order.
Vietnam is 15 hours ahead of Victoria time. I tried calling them in the day but no answer. So, last night, I got out of my warm bed at 11pm to call. They answered.
I suspect if a deceased loved one tried to contact me from the beyond, that the message would sounded something like my phone conversation with the VietnamVisaPro agent, garbled, distant and completely incomprehensible. I could tell she was female but that was it... ??
Grandma/VVP Agent! What are you trying to tell me!!!???
I literally don't know if she was speaking English. I was using all of my linguistic skills to figure out her part of the conversation based on intonation and the occasional word passing through the ephemeral membrane separating the living from the dead, Vietnam from Canada. I swear if she had been underwater, the conversation would have been better.
Much yelling on my part in an attempt to demonstrate the sound level required. Pleading for her to just answer 'yes' or 'no' but she never did. I would ask the simplest question 'did you receive my payment' and she would answer with a 2 minute string of bubbles and whispers.
Eventually, eventually!, I heard what sounded like positive intonation? and the words 'yes' and 'email'. I hoped for the best, thanked the dead mermaid (I have to tie those mixed metaphors together somehow) and hung up.
This morning I receive this email:
Dear Madam,
We will proceed visa letter for you right now and send you this afternoon if possible!!!
Because we have not checked your payment at the earlier so we can not make visa for you at that time. We are so sorry for this!
please wait for your visa letter we will send you as soon as it is completed.
Best Regards,
Vietnam Visa
So I hope I am back on track. I will keep you posted.
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