Thanks for sharing the situation in Vietnam! Greetings from Koh Samui, Thailand. Just subscribed to your channel.

Very helpful thanks Sir! Still here and still working hard

Yikes! Thanks for the update! Would love to hear about the other countries you mentioned at the end of the video.

Wow!! you are so well educated about Vietnam, thank you

Wow. This video is very lovely. This video is very important for foreigners who think of going to Vietnam. Thank you for sharing it! :)

Very informative on the situation on Visa for Vietnam, its greatly appreciated.

Mate, I’ve just seen your channel for the fire time! Good on you 😄 I follow you from now on and I’m pretty sure I’ll be visiting Vietnam on my trip! Keep the videos coming!

I know several people who go to Ho Chi Minh for dental work and have had a problem getting back there for more dental work because of the pandemic.

Thanks for this vlog; very informative!

This seems to be a very charming place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much!

Indeed - avideo for alternative countries would be great and helpful.

Yep this situation is as clear as the waters of the Mekong. Good overview though, Alex

Thanks for the informative video upload Alex!

This is the best explanation and putting it in to perspective that I've seen online Good Job!!

I'm in Da Nang and got in the country in Feb, 2020...just got renewed and asked about next month and they said no problem. So it's crazy. Cheers from Da Nang!

Cô giáo Mây thật chu đáo... Tết có nhạc mới thành mùa Xuân...!! Chúc Cô giáo năm nay cũng được Long Phụng sum vầy nhé...!!!❤👍

Great video ,I was 11 months in 2018 in Vietnam 🇻🇳 Da Nang

Fantastic accent! Thank you for your report.

Glad I'm still here!

Thank you...from Japan !

Hopefully things will be better soon

I left Vietnam just before the Lunar New Year 2020 and was so disappointed to be trapped in the UK and unable to get back to Vietnam to teach or see my daughter in Thailand.... but now, i feel it was a blessing in disguise. Insightful vids on the latest VN news. I hope to return next year.

I am an American living in Nha Trang, Vietnam. I have lived and taught English in HCM and Hanoi area for the past 8 years. I retired in Nha Trang but still teach online. I have a temporary resident card that expires in January 2023. I plan to renew it then. I have not had a problem with immigration or the police.

I think these changes are great.

great video! Keen for that follow up video about LT visas in other countries/teaching in other countries.

Let's hope things return to some kind of "normalcy" in the future, thanks for the info!

Well explained

Great information.

Thanks for the info, Alex!

amazing man- this is the first time Ive seen my life (the last 2 years!!) explained reasonably clearly. Looking back 6 months , this video was pretty optimistic but we need to be, right! Im still battling with all this, I have got aaaallllllllll those documents (you know exactly what I mean) for WP /TRC - 4x, yes that's right 4x (say 10mvnd+ each time), usually schools said dont worry, no need, then i was married here with the TRC, so schools were even more reluctant. Then the WP process stopped in covid, and then and then and then. Ive been here 8 years, now Im overstayed as I wait a few weeks for the inevitable glitches coming from the Depatrment of Labour, espeeeeecially in Da NAng, where I am and where you filmed this. Theres one huge point you didnt cover and also maybe the Vietnamese government also missed this catch 22 situation : I moved to pleiku, 18 months ago.... because Im clever, I saw all this coming, haha. Then covid hit 2 weeks later (work permits were not processed , only 3 month school business visas). I moved to Pleiku from Da Nang for a real job with a real visa. Even since moving back to Da Nang, schools "pretended to process a WP", I would quit once the jig was up. THE PROBLEM WAS, GOV STOPPED THE WP PROCESS, BORDERS AND SCHOOLS SHUT- CANT LEAVE, CANT STAY... I THIS THATS HOW THE GOOD PEOPLE, LIKE ME , ENDED UP ON THESE SKETCHY VISAS: NO WP PROCESS, NO BUSINESS EXTENSION, NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE, NOT ALLOWED TO GO BACK TO TOURIST VISA. Theres actually been no option..... how did those agents get away with it?! I just paid 20m vnd to Hanoi a few months ago in Directive 16 (15+5m for a 3 month business visa) to convert the sketchy visa to a sponsored one. Then Directive 16 (zero movement and travel to anywhere too long) , locked into that school, you really cant make this stuff up!!!!!! You've done an amazing job in this video. Im overstayed, schools dont know what to do ( iget jobs, we get along, they cant get the visa through), immigration doesnt know how to advise me, now vaccination rules are different in each place. I really tried to do everything properly, im a pretty good teacher with 8 years experience. Seriously exhausted, thanks again. I was just evicted due to visa expiry ( before D16 was moved due to illegal building and no police paper) Now Im in contact with schools in Vinh and Binh Duong after Danang school applications are being rejected on tiny technicalities. I love Vietnam, lived here a good part of my life, had a wife, had a lot of great friends, disappointing to end it like this for sure. Im not even unpacking in my da nang studio, who knows where ill be in a week!!! Subscribed! Seriously, great job on this video.

Thanx Alex, very informative and accurate !

Very informative. Thanks.

Thanks for the update Alex.

Very interesting video. I've subbed to your channel.

yo alex. This has happned just as I formed my company and completed post licensing procedures.

Thank you for such detailed updates! I would love to hear how you think Vietnam will move forward from here, both economically in business and how people live. I am concerned about the Vietnam’s recovery from the pandemic.

Thank you Alex

Yes let's hear about which countries are more open right now.

Well, I guess I'm glad I haven't finished my degree yet. I started studying because of covid and then I heard about the opportunity to teach English in Vietnam, I'm really interested in doing it but it looks like everything might work out for the best if I have to wait a few years.

I definitely want to hear about other countries as well

Thanks for the clear explanation. 👍🏻

Clear n concise mucho grass... there have very stress times b4 several times but this bad real bad stick those claws out n keep it tite hang on God Bless any expat looking at expulsion

Thank you,man! Really useful!

Thank u

Lets just hope things getting better, good info sir...

Good report dude, this is a CRAZY time for tthe world. I pray they dismiss all this madness ASAP.

where exactly is that city /neighbourhood you are walking around in at the start of this video ..looks like a really nice place

UPDATE: The US consulate in HCMC is now accepting emergency appointments. You can also pay an agent to get a police check from the justice department more quickly apparently. Also, to clarify, people currently working on legal work permits right now are not affected. It’s just some people switching between jobs that are being affected at the moment. The switching business visa sponsor fee of 15m dong may not always apply. It seems to be on a case by case bases and related to what part of the country you’re in. Here what's covered in the video: 0:00 Introduction 0:52 Vietnam's stance on foreigners 1:49 What's changed? 3:58 Who's being affected? 4:23 1. Tourist visas since 1st March 2020 6:07 2. Tourist visas before 1st March 2020 9:00 3. Business visas from agents 12:28 4. Foreigners on legal work permits 18:05 5. Travel to Vietnam 19:44 Moving forward [Free Training] How to get a job teaching English in Vietnam or online: ▶︎ ninjateacher.com/free-training Get TEFL certified to earn by teaching abroad or online: ▶︎ ninjateacher.com Follow on social media: ▶︎ Instagram: instagram.com/ninja_teacher ▶︎ Facebook: facebook.com/ninjateacher ▶︎ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ninjateacher

Expelling Retirees who have been in Vietnam for the last 15 years is very unfair. It's not as if these people are going to bring Covid into the country. Plus Vietnam has enjoyed their money for 15 years.

New Subbie! 1/15/22 Vietnam opens back up right? I plan on getting the 5yr visa seems to be easier then work visa unless you got new info on work visa?

i hear today Thailand is open or very soon just go there follow some rules and come back in a month or so

the good times are over in more & more countries ... especially since 2020

Having a huge gray area, then suddenly cracking down- will always suck! LOVE what you had to say about the business visa...glad that YOU knew the rules. How'd you get to know that? The shell company system must have been tolerated by the authorities. The business visa is a huge gray area, less clear to foreigners who the actual employer is, and seeing the numerous visa agents operating in the immigration services, one has to wonder who is in charge. Blacklisting around this business visa crap is probably the absolute most sour way to leave a wonderful country.

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Would be interested in your knowledge and thoughts on when if the longer tourist and work visa will return, now that we are two years beyond the pandemic and the world is open again.

Thanks for the video update. It explains things well given the rapid changes that are occurring during the pandemic. Let's hope the vaccinations speed up so the country can open again for tourists and folks wanting to come over to teach. I think things will get better later this year.

Very nice video my new friend

I extended easily twice but I have a Master's in Ed and 25 years experience. Overseas since 1988 in about ten countries, and was able to deal with immigration everywhere including Vietnam. My school handled everything for me.

Maybe I missed it, but what do retired expats do there in that complex process?

Thanks for the update!

Its 2021 --got to give ---own people the job

It just sounds like very many countries currently. .. Scenarios of change everywhere. .

Update, as of today, June 27, there 15400 cases and in 6 months, the death toll has risen from 35 to 75 people. Visas are easier here still than most other countries.

A lot of digital Nomads have left south East Asia too. Now they're moving to Eastern Europe/ Balkans and Mexico these days.

With all the backpackers demand for teachers was high already, now with the crack down it’s gonna be sky high

Sounds like a tough situation right now. And yeah, a video on those other countries and options would be amazing. Looking at things right now, and over the next few months, I'm wondering if China might be more viable than SEA.

I'm trying to make it back to VN! Been apart from my girlfriend for over a year now because of this damn pandemic

At the check-in counter covid tests must be within 48hrs of departure time on your boarding ticket when flying out. I saw a couple traveling denied boarding (after having already paid for the tickets) because their covid tests were taken more than 48hrs of their flight departure time

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Do you think all of the schools will eventually have to offer work permits then? When I was there one of my schools never mentioned it and the other did at the beginning but it never came into fruition. I want to go back but I don't want only the big international schools (that are more likely to get you a work permit) to be my only options :/

Technical advisers on intermational development projects are also being deported. That includes World Bank-financed projects.

Ninja, what countries can a teacher go right now? Do you have a video about it?

A Prayer answered. I Love Asia. I love Vietnam. Interested in Ventures that help the Vietnamese. - Bless you

A lot of them are finding that they don't meet the new foreign expert requirements. The days of the begpacker are coming to an end. Foreign experts now need a degree in a relevant discipline and 3 or more years of experience.

Regarding those who arrived on Tourist Visas AFTER 01 March, 2020 (and only those), the automatic visa extension is now valid until the end of July, according to official sources on the internet. 😁

Hello. When I was in Vietnam in 2019, I got 3 months visa every time I wanted. Will it be the case after covid over ? I heard rumors who said that after covid tourists will get only 1 month visa...

Any news on the supposed 3 years teaching experience needed outside of Vietnam to get their work permit?

Excellent video Alex. Thanks for explaining it so well. Ralph and I will definitely miss Vietnam and wish we got to do more hangouts with you 🙂

where can i find out more information on flights to vietnam/visa and etc and updates on the whole situation? Do you read all of this from government website or news site? You have any resources you can give me so i can find out myself? For now i use your channel for updates haha. I want to visit my GF in VN so badly.

But it’s not arbitrary what sort of tourist visa holders are continuing to extend without issue vs those that cannot ?

So what about us with proper documentation etc, are we still eligible for a work permit in Vietnam? Currently in China

Hi Alex, first time I have seen one of your videos, and I can relate to everything you have mentioned, come this 4th July, I will have been here in Vietnam 8 years. 7 of which I worked for a UK manufacturer in the garment industry. Come covid and jobs lost, I found myself without employment this past year. I am a UK Native, and the various things that came my way last year amounted to little. Recently i thought about teaching, I am afterall a UK native, but not a teacher, I decided 6 weeks ago to enrol into a Vietnamese class, learning Vietnamese, and its difficult, (but nodoby said it was going to be easy,) in doing so, I was hoping I may get an edge with future employers seaking native english, and knowing Vietnamese can only help me. You mentioned a certificate in your video, a TESOL or TELSA was it?, I am interested in going forward with teaching, but I need to learn how to teach first, and learning Vietnamese is actually opening my eyes as to how difficult my own language is to learn, it is helping me. Regards Steve in HCMC.

This is so depressing. I miss Vietnam, it hurts :(

I would like to go to the philippine's but how do i get a teaching lin. ?

in the philippines peoples 1 year visa expired and had to leave,

Khi nao may moi roi Viet Nam tro ve My xin loi vo con may ,mr.cecil da ca lan dua ??

Im married to a Vietnamese woman...I just got my visa renewed for 3 years. Thank you Vietnamese Goverment. Its called TRC visa

You should check it out Duong Global you tuber about visa extension reasons and how to extension

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Then you are all welcome to the Philippines Mabuhay!!!!

A country enforcing its own immigration laws? Imagine that.

I am hare on tourist visa under the mistaken understanding that would be automatically extended until I could leave and return. I would like to learn about TOFL certification to teach on line, currently living in NhaTrang. Also countries where I could live if forced

How long have you been living in Vietnam?

They tough and strict now due to Covid. But in the future 5-10 years from now they going to ease the law

How do get health care?

what about investors should they get work permit if their capital over 3billion VND , and the renewal for the TRC is it effected if i dont have work permit as investor ?

everyone be aware. they did not even give me 30 days. i got 0 days to get out of vietnam. everyone should get out ASAP

Hi like the information, can you please assist me on my situation, I am married to a Vietnamese lady and we left the country for a holiday last year January. Covid started and she overstayed in the foreign country and could return and poor me, foreigner, got the short end of the straw. Perhaps you can update me, do you know if I will be allowed back into Vietnam in the near future? I received my first vaccine jab and will be receiving the next within weeks. I had a temporary residence permit which expired the end of May this year. I sent some emails in regards to my dilemma but they never seem to respond to it. Regards, like you contents.

We are more concerned with countries which are open. Which countries are open now??? A list please

How about naturalizing in Vietnam and you don’t have to worry about getting visas or get deported.