joey: Can I Continue To Live In Vietnam?

2016-01-26, Tuesday, 1 PM, Gu Cafe, Q1 HCM, Vietnam.
By Joey Arnold, Joseph Scott Arnold, Original Oatmeal.
Mobile: 0168-478-5542.
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Dear Immigration Department in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, greetings, my name is Joseph Scott Arnold. I'm an American tourist in Vietnam. I like Vietnam. I love Vietnam. I came to Vietnam to visit Vietnam. I love this country. I love the culture, environment, people, rice, coffee, noodles, beach, sand, people, music, language, history, the lives, children, adults, the food, the dragon fruits, other fruits, bananas, tea, the family atmosphere, the places, the cities, the things, the traditional Vietnamese dresses, the smiles on people's faces.
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Can I live in Vietnam longer, please?
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I love Vietnam. I want to extend my visa. I like living in Vietnam. I love Tet, the Lunar New Year. I love the holidays in Vietnam. I love the trees, animals, cats, dogs, birds, and everything.
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I tried to extend my visa many times. I tried to extend my visa before my visa expired. I tried many times to extend my visa. I went to different travel agencies to extend my visa but they did not extend my visa. They promised to extend but then they did not extend my visa. I had to wait a week or more for each travel agent. I gave them money and I gave them my passport. I wait for many days for them to help me with my visa. They said they can help me. They ask me for money. But then they ask me for more money.
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I like Vietnam.
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But I have a problem with my visa.
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I do not know what the problem is.
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Please help me. I am confused. I am sad. I love Vietnam. I do not know what to do. Please give me advice.
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I went to the Tuan Travel Agency on Pham Ngu Lao, Q1 HCM, near Highland Coffee Shop. They took my money. I went to them on Friday, the 4th of December 2015. They promised and guaranteed a visa extension. I extended my visa 2 times with them with no problems.
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I went to Tuan before my visa expired.
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2015-12-04, Friday, gave Tuan my visa. They went to extend it. I gave them money that morning. But then they called and said that immigration wanted more money.
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2015-12-09, Wednesday, visa expired.
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2015-12-11, Friday, Tuan called and said they can't extend my visa.
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I got my passport back and began to think about it.
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Tuan said that I'm on a black list or maybe I am doing something illegal or maybe I should go to immigration or the embassy or the consulate or to Cambodia or to other travel agencies, agents, or something.
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Tuan also said that I could go to the police as well.
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But that scared me.
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I didn't know what to do.
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I didn't understand and still don't understand why they couldn't tell me what the exact problem is.
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They did not tell me what I did wrong or why I can't extend.
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After that, I went to Chi Cafe. Waited a week or two for them but they didn't extend my visa.
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After that, went to Thuy and they couldn't help me either.
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The next week, I tried Vu but they could not help after 2 or more weeks of waiting for them.
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I went to many different travel agencies.
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I talked to different Vietnamese people and foreigners alike.
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I emailed people and went to different websites.
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Different people talked about different solutions for me but I am not sure which is true and which is not true.
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I don't know what happened.
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I want to write more about Vietnam.
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I want to explore Vietnam more.
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I want to explore Vietnam more.
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I want to share this country with the world.
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People talked about different prices for visas or extensions.
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Some say maybe 40 million VND. Others say maybe 100 million. That worries me. how moch money does it cost to solve this problem?
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What is the problem?
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Please help me.
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I think I will go to the immigration department in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam today and ask them questions.
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But first, here is what I did. I registered my visit to Vietnam with the USA consulate in Vietnam at this website.
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If there are problems, they can contact me.
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Joey Arnold

2016-01-25 Monday, 1:27 PM

YOLO Cafe, 173/10 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, P.Pham Ngu Lao, Q.1, TP.HCM.
0168-478-5542
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http://hochiminh.usconsulate.gov/service/registration.html#2

USERNAME: JoeyArnoldVN

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Passport Date of Issue:

2012-08-21, Tuesday
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Passport Date of Expiration:

2022-08-20, Saturday
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Passport number
488070141