This post about Thailand reminds me of what happened to me.

Visa Extension Block

I was trying to fix my Vietnam visa for two years from 2015 to 2017. Long story short, I was in Vietnam for five years from 2012 to 2017.

English Teacher

So, I went there and taught English.

American

I came there from the United States with a passport and visa.

Extended Visas

I would extend my visa again and again. After that, I went to Cambodia in 2013 to make a new visa and come back and extend that again and again.

Cambodia Visa Runs

In 2015, I went back to Cambodia and made a new visa and extended that again and again. And then, out of nowhere, a travel agency said I couldn't extend my visa.

Blacklists

They said I either was or might be on a blacklist. So, then I asked around and found other agencies that claimed they could help. So, I give them my passport. 2 weeks later, they say they can't.

Tried Fixing My Visa

Then I went to another one and then another one. I went to the embassy. I went to the immigration department. I went to many different places for months. Different people gave me different kinds of responses.

Two Years of Failure

Eventually, I was able to extend my visa, after two years.

Detained in America

So, after that, I returned to America and was like detained for hours at the airport in San Jose, California, USA. They looked through my bags. They looked at all of my things. They questioned me while others walked by me.

Terrorist Joey

They treated me like as if I was a terrorist or whatever. Long story like I said, I would try to study Vietnamese law. I think they gave me the wrong type of visa.

Different Visas

While living in Vietnam, I had different kinds of visas. I remember asking them for the right kind of visa. I think they ended up telling me to get a different kind of visa. Legally, it seems that they were required to tell me which kinds of visas I might be eligible for in the first place.

Justice

So, I wanted justice. I wanted them to be sued or whatever. They could possibly argue that I should have tried harder to only pay for the kind of visa that I originally asked for. I keep a blog on Steemit. I've been writing about some of these kinds of things for years now. So, I always have a lot to say about visas and everything.