{"id":13624,"date":"2017-07-07T16:47:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T20:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=13624"},"modified":"2017-07-07T16:47:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T20:47:13","slug":"visa-via-visa-or-maybe-it-was-via-mastercard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=13624","title":{"rendered":"Visa via Visa (Or Maybe It Was Via Mastercard…)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In order to run the Da Nang Marathon in August, I needed to sort out a visa to Vietnam.<\/p>\n

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I could have sent in my passport with a SASE, along with a money order for $80, to the consulate in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

Or, after a quick google search, I could submit the paperwork electronically via a third-party service for $65 on a credit card and I pick up my visa when I land in Ho Chi Minh City.<\/p>\n

I did a bit of research and www.vietnam-evisa.org seemed legit. I therefore went with the cheaper option.<\/p>\n

But now having received this email they seem a bit… surprised? that I was able to successfully submit my info for a visa.<\/p>\n

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There’s something about the three exclamation points that reads to me like, “Holy schnikes! I can’t believe this worked; it almost never works! You totally got a visa!”<\/p>\n

This should be fine.\u00a0 It’s not like there’s ever been problems with fraud on the internet before, right?\u00a0 Totally fine.\u00a0 Nothing to see here.<\/p>\n

Sigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In order to run the Da Nang Marathon in August, I needed to sort out a visa to Vietnam. I could have sent in my passport with a SASE, along with a money order for $80, to the consulate in Washington, DC. Or, after a quick google search, I could submit the paperwork electronically via […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}