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Jul 20, 2015 | 7:15 pm

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Originally Posted by goodeats21

Seeking a little advice regarding an upcoming SGN connection and Visa options.

Scheduled to arrive SGN on a September Sunday evening at 7:45 PM on Thai Airways. I will have one night in SGN before departing on United's early AM flight on Monday morning (5:30AM departure). Separate tickets.

Anyone have experience or opinions with anticipated VOA wait times on Sunday evenings in September?

I am trying to decide if I should go the VOA route (easy and less $, but risk of long wait time at immigration) versus paying the extra $ and just mailing in my passport for an actual Visa.

Thanks for any insights or advice.

I've done it many times off that TG flight. Shouldn't be bad at all. I think SQ and EY arrive an hour or so before TG and EK a bit afterwards. Time for VOA is typically 20 to 30 minutes. Rarely longer than that. It's very easy.