[ingodirectors] INQUIRY: Authenticated Birth or Marriage Certificates for Visa?

[Marko Lovrekovic]

Dear Directors and Representatives,

It was brought to my attention that PACCOM started requesting original 
or authenticated birth/marriage certificates in order to extend INGO 
expatriates' visas. I would like to bring up this issue with Senior 
Management at PACCOM, but I would like to check first what your 
experiences are? I want to make sure that it is not just one particular 
desk at PACCOM or a single staff misinterpreting the rules -- before 
clarifying with their senior managers.

This measure, if strictly applied, can cost some of you a lot of money 
and effort. Some embassies will charge high fees for translation or 
authentication of birth/marriage certificates. Those of you who had to 
deal with your visas recently, please let me know if you have 
experienced similar problems. Do not Reply All, just email me directly. 
I will share what I find out with everyone.

Thank you in advance!

Marko

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Marko Lovrekovic, Managing Co-Director
VUFO-NGO Resource Centre
La Thanh Hotel, 218  Doi Can
Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: +84 4 3832 8570
Mobile: +84 904 191 871
Email: director at ngocentre.org.vn
Web: http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/