Australian DJ living in Vietnam airport after making a mistake with a Visa while booking his gig

An Australian influencer and DJ is trapped at an airport in Vietnam after making a critical mistake while booking his overseas trip. 

Sydney-based Levi Neufeld has been sleeping in a transit room in Ho Chi Minh Saigon Airport for over 24 hours after forgetting to apply for a transit visa for India, one of the stopovers during a trip to Dubai.

Neufeld, known for his brief stint on The Voice as the ‘hot door guy’ and more recently as Brent Vitiello’s best man on Married At First Sight, documented his unplanned extended layover in Vietnam on Instagram.

Despite having no intention of leaving the airport in India, Neufeld was barred from  boarding his connecting flight to Dubai and promptly sent back to Vietnam.

All passengers intending to stopover in India must apply for a transit visa for the sole purpose of entering the airport. 

His passport was confiscated in India, given to a flight crew and is now in the hands of ‘officials’ in Vietnam as he awaits his flight back to Australia.

‘I’ve been flying for 20 hours, flew from Sydney to Vietnam and then Vietnam to India. And then I had a connecting flight from India to Dubai, but I wasn’t told that I had to get a visa for India,’ he explained in an Instagram post on Tuesday. 

‘This has broken me.

‘They are making me stay here in Vietnam for the next 27 hours. So a day and a bit. They’re putting me in a transit room.’

Despite the setback, Neufeld remains resilient, vowing to document his unexpected stay through a TikTok series and updating his followers on his situation.

Levi has been sleeping in a transit room in Ho Chi Minh Saigon Airport for over 24 hours after forgetting to apply for a transit visa to India, one of the stopovers in his trip to Dubai

Neufeld, known for his brief stint on The Voice as the ‘hot door guy’ and more recently as Brent Vitiello’s best man in Married At First Sight, documented his unplanned extended layover in Vietnam on Instagram 

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Despite having no intention of leaving the airport in India, Neufeld was barred from boarding his connecting flight to Dubai and promptly sent back to Vietnam

‘I’ve been flying for 20 hours, flew from Sydney to Vietnam and then Vietnam to India. And then I had a connecting flight from India to Dubai, but I wasn’t told that I had to get a visa for India,’ he explained. ‘This has broken me’ 

He even took the opportunity to rate the airport food and give his followers a glimpse into his makeshift shower situation.

Neufeld also posted a photo of a rubbish bin with a sign asking people not to urinate in it.  

‘Who the f**k would pee in a trash can? And then I realised it’s the international airport and it’s a pretty lawless place. So checks out,’ he said. 

Neufeld has compared himself to Tom Hanks in the film The Terminal.

Hanks’ character in the movie is stranded at JFK airport in New York with nowhere to go when a war rages in his fictional country of Krakozhia.

He is forced by officials to stay in the terminal for nine months until his original identity is confirmed.

Notorious for his brief stint on The Voice as the ‘hot door guy’ and more recently, appearing as Brent Vitiello’s best man in MAFS, Levi is no stranger to the spotlight