Thank you for the suggestion DaKahuna. My mom asked Japanese and Korean consulates in Saigon, Vietnam but no luck there either. There are a couple of holidays in Vietnam that the consulates get off before month-end. She doesn’t have enough time to get either visa before her flight home.
At this point, I just hope that either my mom is lucky enough to get both visas in a month between the time she comes back home and our trip in June; or Celebrity would let my mom board with just her Japan visa. She’s ok with staying onboard in Busan.
On a side note, I really enjoyed reading your live report on Millennium Panama Canal. Crossing Panama Canal is on my bucket list.