Latest Update About Visa for Myanmar
Myanmar Government have been working well on more opening policy for visitors to come to Myanmar. Getting visa is now easier than before and you can also apply online for visa on arrival for some border gate as well
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Up to date Border Crossing Visa
The happy news for people who want to cross border from Thailand to Myanmar is: there are 3 border gates accepts E-visa including Tachileik, Kawthaung and Myawaddy.Visitors can apply through the official site of evisa.moip.gov.mm, submitting all the information mentioned in the passport covering name, sur name, passport number, issued date, issued country, expired date and port of entry then a passport photo ( digital ).
Certainly, you can still apply for border crossing visa through a Myanmar Embassy worldwide.
Pre - arranged Visa on Arrival
Please understand correctly that Myanmar Evisa or electronic visa is not a visa on arrival like Thailand, Indonesia. It is pre-arranged visa meaning that you will collect the visa when you arrive, not when you apply online.After applying for Evisa, you will receive a document mentioning: Myanmar Visa Approval Letter. This letter allows you to board the flight or cross the border. When you arrive, please proceed to Immigration counter and they will stamp the visa on your passport.
Pre-arranged visa on arrival is legitimate for both tourist and business visa.
- For tourist visa, it allows travelers to stay 28 days without extension function however, you can pay for over stay fee $3/ day if you travel for more than 28 days.
- Business visa is valid for 10 weeks stays and non extendable. There is a special form for that requiring company registration letter, introduction paper and other necessary information. Basically, you need to provide all information related to your business trip to Myanmar and wait for certain days of reviews.
Notes:
- Evisa is non refundable, non extendable
- This is a single entry visa
- You can enter by one international port and leave by another. For example, you can enter by Yangon and depart at Mandalay airport.
- Evisa is applicable for 100 countries including
1. Albania 51. Kenya
2. Algeria 52. Korea, DPR
3. Argentina 53. Korea, Republic
4. Australia 54. Kuwait
5. Austria 55. Kyrgyzstan
6. Bangladesh 56. Laos
7. Belarus 57. Latvia
8. Belgium 58. Lithuania
9. Bhutan 59. Luxembourg
10. Bolivia 60. Malaysia
11. Bosnia 61. Maldive
12. Brazil 62. Malta
13. Brunei 63. Mauritius
14. Bulgaria 64. Mexico
15. Cambodia 65. Monaco
16. Cameroon 66. Mongolia
17. Canada 67. Morocco
18. Chile 68. Nepal
19. China 69. Netherlands
20. Colombia 70. New Zeland
21. Costa Rica 71. Norway
22. Côte d’Ivoire 72. Pakistan
23. Croatia 73. Panama
24. Cyprus 74. Peru
25. CZECH 75. Philippines
26. Denmark 76. Poland
27. Ecuador 77. Portugal
28. Egypt 78. Qatar
29. Eritrea 79. Romania
30. Estonia 80. Russia
31. Fiji 81. Saudi Arabia
32. Finland 82. Serbia
33. France 83. Singapore
34. Georgia 84. Slovakia
35. Germany 85. Slovenia
36. Ghana 86. South Africa
37. Greece 87. Spain
38. Guatemala 88. Sri lanka
39. Guinea 89. Sweden
40. Hungary 90. Switzerland
41. Iceland 91. Thailand
42. India 92. Turkey
43. Indonesia 93. Uganda
44. Ireland 94. Ukraine
45. Israel 95. United Kingdom
46. Italy 96. United States of America
47. Jamaica 97. Uruguay
48. Japan 98. Uzbekistan
49. Jordan 99. Venezuela
50. Kazakhstan 100. Viet Nam
Requirements
Either you apply visa through Embassy or online, please make sure your documents match these criterias :- Passport valid for 6 months
- Color photos in passport
- Your passport must have at least 1 blank paper to stamp the visa
Apply visa through Embassy
If there is an embassy in your country, you can send your application by post like in England or visit the embassy with the application form which you can actually download. Depends on the workload of the embassy, your application may be processed fast or slow. Normally, it takes from 1 day to 3 weeks.If you live in a country without Myanmar Embassy, you can apply through the nearest embassy in the continent. For example: if you live in Algeria, you need to apply in South Africa.
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