Latest Update About Visa for Myanmar

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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