Time Difference
Six hours and 30
minutes ahead of GMT, and one hour
difference from Singapore and 30 minutes
from Thailand.
Working Time
Government offices are open from 9:30 to
4:30 except on weekend. Business Firms work
from 9:00 to 5:30 except on Sunday. Banks’
hours are from 9:30 to 2:00.
Language
Myanmar is the
national language. English is understood to
some extent in metropolis.
Currency
The unit of Myanmar
currency is kyat, divided into 100 Pyas, and
bills are issued in 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 50,
100, 500, 1000, 5000 and 10,000
denominations. High inflation, however, made
the disappearance of the pyas, and even
weaker denominations from 1 kyat to 100
kyats are not common in use, such as food,
car rent and shopping.
How to get
to Myanmar
The connecting
airlines are Myanmar Airways International
(MAI), Thai Airways, Bangkok Airways, Phuket
Airline, Silk Air, Air China, Biman
Airlines, Indian Airlines, Eva Air, Mandarin
Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Druk Air, Lauda
Air, Quatar Air and so on.
Notice to Tourists
1. Tourist visa issued
with eVisa system will be launched at 06:00
on 1st September 2014.
2. Regarding the information of e-Visa is on
website www.evisa.moip.gov.mm and the
information of restricted area on
www.mip.gov.mm.
3. You can apply as following procedures:
(a) Your passport validity must have at
least (6) months.
(b) You have to present one color photo (4
cm X 6 cm) taking during (3) months and
return ticket.
(c) Length of stay is (28) days from the
date of arrival in Myanmar.
(d) You can pay application fee, US$ 50 by
using Visa, Master, Credit/ Debit.(if you
apply on our website, we will charge a extra
service fee (US$ 50) for applying evisa for
you)
(e) You will not refund whether eVisa is
granted or not.
(f) We will reply the information if we
receive application or not within (1) hours.
(g) The processing time is maximum (5)
working days for granting eVisa or not.
(h) The validity of eVisa approval letter is
(3) months from the issued date. If it is
expired, entry will be denied.
4. If the applicant mentioned children under
(7) years old who is accompany with him, you
have to put the name of that child, date of
birth in the minor block of the application
form.
5. The applicant should complete individual
personal data whether passenger is FIT or
package tour.
6. Duration of visa validity you can only
use single entry. Do not allow to enter
again.
7. For initial, passengers with eVisa are
only permitted to enter at Yangon
International Airport. We will announce the
extended plan on time.
8. If the decision is not allowed to entry,
you may return by the same flight.
9. Ordinary passport holders from the
following countries are giving visa
exemption for 14 days-
(a) Laos
(b) Vietnam
(c) Philippines
(d) Cambodia
(e) Indonesia
10. Citizens of 43 countries listed below
are eligible for applying e-Visa. these
citizens of these countries can either apply
Myanmar e-visa or apply Visa on arrival.
(other countries citizens can only apply
Visa on arrival)
|
No. |
Country
Name |
|
No. |
Country
Name |
|
(1) |
Australia
|
|
(22) |
Kuwait |
|
(2) |
Bangladesh |
|
(23) |
Laos |
|
(3) |
Belgium
|
|
(24) |
Malaysia |
|
(4) |
Brazil |
|
(25) |
Nepal |
|
(5) |
Brunei
|
|
(26) |
Netherlands |
|
(6) |
Cambodia |
|
(27) |
New Zeland
|
|
(7) |
Canada |
|
(28) |
Norway |
|
(8) |
China |
|
(29) |
Pakistan |
|
(9) |
CZECH |
|
(30) |
Philippines |
|
(10) |
Denmark |
|
(31) |
Poland
|
|
(11) |
Egypt
|
|
(32) |
Russia |
|
(12) |
Finland |
|
(33) |
Saudi Arabia
|
|
(13) |
France |
|
(34) |
Serbia |
|
(14) |
Germany |
|
(35) |
Singapore |
|
(15) |
India
|
|
(36) |
Spain |
|
(16) |
Indonesia |
|
(37) |
Sri lanka
|
|
(17) |
Israel
|
|
(38) |
Switzerland |
|
(18) |
Italy |
|
(39) |
Thailand
|
|
(19) |
Japan
|
|
(40) |
Turkey |
|
(20) |
Korea, DPR |
|
(41) |
United Kingdom
|
|
(21) |
Korea,
Republic
|
|
(42) |
United State
of America |
| |
|
|
(43) |
Vietnam
Passport & Visa |
All
visitors must be in possession of valid
passports and the necessary visas. There are
two kinds of visas applicable to tourists:
(1) Package tour visas and (2) FIT visas.
These tourist visas are valid for 28 days
with an option for extension. It can be
applied to Myanmar Embassy or Consulate
abroad. Visas on arrival can also be
arranged prior to your arrival by your
travel agent but only for package tours.
Calendar of
holidays
Myanmar national
holidays include: Jan 4 (Independence day),
Feb 12 (Union Day ), Mar 02 (Peasants’ Day
), Mar 13 (Full moon Day of Tabaung ), Mar
27 (Armed Forces Day ), April 13-17 (Water
Festival & Myanmar New Year), May 1 (May
Day), May 11 (Full moon Day of Kason), Jul 9
(Full moon Day of Waso/ Beginning of
Buddhist Lent), July 19 (Martyrs’ Day), Oct
6 (Thadingyut Festival of Lights/ End of
Buddhist Lent), Nov 4 (Tazaungmon Festival
of Lights), Nov 14 (National Day) and
December 19( Kayin New Year), Dec 25
(Christmas Day).
How to Apply
Myanmar visa (Walk In)
Fill up the secure
online application form
Applicant is required to enter all the
necessary information in the application.
Confirm and pay the processing fee
Applicant needs to recheck all the
information is correct before proceed to the
next step. Make the payment with Credit Card
(only accept visa or master card) .
Acknowledgement email with application code
will be sent to applicants.
Get approval letter within 5 to 10 days
Within 5 to 10 days, applicants will get
visa approval letter via email. Print out
the letter with barcode and bring along with
passport, then show them to Immigration
officer at Myanmar arrival checkpoints.
Get visa stamped at arrival checkpoints
Upon arrival to Myanmar arrival checkpoints,
present visa approval letter and passport to
the Immigration officer to get passport
stamped.
How to extend Myanmar visa
Visa Extension (2 Weeks extension only) can
be done as follows:
A. Fill in th Extension form
B. If you are sure you will be need Visa
Extension before you arrive, you can give us
the form, your original passport and 2
photos and USD 50 for 2 weeks extension.
C. If you are not sure, print out this form
and call us at 204020 when you are in
Yangon. We will collect Recommendation for
your hotel the form, passport, 2 photos and
50 USD for 2 weeks extension.
D. For Visa 1st one must obtain a letter of
endorsement from Ministry of Hotel & Tourism
and then submit to Ministry of Immigration.
It will take at least 2 days and max 5 days
to get Tourist Visa extended.
Overstay Fines
The overstay fines in
Myanmar is 3 USD per day per person.
Border Entry
Tourists with border
passes are allowed to enter through check
points at Muse, Nam-Khan, Kyu-gok, lwe-je
and kun-lone from Yunan Province of China
and Tachileik, Myawaddy, Three-Pagoda pass
and Kawthaung from Thailand.
Customs
All foreign currency
(in excess of US$ 2000), jewelry, cameras,
radios, cassette player, calculators, etc
have to be declared at the international
airport of Yangon or that of Mandalay on
arrival and keep a copy of the customs
declaration form to be presented on
departure. Antiques and archaeologically
valuable items are not allowed to be taken
out. Two bottles of liquor, two cartons of
cigarettes, 100 cigars and ½ liter of
perfume for personal use are allowed duty
free. Your luggage is subject to inspection
with X-ray by the customs authorities before
departure.
Rakhita
Travels & Tours.