visa in Burma

[stelios58]

Myanmar expands visa on arrival list
TTR Weekly

MANDALAY: -- Citizens of another 22 countries are now eligible for a visa on arrival at Mandalay International Airport, the Myanmar Times has reported. The list of eligible countries now totals 48.

The ruling came into effect on February 1, according to Immigration and National Registration Department assistant director, U Than Win.

Between February 1 and 10, just 76 visitors rook advantage of the system and received business, tourist entry or transit visas on arrival.

Mr Than wants to encourage more people to use the service. “Citizens of 48 countries are eligible for visa on arrival. This will be useful for eligible travellers who don’t have time to apply for a visa at an embassy,” he said.

However, TTR Weekly reports, very little information has filtered through to the travel trade or even airlines, many of which are still insisting that passengers obtain visas in advance from the nearest Myanmar embassy.

Airlines in particular are still insisting that people get visas in advance, for fear that the airline will have to bear the expense of repatriating a passenger if the visa on arrival is not approved.

There are three types of visa categories: business, tourist entry and transit, costing U$50, US$40 and US$20 (B1,500, B1,200 and B600) respectively.

“The duration of a business visa is 70 days,” Mr Than said, “while tourist entry visas for seminars, meetings and workshops are valid for 28 days.”

The list of 22 new countries whose citizens are now eligible for visas on arrival is : Austria Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Citizens of 26 other countries have been eligible for visa on entry since June last year, though the system at Mandalay International Airport only came into effect on November 1.

These countries are: Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the UK, the USA and Vietnam.

According to the Myanmar Ministry of Ministry of Immigration and Population website the visas on arrival are available at both Mandalay and Yangon airports. For details click here.

 

[spamangr]

Tελευταία φορα στην Myanmar ήμουν το 2007-8.
Υπεροχη χωρα, και έχω άριστες εντυπώσεις.
Στην επιστροφή μου όμως στο αεροδρόμιο, ζητούσαν 20 US$ φόρο αναχώρησης. Τα χρήματα έπρεπε να είναι σε δολάρια, τίποτε άλλο, και φυσικά δεν υπήρχε δυνατότητα χρήσης πιστωτικής κάρτας.
Είχα 5 "εικοσαδολλαρα" στο πορτοφόλι μου, σε αριστη κατάσταση. Έδωσα το πρώτο, το κοίταζαν στο μικροσκόπιο 2-3 λεπτά και μου απάντησαν ότι δεν μπορούσαν να το δεχτούν. το ίδιο έγινε και με το 2ο, ξο, 4ο. Ευτυχώς δέχτηκαν το τελευταίο μου. Ακόμα εκεί θα "βρισκομουν"...
Μου κόψανε τη χολή οι άτιμοι...
Αν ισχύει το ίδιο καθεστώς, πάρτε χρήματα από την τράπεζα, και βάλτε τα σε κάδρο προς αποφυγή εκπλήξεων...

[ELGEO2]

 ναι ..ακομη το ιδιο ισχυει με τα χαρτονομισματα .ειχα παει το 2010 και ηθελαν τα χαρτονομισματα να ειναι σιδερωμενα ..
 ομως  αλλαξε το ποσο κατα την εξοδο ...ηταν δεκα usd. πανεμορφο κρατος. χαρηκα πολυ για την ευκολη εκδοση βιζας.
 πιθανον να παω ξανα .....................

[thailandgr]

Είναι στα σχέδια και από οτι μαθαίνω οι άνθρωποι εκει "διψανε" για επαφη με ξένους

[Oytopikos]

Οι τουρίστες που μπαίνουν στην Βιρμανία διαμέσου 3 κύριων συνοριακών περασματων , θα μπορούν πλεόν να ταξιδεύουν στην χώρα και δεν θα απαιτείται να εξέρχονται απο το ίδιο συνοριακό πέρασμα, σύμφωνα με τον νέο κανονισμό των αρχών της χώρας.

Η τιμή εισόδου για 7ήμερη παραμονή είναι 10 δολάρια.

http://www.dvb.no/news/immigration-officials-relax-restrictions-for-tourists-travelling-overland/31227

[halfway inn]

BURMA (MYANMAR)

Permanent Residency System for Foreigners by October



NAYPYIDAW: A permanent residency (PR) system for foreign nationals will be implemented by October of this year, Burma’s immigration chief said last week.

“We will allow a PR system in four months, not later than October. The duration of permitted stay will start with a five-year term,”
Minister of Immigration and Population Khin Yi told The Irrawaddy, adding that foreigners would be able to extend residency upon expiration of their five-year stay in the country.

The Ministry of Immigration and Population will invite foreigners and evaluate their applications based on a prioritization of the country’s needs, Khin Yi said.

The system will take a four-tiered approach in weighing candidates, with the forthcoming framework for permanent residency based in part on a study of the systems in place in other Asean member states and Europe.

“We will invite intellectuals and technicians, which the country needs. Secondly, [we] will invite investors. Third, former Burmese citizens. Finally, we will also accept Burmese citizens and his or her extended family who have studied abroad or went abroad for various other reasons,” Khin Yi said.

“Those who apply cannot enlist as civil servants or found a [political] party,” the minister said, adding that additional details would be released when the system is implemented, as some issues were still being discussed.

Khin Yi said that the law, which a team of 11 ministers is working to finalize, had already been “accepted” by President Thein Sein and Parliament.

“This is a new process for Burma, so it takes time,” he said. “We also have to harmonize this with existing laws, as foreigners will be staying here long-term. We will also allow [foreigners] to buy housing, so we also have to harmonize this with the condominium law. They might bring their children along, so we also need to harmonize it with laws on education and health care, plus the taxation law.”

A former Burmese national who now holds a US passport told The Irrawaddy that implementation of a permanent residency program would need to come with a simple and unambiguous framework, adding that some former Burmese were waiting for the roll out of such a system before returning to Burma.

Burma does not allow dual citizenship, under the country’s 1982 Citizenship Law.

A Ministry of Immigration and Population official estimated that about 8,000 foreign nationals are currently in Burma on long-term visas.


The IRRAWADDY (Covering Burma & Southeast Asia)
Wednesday, June 11, 2014