Getting a Myanmar Visa In Bangkok
1. How to get to Myanmar Embassy
Train Station : Surasak
Address :132, Sathorn Nua Road,
BANGKOK 10500
(662) 234-4698, 233-7250, 234-0320, 637-9406
2. Visa Application Procedures
- The Visa Section is now open for applications only from 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon. Afternoons are only for pickup.
- Bring your passport, a photocopy of your passport, 2 passport photos and an address of where you will be staying in Myanmar.
- Same-day visas cost 1260 baht. Next-day visas cost about 1000 baht. Three day visas cost about 810 baht - cheapest option. It was not always easy to get the same-day-visa and that you need good reason to support the urgency. Normally Staff at the Myanmar Visa section are open to your argument. Moreover a proof of means to get out of the country e.g round trip ticket is needed.
- The " Report of Arrival" form is no longer required.
- Only two photos are required; one glued to the application form and one loose or paper-clipped to the form.
- Visa pickup time is from 3:30 P M to 4:30 PM.
- The normal tourist visa is single entry, valid for three months and good for a 28 day stay.
- The Work History portion of the form (on back of the application) now only asks for current employment and one previous period of employment.
- A queue system is in effect. Say youarrived at 8:00 AM. there will already be some 40 - 50 people in line. When the door opens you line up at one window where you show your completed form and are given a queue number. You then sit down and wait for you number. When called you pay and turn in your form and passport. (If you don't have a form, grab one from the front counter and fill out while you're waiting.)
- check the embassy holidays as they observe both Thai and Myanmar holidays, before you leave.
- When you return for pickup, stand in line at the appropriate window (regular, express or business), show your receipt (you saved it, right?) and pick up your passport. Don't forget to review the visa before you leave.
Embassy Holidays
List of holidays to be observed by the Embassy of the Union of Myanmar, Bangkok 2018
No. |
Name of occasion |
Day |
Date |
1. |
New Year's Day |
Monday |
1 January 2018 |
2. |
Independence Day |
Thursday |
4 January 2018 |
3. |
Union Day |
Monday |
12 February 2018 |
4. |
Makha Bucha Day |
Thursday |
1 March 2018 |
5. |
Peasant’s Day |
Thursday |
2 March 2018 |
6. |
Armed Forces Day |
Tuesday |
27 March 2018 |
7. |
Songkran/Thingyan Festival |
Friday |
13 April 2018 |
8. |
Thingyan Water Festival |
Saturday |
14 April 2018 |
9. |
Thingyan Water Festival |
Sunday |
15 April 2018 |
10. |
Substitute for Songkran/ Thingyan Festival |
Monday |
16 April 2018 |
11. |
Labour Day Myanmar |
Tuesday |
1 May 2018 |
12. |
Royal Plouging Ceremony Day |
Monday |
14 May 2018 |
13. |
Martyr’s Day |
Thursday |
19 July 2018 |
14. |
Asalha Bucha Day/ Full Moon Day of Waso |
Friday |
27 July 2018 |
15. |
Substitute for H.M King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s Birthday |
Monday |
30 July 2018 |
16. |
Substitute for H.M Queen Sirkit’s Birthday |
Monday |
13 August 2018 |
17. |
Substitute for H.M King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Day |
Monday |
15 October 2018 |
18. |
Full Moon Day of Thadingyut |
Wednesday |
23 October 2018 |
19. |
H.M King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s Birthday |
Wednesday |
5 December 2018 |
20. |
Constitution Day |
Monday |
10 December 2018 |
21. |
Christmas Day |
Tuesday |
25 December 2018 |
22. |
New Year’s Eve |
Monday |
31 December 2018 |
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