Myanmar (Burma): visa, passport and entry requirements
Passport · Passport validity: 6 months after the day you arrive
Entry document
- ✓Passport
- ✕National ID card
Passport validity
6 months after the day you arrive
This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’ passport from the UK. — The source does not specify other accepted documents.
Visa
Required
Apply online for a tourist e-visa. For a business e-visa, you need to be sponsored by a registered Myanmar company or a registered Chamber of Commerce association and provide proof of invitation. Do not overstay your visa, you will be liable to pay a fine and could face detention. — The source does not specify the duration of stay for the visa. — The source does not specify the cost of the visa.
Your whole journey
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Vaccination required on entry
Yellow fever
If you’re coming from a country listed as a transmission risk
Yellow fever risk areas (WHO list)
Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad*, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia*, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya*, Liberia, Mali*, Mauritania*, Niger*, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan*, Togo, Uganda
Americas: Argentina*, Bolivia*, Brazil*, Colombia*, Ecuador*, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama*, Paraguay*, Peru*, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago*, Venezuela*
* only in parts of the country
A country may apply its own list: the official text above prevails.
Source: WHO, International Travel and Health, Annex 1, 18 November 2022, revised 3 January 2023 ↗