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- The best place to get a Myanmar Visa is
the Consulate in Bangkok.
Go there before 8.30 am, they open at 9,
but usually there are plenty of people
already waiting for a visa. To submit your
visa application goes extremely
slow. If you are lucky and pay the double
visa application price you could get the visa the same day in
the afternoon. But this is not for sure.
If you are again lucky you
might get the visa the next day for Baht
1024,-. To get the Myanmar Visa after 2 days
(normal) it's Baht 8xx,-
You can get tourist visa and business
visa, for business visa you need a
invitation letter from a Myanmar company, the
prices range from about $ 25,- for a single entry
tourist visa to us$ 200,- for a multiple
entry business visa for a half year.
The usual way
for a Myanmar Visa goes like this
the visa application
form checking
takes from 5 to 20 minutes, elsewhere - e.g.
for a Thai visa in a Thai consulate- it
takes 1 minute. After the formal parameter
checking is done you pay the normal Myanmar
Visa fee or you can ask to get it quicker.
To get the
Myanmar Visa more quick a surcharge is
applied for you Myanmar Visa, the figures
are mentioned above.
The Myanmar Consulate for Thailand
is at Pun
Road Bangkok, a side road of Silom Rd. use the
Plaza Hotel or Tower Hotel in Bangkok to stay,
that's just nearby, go there in the morning,
near the big Hindu Temple
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at Silom road and Pun Rd. fill out 2
forms, fix 2 passport photos onto and get the
passport with the visa back in the afternoon
(theoretically, it sometimes works. it sometimes
doesn't work).
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Some time ago this was just on time to get your passport and Myanmar
visa, go to the airport for the
Yangon flight, for this fast procedure within
the same day there is a surcharge, but the
problem now is that the MIA flight has been
rescheduled and the time gap is to short, now
another night in Bangkok is necessary. You could
take a Air Asia flight to Yangon the next
morning, but be aware, never buy a return ticket
with Air Asia, since if you want to change
anything in Yangon on that ticket they charge
you a unreasonable high fee which is almost more
as if you buy a new ticket, also the staff at
their office in Yangon is very ignorant,
uncooperative and don't care about anything. On
top of it several hours flight delay is very
often.
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Effective 1. May 2010 there is
no need for a visa to travel to
Myanmar anymore, now there is no
excuse not to visit Myanmar. Your
passport will get stamped at arrival
in Yangon and you have to pay $ 30,-
for a 4 week visa and $ 40,- for a 4
month visa. The whole immigartion
procedure is done at the
Yangon Airport.
This decision was reversed by August
2010 now the same old story again
get the visa from the embassy.
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If you are too lazy to go on
your own for your Myanmar visa or have a
hangover from last night ask the hotel to call a
service agency and they will do it for you.
There are several travel agents who do this
service at Pun Road just when you enter Pun Road
from Silom Road
If you want to go to southern
Myanmar only you could go to
Ranong Thailand,
take a longtail boat to
Kawthaung. In
Kawthaung they give you a Myanmar visa for $ 10,-
you can stay a couple of days, ask how many days
the Myanmar visa is valid. This Myanmar visa is only
valid around the Kawthaung area, with this
Myanmar visa
they stop you when you try to exit the Kawthaung
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In resent years some more airlines fly out of
Bangkok, Thai
International and Thai Air Asia, Thai Air Asia
has a very bad record in terms of delays-, don't
use them unless you are a masochist. Thai
International and Bangkok Air are good but
always on the upper price level. MAI which
translate to Myanmar Airways International
stopped business some month ago, but started again. Air Bagan
is also a reasonable carrier, for more check
Myanmar Airlines. |
When you arrive at
Yangon Airport take your luggage - it takes a while - go
out through the green channel, the custom people
are very friendly - don't listen to anyone who
whisper all kind of nonsense and ask for a taxi,
just scream ..taxi shila.. immediately at least
5 guys will run towards you, tell them you want
to go to the Queens Park Hotel a budget hotel
(about $ 35,-) - or to Summit Parkview hotel
(about $ 45,-) , for taxi fare is about kyats 5000,-
or the equivalent in US $. . If you have some more to
spent go to the Kandawgyi Palace hotel -around $
80,- but this is the most beautiful and well
located hotel in Yangon, its owned by the Bayoke
Hotel from Bangkok - you know the tallest tower
in Bangkok,
The exchange rate is about US$ 1 = 1200 kyats
- February 2010, but this figure is for
certain, every moneychanger has a different
exchange rate, never change money at the
airport, they will give you a very low rate and keep in mind this can
change every day substantially. Don't
change money at the airport counter, they cheat
you indirectly, since there exchange rate is
about half what you get down town e.g. in
Bogyoke Market.
In the Summit Parkview you can get a good room
for about US$ 45,- insist on this -they will
try to squeeze more- , if they
hesitate go to the Central hotel, Panorama Hotel,
Asia Plaza Hotel or Queens Park Hotel. All other
bigger hotels have a much higher room rate.
And keep in mind two things, first if you ask
anything, everyone will tell you - yes- yes - but
yes in
Myanmar doesn't mean yes !! its just bla
bla to keep you happy. So if its something
important ask at least 3 different persons and
if they all say something different have it written down and signed.
- One remark on departure,
if you bought anything
of value like jewelry, antiques - Myanmar is a
paradise for antique hunters - get a receipt
- no credit cards !!- ,
this will prevent problems at exit.... comply
with the law like in any other country and you
wont experience any problems.
One remark at last... stay out of politics, if
you have a uncontrollable pressure to satisfy
your ego on political matters go to Washington
or Brussels and demonstrate against their human
rights violation - for a change - and leave the
Myanmar's alone.
On this planet there are at least 50 other
countries who have a lower human right standard
than Myanmar, but since those are friends of the
US or Europeans no one bothers them.
Have a look at our
golden triangle page
to get some knowledge what's on this.
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