onlysuites

My local embassy wants the Passport.

stimpy

It wasn't easy, but I gave them the hard sell. Try again and escalate if necessary. I do have a lot of extra pages in my passport with hundreds of stamps so maybe that helped.

onlysuites

Thanks stimpy but I think I will just opt for the online service as I am a good hrs drive from my nearest embassy anyway.

CrazyInteg

I got my passport back today with the visa inside.

nomadgirl

Hi all,

Just wondering if http://myanmarvisa.com is a legit service for pre-arranged visas. Will it be an issue getting on a place in the US with something that looks like a promise of visa, rather than a visa itself?

Thank you!

Lobster

Yes they are a legit service. But it is quite expensive considering you can just courier your passport to the nearest embassy. Also you have to pick up the visa on arrival and then clear immigration so you will be at the back of the queue for immigration.

They should issue you with some confirmation that you have a pre-arranged visa on arrival. This should satisfy any airline. This type of visa has been around for many years so is not new. The new business visa on arrival which does not have to be pre-arranged can be a problem

RudderDucky

I have a trip to Myanmar planned for early January and I'm unclear about how to apply for the visa. I am a German-American-Hungarian triple citizen and I currently live in Hungary, but we don't have a Myanmar embassy in Budapest. I am going to the US to visit family in 4 weeks and directly to Myanmar after 3 weeks in the US, so I plan on just applying at the embassy in Washington. The problem is that it takes 3+ weeks to process the visa application, so I need to send my passport and application already from here, and I need my American passport to enter the US and my German passport to enter Turkey in the next few weeks, so I have to apply as a Hungarian to the embassy in Washington, and just have them send the passport with visa to my family in the US, and I'll pick it up when I see them. I don't know whether this is even possible, and the 100+ calls (and email) that I've given to the embassies in Washington and Ottawa never got answered. Does anyone have any experience with this, or any other recommendation on getting the visa? (getting one in Bangkok or someplace else before hand is not possible).

Thanks in advance.

mylifenomadic

I believe the 3 weeks only applies if you send it by post. Mine took 6 business days by post. If you drop it off and pick it up, it takes a matter of days. Are you spending any time in New York? You can get your visa from the Myanmar mission to the UN there and get it in a day or two as well. There are lots of posts in the RGN threads in Mileage Run Discussion if you'd like other ideas.

Goldorak

the timelines to obtain a visa for Myanmar is increasing everywhere because more & more people are going there (I read somewhere +30% of tourists this year ). In Paris, it used to be 2 weeks but it's 1 month right now !
So if I were you, I would send it right now using a visa service company in Budapest. They will take care of everything and send you passport back to you by express certified mail

azj

Any recent experiences with obtaining the Myanmar visa in Bangkok?

Mynameismud

Hi Goldorak

where did you get this information ?
i called the MM embassy a couple of days ago and they did not mention it was long !
i'm leaving in a month or so to RGN and still need my passport in between because i'll be flying to Africa at the end of november !

3galsontour

FYI - I just got my Myanmar visa in NYC and it took eight days. There was no line up and I actually kept my passport for a few extra days and so in fact they had my passport for only 5 days.

malgudi

3 weeks?

That's not what my experience has been (8 business days) and their website says 10.

Goldorak

This is my own very recent experience, as I go to Burma very soon
And I know the situation your are facing because it was the same for me : I had exactly one month between 2 US trips, so was needing absolutely my passport and I had the Burma visa right on-time.
I know that by phone, at the Paris embassy, they are still telling 2 weeks but it's not true at all. The high season is beginning and tourism is booming there, so more & more visas (I read somewhere +30% of visitors this year). And when you see all the airlines opening RGN or increasing frequencies, it's obviously for a reason.

For my small group of travelers, at the Paris embassy (direct dealing, no 3rd party involved) :
- I dropped my own passport on monday october 15 at 9:00 am (opening of the embassy). I was the 1st one. Return date was given for thursday november 8. It was indeed available this day and the date on the visa is this one (so it was done this particular day)
- Two other people travelling with me filed their demand the same day as me but in the afternoon. Return date was one day later than me (friday nov 9).
- The 2 last people travelling with us filed their demand on thursday october 18, so 3 days after us, and they will get them back next wednesday (Nov 21 !!!)

So...it's better to do it in advance whenever possible, at least in Paris. NYC timelines are obviously much better !

Mynameismud

Thanks for your answer Goldorak
i'll go to the MM embassy next week, crossing my fingers...