Can a US citizen travel to Myanmar from Chiang Mai to obtain a 60-day visa?

Visa rules Thailand immigration US citizen visa options ED visa Tourist visa Entry requirements Mae Sai border crossing Extension of visa

Oct 17, 2017

7 years ago

Brook *******

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Can you go to Myanmar to get a 60 day visa from Chiang Mai? I am a US citizen... this stuff is confusing and trying to find an ED visa in Muay Thai here in CM if anyone has done that before:-/ my husband (_also US) and I are trying to figure everything out before our current ED visa expires dec 21st ... any advice would be super awesome and I would be very grateful.

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TLDR : Answer Summary

A US citizen can travel to Myanmar to obtain a 60-day tourist visa. To do this, one option is to fly to Yangon and apply for the visa at the Thai consulate for 40 USD. This visa can be stamped for 60 days upon re-entry to Thailand, extendable for an additional 30 days. Alternatively, you can visit the Mae Sai-Tachiliek border, stamp out of Thailand, and then back in to receive a 30-day visa exempt entry stamp, which can also be extended for 30 days at an immigration office.

Tod *********

It takes staying overnight.

You turn in your paperwork and passport in the morning of one day and you get it back with the visa in it the afternoon of the next day.

7 years ago

Tod *********

You can FLY to Yangon and apply for a single entry tourist visa at the thai consulate there for 40USD (they only take US dollars at the consulate).

That visa would get you stamped in for 60 days when you come back to thailand and you could extend it by 30 more days at the immigration office if you needed to for 1900baht.

OR

You could just go to the Mae Sai - Tachiliek border with burma, stamp out of thailand, stamp in&out of burma (for 10USD or 500baht) then stamp back into thailand to get a 30 day visa exempt entry stamp which you could also extend for 30 more days at the immigration office for 1900baht if you needed to.

7 years ago

George *******

you can also go to tachilek and fly to yangoon return is about 170$ online e visa is possible to go to myanmar over from mae sai!

7 years ago

Brook *******

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@Tod ********

one last question(2part)... is it just one day or is it longer to get a single entry visa and do we have to have the paperwork before we go to the consulate in Yangon? Just so I book the correct amount of time and if we require staying overnight in Yangon or we can do same day visa and fly right back ;)

7 years ago

Brook *******

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@Tod ********

thank you!

7 years ago

Tod *********

for the second choice I mentioned, you need to remember you can only do TWO 30 day visa exempt entries by land in a calendar year.

7 years ago

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