What is the best way to manage a visa run to Myanmar and what are the current border conditions?

Oct 30, 2023
a year ago
John *******
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Last day stamped for visa run tmorrow anyone know best way to take bus from mall to myanmar and if i hvat to stay overnight
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The conversation discusses options for conducting a visa run to Myanmar, with mentions of current border restrictions due to the closure of land borders. Alternative suggestions include flying to nearby countries such as Malaysia or Singapore. One commenter shares an experience of a previous border bounce involving a bus service to Kanchanaburi, highlighting an informal process where individuals had their passports taken into Myanmar without actually entering the country. Safety and cost details for this process are also shared.
Terary **********
Can we use Myanmar to do border bounces? Last time I did that it was just before Covid. I had taken a bus up to kanchanaburi and I found people handing around the bus station that will shuttle you to/from the border. Once I exited Thailand there were people hanging around that had taken my passport into Myanmar and returned an hour later, cost like 500 baht or something. There is a restaurant to sit and wait.

Effective, I left Thailand and never entered Myanmar but my passport did enter Myanmar.

There were several foreigners there waiting for their passport to be returned so I figure it was safe.
Duncan *******
Where are you currently?
Steve ********
Visa run or border bounce? What visa are you on?
Phil ******
@John ******
fly out to Malaysia or singapore
Brandon ************
There are no open land borders with Myanmar at the moment so you better come up with a new plan quickly.
Richard *********
@Brandon ***********
Wrong

Ranong/Kwathoung is open
Brandon ************
@Richard ********
that's not a land border
Richard *********
@Brandon ***********
OK: SE border> but most would class it with land borders> :-)
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