[silk] myanmar - visa on arrival for indians ?
According to the Myanmar government website, Indian passport holders can get a visa on arrival (upto 70 days for a business visa ) : http://www.mip.gov.mm/visaonarrival/ But is this still valid ? Has anyone tried it ? Ashok
Re: [silk] myanmar - visa on arrival for indians ?
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 5:15 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: According to the Myanmar government website, Indian passport holders can get a visa on arrival (upto 70 days for a business visa ) : http://www.mip.gov.mm/visaonarrival/ But is this still valid ? Has anyone tried it ? For US-passports, they also have what's called visa on arrival, *but* since it actually has to be pre-arranged, it's not really a VoA at all. Although far easier than the old processes, which were close-to-hellish. We used myanmarvisa.com to moderate the VoA process a few months back, and it took ~7-10 days... (Although I wonder if some other traveler will follow up with a comment that I was just had by an unnecessary middleman.) Andy
Re: [silk] myanmar - visa on arrival for indians ?
You are right -having a local middleman does help. Salil On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Andy Deemer andydee...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 5:15 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: According to the Myanmar government website, Indian passport holders can get a visa on arrival (upto 70 days for a business visa ) : http://www.mip.gov.mm/visaonarrival/ But is this still valid ? Has anyone tried it ? For US-passports, they also have what's called visa on arrival, *but* since it actually has to be pre-arranged, it's not really a VoA at all. Although far easier than the old processes, which were close-to-hellish. We used myanmarvisa.com to moderate the VoA process a few months back, and it took ~7-10 days... (Although I wonder if some other traveler will follow up with a comment that I was just had by an unnecessary middleman.) Andy
Re: [silk] myanmar - visa on arrival for indians ?
The second reason for that is that visa on arrival requirements keep changing For example malaysia had visa on arrival for indians, then all of a sudden withdrew VoA for people coming from chennai I'm kind of lucky I read this somewhere on google news BEFORE I flew out of chennai to KL some years back Salil Tripathi [20/03/13 11:52 +]: You need a local sponsor to sign a letter confirming it, and send you a fax. You will need it to board.Then need to show it to the immigration on arrival - there's a separate queue - and they'll verify with the fax they have received. You will need a Myanmar-registered business inviting you for a business meeting. If you are in Delhi, I suggest you go to the Myanmar Embassy. They take - I think two working days - and give you the visa. They do it for any nationality, and with Indians it might even be faster. My recommendation is that when one travels on Indian passport, it is always, always, advisable to carry the visa on passport, since the local Indian Embassy simply may not be able to help if something goes south at the airport. Salil On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:45 AM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: According to the Myanmar government website, Indian passport holders can get a visa on arrival (upto 70 days for a business visa ) : http://www.mip.gov.mm/visaonarrival/ But is this still valid ? Has anyone tried it ? Ashok
Re: [silk] myanmar - visa on arrival for indians ?
On 20-Mar-2013, at 5:15 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: According to the Myanmar government website, Indian passport holders can get a visa on arrival (upto 70 days for a business visa ) : http://www.mip.gov.mm/visaonarrival/ But is this still valid ? Has anyone tried it ? Ashok I followed Mahesh Murthy's advice and got a same-day visa (with my Indian passport) at the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok. Hotel booking confirmation, e-ticket, photograph were all that were necessary. Turn up at the embassy in the morning, fill out the form, pick your visa stamped passport up that afternoon.
Re: [silk] myanmar - visa on arrival for indians ?
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Ingrid ingrid.srin...@gmail.com wrote: I followed Mahesh Murthy's advice and got a same-day visa (with my Indian passport) at the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok. Hotel booking confirmation, e-ticket, photograph were all that were necessary. Turn up at the embassy in the morning, fill out the form, pick your visa stamped passport up that afternoon. My experience getting a visa from the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok in mid-Jan: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2290656 Thaths -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo! Sudhakar ChandraSlacker Without Borders
Re: [silk] myanmar - visa on arrival for indians ?
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Ingrid ingrid.srin...@gmail.com wrote: I followed Mahesh Murthy's advice and got a same-day visa (with my Indian passport) at the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok. Hotel booking confirmation, e-ticket, photograph were all that were necessary. Turn up at the embassy in the morning, fill out the form, pick your visa stamped passport up that afternoon. My experience getting a visa from the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok in mid-Jan: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2290656 Thaths Thank you all for the different suggestions. Just realized I am at least 3500 kms from the nearest Myanmar embassy ! Let me see what option I can use ... Ashok
