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Reader question: Myanmar closed for visa runs?

By Editorial
Posted in Reader question
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18 August 2016

Dear readers,

The day before yesterday I was for a visa run in the area (Soi Yok) west of Kanchanaburi, I've been doing that for a year without any problems. But upon arrival I was told, by an immigration officer, that Myanmar has been closed for visa runs for a month. This was a bit of a shock to me as I hadn't read anything about it at all.

I got in the car and drove to Cambodia 500 km, and it worked out there.

My question is does anyone know more about it, because I still can't find anything on the internet?

Regards,

Jacks

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15 thoughts on “Reader question: Myanmar closed for visa runs?”

  1. erik says up
    18 August 2016 to 10: 53

    No, Myanmar is not closed to visa runs, but you must get a visa in advance to enter Myanmar. So get a visa, or drive, rail or bus to another neighboring country.

  2. RonnyLatPhrao says up
    18 August 2016 to 11: 52

    Dear Jack,

    You probably mean the Phu Nam Ron border post which falls under Kanchanuburi Immigration.
    I once looked for it on Thaivisa, and sure enough, at the beginning of this month there was a report about what I apparently read about

    Indeed, something has changed there recently.
    Where you could previously make a “border run” without being in possession of a Myanmar visa, this is apparently no longer possible.
    An additional problem is that you cannot obtain a Myanmar 'Visa on Arrival' there, I think (I'm not sure) and you therefore have to purchase a visa beforehand.

    It's a pity because it's a border post that I've used before.
    Cost 900 Baht for a “border pass” (if I remember correctly). The advantage was that you only got an in/out stamp from Myanmar Immigration (Htee Khee calls that border post on the Myanmar side) and this was therefore sparing in terms of visa sheet in your passport because there was no Myanmar visa sticker.
    You were done in 30 minutes.

    Here's the message I was talking about.
    http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/935686-warning-phu-nam-ron-border-crossing/

  3. Rick de Bies says up
    18 August 2016 to 11: 53

    I also went for a visa run at Baan Phuu Naam Ron (near Kanchanaburi) last Tuesday and I also had a disappointment. Thai customs officials told me that “Myanmar had changed the law” with a closed border as a result. I also passed this on to the editors of Thailandblog last night 17/8.

    Yours faithfully,

    Rick de Bies.

    • Martin Sneevliet says up
      18 August 2016 to 12: 54

      I have lived in Thailand for over 17 years. In the first few years I also made the visa runs until I found out that a Thai lawyer could make the visa for me and just legally. Once a year I had to pay 25000 Bath and nothing for the rest of the year. Maybe this is something for you. Greetings Martin.

      • RonnyLatPhrao says up
        18 August 2016 to 13: 37

        Living in Thailand for 17 years and you get no further than a lawyer who pays you 25000 Baht. Real ?

        Go behind your extension yourself and it will cost you 1900 Bath. This is free advice.

        • Leo Th. says up
          18 August 2016 to 14: 15

          Ronny, I really appreciate your knowledge of visa matters and it turns out you have a sense of humor too!

        • Jaak says up
          19 August 2016 to 06: 52

          A 62-year-old man lives with his 89-year-old mother in Chiang Mai. They have Swiss nationality.
          Once a year they pay a lawyer for their visa and he arranges everything for them. They never have to go to Immigration for a 1 day report or for a visa extension.
          If you have enough money then why not. It's their money and they don't need your free advice.

          • RonnyLatPhrao says up
            19 August 2016 to 08: 17

            The following text can be found in the FAQ of Bangkok Immigration (Immigration 1)
            http://bangkok.immigration.go.th/en/base.php?page=faq

            Regarding an “Extension”
            14. Question: Do the alien have to contact in person if he/she wishes to apply for extension of temporary stay in the Kingdom? It is possible to have an agent to do for the alien?
            Answer : Application for extension for temporary stay in the Kingdom must be made only in person.

            So you always have to make your application for renewal yourself. Everything else is illegal.
            Just like Lung Addie writes below, the stamp will be legal (you guessed it), but it's not a legal way.
            And so people continue to contribute to corruption, but as long as you benefit from it, I think it will be possible. Not ?

            As for 90 days notice.
            This is free and may be used by third parties. It is also stated that way in the File

            It goes without saying that a “border run” must also be made by the person himself. Besides, it is no longer possible because of the photo that is taken.
            Although there will be solutions for that too.

            I do agree that when you have money you don't have to look at it.
            They probably won't complain about the Euro (or will they?)

            Advice remains free, even for those who can afford it.

            • Jaak says up
              19 August 2016 to 10: 51

              No, they don't complain about the Euro because if you read the post carefully they are Swiss and they still use the Swiss franc. 🙂

              The question was also not whether it is illegal or not, Martin Sneevliet wrote that it was also a possibility (illegal or not illegal). I'm just confirming that it is indeed possible.
              People with enough cash have their own channels to get information or they pay others to find out for them. They don't have to be free.

              • RonnyLatPhrao says up
                19 August 2016 to 11: 17

                Last comment on this from me, because I don't participate in promoting illegal roads.

                Read his answer again
                “…Thai lawyer could make the visa for me and just legal….”
                Not so.

      • Lung addie says up
        19 August 2016 to 02: 47

        Those who want to pay a 400.000THB too much may benefit from this. For that money you can already make many border runs and have seen something else in the meantime.

        Completely legal: yes the stamps in your passport must have been legal, but the working method of the "lawyer" was not. We don't have to make a drawing: he must have known an immigration officer who, subject to "compensation", will have put the necessary stamps in your passport.

        “Once a year I had to pay 25000 Bath and nothing for the rest of the year.” An Annual Renewal costs 1900THB in the normal way and you do not have to pay ANYTHING for the rest of the year because the quarterly reporting is free.

        And then stand in the front row to shout that Thailand is a corrupt country, but they themselves use it or at least have used it. No, such advice is NOTHING useful to the reader.

      • ruud says up
        19 August 2016 to 09: 47

        I wonder how legal this is.
        If it is an extension of stay, to the best of my knowledge this must be done in person.
        If it is not an extension of stay, it is not entirely clear to me what kind of visa it is and whether you can have it applied for by a lawyer.
        That lawyer may have an unofficial arrangement with an embassy or with immigration.
        But that would then make your visa illegal.

  4. jacob says up
    18 August 2016 to 15: 05

    Did it at the time that I lived in Phuket via Ranong with a boat over water on the Burma side, the checkpoint was in the sea and you were stamped there, costs 5 dollars, then stamped to the mainland and back again, class I don't know if this is still possible.

  5. Cornelis says up
    19 August 2016 to 09: 46

    As of September 1, you can use the Myanmar e-visa at some border crossings: http://evisa.moip.gov.mm/

    • RonnyLatPhrao says up
      19 August 2016 to 11: 24

      If I read correctly, this only applies to the border crossings in Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung from Mae Sai, Mae Sot and Ranong respectively.

      It is a pity that the border crossing Htee Khee / Phu Nam Ron is not listed (border post at Kanchanaburi).

      Thanks for the link by the way.


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