Myanmar’s e-Visa has two stages. You apply and pay online and get an approval letter by email, then the visa is stamped in your passport at immigration. The letter is not the visa. Only four entry points accept it. Everything below was read on the official portal on 7 October 2026.
The two visa types
The portal’s FAQ says “You can apply for Tourist and Business Visas only through the eVisa system.” Its fee page lists two lines.
| Visa | Fee | Length of stay |
|---|---|---|
| Tourist | USD 50 | 28 days from the date of arrival |
| Business | USD 70 | 70 days from the date of arrival |
Both are single entry, so leaving and coming back needs a second e-Visa and fee. The approval letter is valid for 90 days from its issue date, and entry is denied if it has expired. The fee is non-refundable, and a rejection comes without a stated reason.
Other categories are not online. The FAQ says a meditation course needs a religious visa from a Myanmar embassy or consulate, and a tourist e-Visa cannot be changed into a business or social visa. An e-Visa is also not a visa on arrival; what visa-free, visa on arrival and e-visa each mean explains the difference.
Processing time
The tourist notice states: “The processing time is minimum 3 working days (Myanmar time) for normal Tourist Visa.” The business notice gives the same minimum, and the terms page adds that it excludes weekends and official Myanmar gazetted holidays.
The portal publishes no maximum. The clock starts when your acknowledgement email is sent, which the portal says arrives within one hour of a successful payment, so an unpaid application never starts it.
Public holidays
The portal’s 2026 holiday page lists the days its operations and call centre are closed. Still ahead:
- Thadingyut holidays: 25, 26 and 27 October (a Sunday, Monday and Tuesday)
- Tazaungdaing holidays: 23 and 24 November
- National Day: 4 December
- Christmas holiday: 25 December
A holiday on a weekend is not replaced by another day off. If your arrival date is close to one, apply well before it.
The official portal is free to use and, for a traveller with time to spare, it is the cheaper route and enough. If your dates leave no room, VisaHQ sells a paid application service for the Myanmar e-Visa that handles the form and uploads for you, though the ministry’s own processing minimum and holiday closures still apply to its side of the process.
Who is eligible
Eligibility depends on nationality. The FAQ puts the numbers at 100 countries for the tourist e-Visa and 54 for the business e-Visa. The tourist list includes the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, Japan and Malaysia. The notice states that ordinary passport holders from Chinese Taiwan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region can also apply. Check your passport on the tourist notice first.
Some nationalities need no visa for a short stay. The tourist notice lists Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines and Thailand at 14 days and Vietnam at 30 days, when entering and leaving through the Yangon, Mandalay or Nay Pyi Taw airports. Singapore citizens get 30 days and may use all international checkpoints.
Only passports qualify: the notice says an e-Visa obtained with a travel document means denied entry.
What you need to apply
For a tourist e-Visa the notice lists:
- A passport valid for “at least (6) months”. The notice does not say counted from when, so read it as from your arrival date to be safe.
- One colour photo, 4.6 cm by 3.8 cm, taken in the last three months.
- The bio-data page of your passport, uploaded.
- Proof of a return ticket from Myanmar. If you enter at Kawthaung, attach a trip plan as well.
- Proof of a hotel booking, or of being on a boat. The notice says tourists must stay in registered hotels, motels, inns, guest houses, resorts or on a boat.
- A Visa, Mastercard or JCB credit card. The FAQ says only online payment is accepted.
The pages we read state no file type or size limit for uploads. Children under 7 listed on your passport go in the children section of your form. A child with their own passport needs a separate application and fee.
A business e-Visa also needs an invitation letter from a registered company, its registration documents, a company extract issued within the past month and proof of a valid annual return.
Applying, and what cannot be fixed afterwards
Register an account with your email address, fill in the form, upload the documents, pay by card, then wait. The application dashboard shows the status, and the letter is emailed to you and can be downloaded once approved.
Check every detail before paying. You can correct your information until then, but afterwards “no modifications can be made”, and the visa type cannot be changed. A wrong detail on the approval letter means a new application.
Where you can enter
The portal’s port of entry page lists four:
- Yangon International Airport
- Mandalay International Airport
- Nay Pyi Taw International Airport
- Kawthaung International Land Border Checkpoint
You can leave through the same airports or Kawthaung, the FAQ adds. An e-Visa cannot be used at a seaport: the tourist notice says “You will not be able to use eVisa to enter Myanmar via seaport”, and for cruises it tells you to ask your tour agent about a pre-arranged visa on arrival.
An older Ministry of Foreign Affairs page about Thai border crossings says Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung accepted e-Visas from 1 September 2016. The portal today lists only Kawthaung. Plan around the portal.
On arrival
Print the approval letter. The FAQ says “You are currently required to print out the eVisa Approval Letter and present it to the Immigration Officer upon arrival”. A black and white copy is fine if legible, and one copy is enough. Arriving without one may delay your entry.
Go straight to the immigration counter. The FAQ says “eVisa is not a Visa on Arrival; therefore, there is no need to queue for a visa sticker.” The officer stamps your passport. The terms page warns: “It is important to note that the Approval letter is not a confirmed Visa letter.” If entry is refused, the notice says you may return on the same flight. Customs is separate; the declaration form and allowances are in Myanmar customs on arrival.
If your trip slips past the 90 days, the portal cannot move your dates, so you apply again.
Extensions, restricted areas and your government’s advice
A tourist e-Visa cannot be extended. A business e-Visa holder can apply for a stay extension on the ministry’s eStay site, with a relevant ministry recommendation letter.
Both notices say some areas are restricted for foreigners and point to the immigration ministry and the tourism ministry’s traveller tips. The immigration address printed there, mip.gov.mm, did not resolve when we tried it on 7 October. Read your own government’s travel advisory for Myanmar before you book anything non-refundable.
Official site and look-alikes
The official portal is evisa.moip.gov.mm, run by the Ministry of Immigration and Population. We found no page on the portal or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs site that names unofficial websites. An announcement dated 10 April 2024 says that copying the portal’s design or information, or misleading conduct in Myanmar or abroad, “will be subject to legal action”. The fee page shows USD 50 and USD 70 and mentions no other charge, so a site asking for more is not the portal.
Questions go to contact@moip.gov.mm. The listed phone line, +95-67-3431125, runs weekdays from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm Myanmar time, but a notice beside it says it is currently unavailable and asks applicants to email.
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