Getting A Thai Visa In Yangon

[h2oshore]

I am heading to Yangon in a week and I hope to obtain a 60 day visa there. I have been on a one year multiple entry (obtained with a work permit and job) but I have finished my job and my one year visa will expire in a week.

As I have a return ticket home (USA) in late February am hoping I may be able to obtain a 60 day visa by showing my ticket home.

Any recent Thai visa experiences in Yangon out there?

Thanks

[lopburi3]

What expires in one week? The visa itself? If so all you need to do is exit the country and return before that date to receive a new 90 day permitted to stay stamp.

I do not believe Thai Consulate Rangoon provides visas to non residents.

[h2oshore]

My one year multiple entry visa expires.

My work permit has been canceled and no I cannot just get a ninety day extension since I am not working now.

I will leave and return as a tourist but I would like to know if anyone has been able to get a 6o day tourist visa in Yangon. I have in the past but they stopped giving them for a time so I was looking for an update.

[lopburi3]

You do not need to be working to enter on a non immigrant B visa.

[h2oshore]

You do not need to be working to enter on a non immigrant B visa.

My Non Immigrant B is only valid until Jan 3.

Therefore I need to get an extension (as in still having a work permit/job) or I need to start over and just return with a tourist visa as I will leave Thailand in February.

That's what I was told.

Makes sense to me.

Am I missing something?

I will be leaving Bangkok early on the expiration date which is the same day I will go to the Thai immigration in Myanmar.

[lopburi3]

If you have a valid visa you do not need a work permit for entry and the only thing being looked at is the visa - if you are here on 90 day stays and your visa is still valid you can exit and return prior to January 3 and obtain a new 90 day permitted to stay stamp.

[h2oshore]

but my visa is clearly stamped

Valid Until Jan. 2008

[h2oshore]

But my visa is clearly stamped

Valid Until 3 Jan. 2008

Therefore how can it be so easily extended?

[Jimjim]

It's valid for entry before January 2008. Make a border run immediately and then you will be stamped in for another 90 days. That's the way it works. It means it's valid for entry and upon entry they give you 90 days. Once it expires, however, you cannot go out and enter on that visa anymore. Make sense?

[lopburi3]

Do you have a visa or an extension of stay? You say you have a visa - a visa allows 90 days entry stays. You do not want to extend it - you only want another 90 day entry.

Or are you confussed and calling a one year extension of stay from immigration a visa?

[h2oshore]

Do you have a visa or an extension of stay? You say you have a visa - a visa allows 90 days entry stays. You do not want to extend it - you only want another 90 day entry.

Or are you confussed and calling a one year extension of stay from immigration a visa?

Thanks for the feedback and patience.

I have a visa, not an extension of stay.

I guess I am confused. If valid until 3 Jan 08 stamp means I can re-enter before Jan 3 and have another 90 days that is fantastic.

I presume this can only be done once.

[lopburi3]

Last entry has to be made before the 3rd so only more would be normal. Just cross a border, enter another country and return (as you must have been doing for the last year).

[h2oshore]

Last entry has to be made before the 3rd so only more would be normal. Just cross a border, enter another country and return (as you must have been doing for the last year).

I just looked closely at my passport.

I re-entered the Thailand on Nov. 16 but the entry stamp I was given at that time says I am permitted until only the 3 Jan. date.

The 3 Jan 08 date is the original date on the original Non B stamp.

Just adding this in case it makes it all more clear.

If you are very comfortable advising me to make a border run before Jan 3 I guess I better get into gear.

[h2oshore]

Last entry has to be made before the 3rd so only more would be normal. Just cross a border, enter another country and return (as you must have been doing for the last year).

I just looked closely at my passport.

I re-entered the Thailand on Nov. 16 but the entry stamp I was given at that time says I am permitted until only the 3 Jan. date.

The 3 Jan 08 date is the original date on the original Non B stamp.

Just adding this in case it makes it all more clear.

If you are very comfortable advising me to make a border run before Jan 3 I guess I better get into gear.

Is the bus to Cambodia still the quickest and cheapest way to go from Bangkok for a quick border run?

[lopburi3]

Why would your entry stamp be until January 3? A visa is issued by a Consulate - what exactly does your "visa" say? It appears you have entered on a re-entry permit if you were only permitted entry to a fixed date.

[h2oshore]

Why would your entry stamp be until January 3? A visa is issued by a Consulate - what exactly does your "visa" say? It appears you have entered on a re-entry permit if you were only permitted entry to a fixed date.

Sorry for the delay, my wifi has slowed to a crawl.

Anyway, now perhaps I can make things more clear."

I have 3 stamps in my passport. 1. was the original stamp made after I had received my work permit. 2. made when I applied for a multiple entry permit. 3. When I returned from a trip in Nov. Here is what they look like.

1.

"extension to stay permitted up to 3 Jan 08. Holder must leave the Kingdom within the date specified"

2.

Non-Immi Immigration Thailand Re-Entry Permit Valid until 3 Jan... Number of Entires Multiple.

3. Airport immigration admitted Nov.... permitted to stay until 3 Jan.

So there you have it.

It looks to me like it all expires Jan 3 but it sounds like I may be wrong. Ignorance is not a blessing.

[lopburi3]

Bad news - you do not have a visa. You have an extension of stay and a multi re-entry permit so indeed you do need to exit the country and obtain a tourist visa (or make two 30 day visa exempt entries). Loss of employment makes your extension/re entry permit invalid and you have 7 days to leave the country.

[h2oshore]

Bad news - you do not have a visa. You have an extension of stay and a multi re-entry permit so indeed you do need to exit the country and obtain a tourist visa (or make two 30 day visa exempt entries). Loss of employment makes your extension/re entry permit invalid and you have 7 days to leave the country.

That was my original thought.

Thanks for the confirmation and you time.

[h2oshore]

Now back to my original question.

Has anyone obtained a 60 day Thai tourist visa at the Thai embassy in Yangon lately?

[Drew345]

I got a Thai visa in Rangoon last August (USA passport). There is a really long line because almost every Myanmar citizen travelling abroad needs to go through Thailand first. (It's not as bad as getting the Myanmar visa in Bangkok though). It takes two days for the Thai visa, i.e.submit on Wednesday and pick up on Friday. I have received two visas there over the last 4 years.

As a point of information. The visa is valid for entry into Thailand in the next three months. If you get a double entry, it is still valid only 3 months. This is different from other Thai embassies but the staff was very adimant that they could only issue 3 month even if double entry. Even 4 years ago their double entry was obnly valid three months.

Good luck, Drew

Edited December 30, 2007 by Drew345

[thaiman]

I got a Thai visa in Rangoon last August (USA passport). There is a really long line because almost every Myanmar citizen travelling abroad needs to go through Thailand first. (It's not as bad as getting the Myanmar visa in Bangkok though). It takes two days for the Thai visa, i.e.submit on Wednesday and pick up on Friday. I have received two visas there over the last 4 years.

As a point of information. The visa is valid for entry into Thailand in the next three months. If you get a double entry, it is still valid only 3 months. This is different from other Thai embassies but the staff was very adimant that they could only issue 3 month even if double entry. Even 4 years ago their double entry was obnly valid three months.

Good luck, Drew

Is your passport "clean"? How many other thai visas do you have in it?

[aussimike]

Do you have a visa or an extension of stay? You say you have a visa - a visa allows 90 days entry stays. You do not want to extend it - you only want another 90 day entry.

Or are you confussed and calling a one year extension of stay from immigration a visa?

Lopburi - why dont u bother to read what this guy is saying - very clear to me -- your always an expert -- as in X pert - X being the unknown quantity and spurt is the unknown quantity

[lopburi3]

I did read it and he said he had a one year visa and that is why I obtained the clarification from him (post #16) - he was not on a one year visa but a one year extension of stay.

[altman]

I got a Thai visa in Rangoon last August (USA passport). There is a really long line because almost every Myanmar citizen travelling abroad needs to go through Thailand first. (It's not as bad as getting the Myanmar visa in Bangkok though). It takes two days for the Thai visa, i.e.submit on Wednesday and pick up on Friday. I have received two visas there over the last 4 years.

As a point of information. The visa is valid for entry into Thailand in the next three months. If you get a double entry, it is still valid only 3 months. This is different from other Thai embassies but the staff was very adimant that they could only issue 3 month even if double entry. Even 4 years ago their double entry was obnly valid three months.

Good luck, Drew

as another person asked... how 'clean' is your passport? many, many stamps or fairly new and unsullied? could make a difference.

aren't all tourist visas issued with a 3 month expiration or use by date?

are there any visa service agents in yangoon to make the process easier? who and what cost?