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Enigma
Joined: 20 Mar 2008
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:49 pm Post subject: Getting a Myanmar visa in Seoul |
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I'm thinking about making my first trip to Myanmar this summer and I'm curious about the visa procedure. As I live on the coast in Gangwondo, getting into Seoul to go to the Myanmar Embassy is a full-day outing for me.
Have any of you gotten a Myanmar visa in Seoul recently, and if so, what's involved? I took a look at their website they list for Korea (www.myanmar-embassy-seoul.com), but it looks like someone else has taken control of it and it's now a blog of some kind.
Do you just pay a visa fee and submit your passport, an application and a few pictures, and then come back and pick it up a few days later? Is it possible to have them mail it back to you (so I don't have to go to Seoul twice)? I'm Canadian, if it matters.
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.mofa.gov.mm/myanmarmissions/korea.html
Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Address : 723-1, 724-1, HANNAM-DONG YONGSAMN-KU, SEOUL, 140-210
Tel : (82-2) 790 3814, 790 3816
Fax : (82-2) 790 3817
Otherwise I am of little help since they quit issuing "visa on arrival" and I have no current information.
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Jake_Kim
Joined: 27 Aug 2005 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:42 am Post subject: |
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It appears there is no delivery service provided by the embassy itself, unless you delegate the entire process to a travel agency.
A recent Korean traveler's (not mine) experience with the embassy involves your signed passport, 3 passport-sized photos, hard copy of flight ticket/e-ticket, travel itinerary within Myanmar, and application form available at the embassy. Application submission between 09:30-11:30, collection between 15:00-16:30, according to this guy. |
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everything-is-everything
Joined: 06 Jun 2011
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:34 am Post subject: |
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It's a hassle to get a visa but go. Myanmar was awesome! |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: the racoon den
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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you used to be able to go in person to the embassy to get it, thats what i did the first 2 times I went took around 4 days, last year you had to go through a travel agent and get it, same information as before but the visa has your picture on it. Also costs went up from 25,000 won to 50,000 won.
Keep hearing about the visa on arrival system, seems like its going in fits and starts, check on thorn tree about it.
Other choice is to go the Bangkok and get it, thats what many people do
above all go, its a great place to see and its really starting to change from all I've been told lately |
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Enigma
Joined: 20 Mar 2008
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:18 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for all your replies.
Unfortunately, I've only got 10 days for my vacation (meaning 8 after traveling there and back) so I'm just deciding whether it's worth all the hassle, or if I should just go in the future when I have more time. |
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alwaysbeclosing100
Joined: 07 Feb 2009
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:46 am Post subject: re |
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ok heres the skinny on myanmar visas. your options are the following:
1. get the visa in seoul at the myanmar embassy. if you call their embassy they can give you all the details. it is not issued same day. it takes several working days. i just did this option in january. i dont live in seoul hence it was a pain in the ass.
2. same day visa at the myanmar embassy in bangkok. convenient if you were planning a bangkok stop anyways.........
3. there is now a service similar to visa on arrival for vietnam. the myanmar immigration booth for this is definitely up and running. i just saw it in february. the service is a bit expensive but not too bad considering the headache of either two trips to the embassy in seoul especially if you dont live in seoul or wasting a full day in bangkok. see this site for full details:
http://www.myanmarvisa.com/
myanmar rocks.......it is getting hammered with tourists........there are not enough hotels so book yours early........
travel is slow and hard in myanmar.......8 days is very short unless you want to fly each leg in myanmar which is expensive...... |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Location: Korea
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:36 am Post subject: Re: re |
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alwaysbeclosing100 wrote: |
ok heres the skinny on myanmar visas. your options are the following:
1. get the visa in seoul at the myanmar embassy. if you call their embassy they can give you all the details. it is not issued same day. it takes several working days. i just did this option in january. i dont live in seoul hence it was a pain in the ass.
2. same day visa at the myanmar embassy in bangkok. convenient if you were planning a bangkok stop anyways.........
3. there is now a service similar to visa on arrival for vietnam. the myanmar immigration booth for this is definitely up and running. i just saw it in february. the service is a bit expensive but not too bad considering the headache of either two trips to the embassy in seoul especially if you dont live in seoul or wasting a full day in bangkok. see this site for full details:
http://www.myanmarvisa.com/
myanmar rocks.......it is getting hammered with tourists........there are not enough hotels so book yours early........
travel is slow and hard in myanmar.......8 days is very short unless you want to fly each leg in myanmar which is expensive...... |
That's for a business visa. |
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phenomenon09
Joined: 22 Jan 2008
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alwaysbeclosing100
Joined: 07 Feb 2009
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:21 am Post subject: Re: re |
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butlerian wrote: |
alwaysbeclosing100 wrote: |
ok heres the skinny on myanmar visas. your options are the following:
1. get the visa in seoul at the myanmar embassy. if you call their embassy they can give you all the details. it is not issued same day. it takes several working days. i just did this option in january. i dont live in seoul hence it was a pain in the ass.
2. same day visa at the myanmar embassy in bangkok. convenient if you were planning a bangkok stop anyways.........
3. there is now a service similar to visa on arrival for vietnam. the myanmar immigration booth for this is definitely up and running. i just saw it in february. the service is a bit expensive but not too bad considering the headache of either two trips to the embassy in seoul especially if you dont live in seoul or wasting a full day in bangkok. see this site for full details:
http://www.myanmarvisa.com/
myanmar rocks.......it is getting hammered with tourists........there are not enough hotels so book yours early........
travel is slow and hard in myanmar.......8 days is very short unless you want to fly each leg in myanmar which is expensive...... |
That's for a business visa. |
no......what am i missing.....it has 4 options........entry, business, tourist and transit........though i have never heard of anyone transiting via yangon i guess anything is possible......... |
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