Burmese passport

Myanmar passport
The front cover of a contemporary Myanmar passport.
Bio data page
Issued by  Burma
Type of document Passport
Purpose Identification
Eligibility requirements Myanmar citizenship
Expiration 5 years

The Burmese passport or the Myanmar passport is the passport issued to citizens and nationals of Burma (officially called "the Republic of the Union of Myanmar").

History

Prior to Burmese independence in 1948, British Indian passports were issued to residents of Burma when it formed part of the Indian Empire.

Offices

In 2014, authorities opened 15 new passport issuing centres in Myanmar in addition to the existing two offices in Yangon and Mandalay. The new offices were opened in each seven states and seven regions of Myanmar, and also in the country’s capital Naypyidaw. [1]

Types

In April 2010 the Myanmar passport was upgraded from hand-written to machine readable passport.

Previously, three types of passport were issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Government officials were issued with a green passport. Diplomats were issued with a blue passport. All other citizens receive a red passport.

In 2016, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced that nine types of passports in different colours would be issued to Myanmar citizens.

The nine types are:

  • PB – Business Passport;
  • PT – Dependent Passport;
  • PJ – Job Passport;
  • PR – Religious Passport;
  • PS – Seaman Passport;
  • PE – Student Passport;
  • PV – Visit Passport;
  • PD – Diplomatic Passport and
  • PO – Official Passport.

A red passport will be issued for citizens, a blue passport for diplomats and a green passport for governmental officials. [2] The red passport is valid for 5 years and the green passport for three.

Visa requirements

Countries and territories with visa-free entries or visas on arrival for holders of regular Myanmar passports In 2018, Myanmar citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 48 countries and territories, ranking the Myanmar passport 89th in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index.
  Myanmar
  Visa free access
  Visa on arrival
  eVisa
  Visa available both on arrival or online
  Visa required

As of January 2018, Myanmar ordinary passport holders can travel to Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam without a visa. They are permitted to enter and remain in those countries for not more than 14 days without visa except Singapore which permits to stay up to 30 days in the country. [3]

Visa on Arrival for Myanmar citizens is available in Maldive and Macau while eVisa is available to enter India.[4][5] The Transit Without Visa (TWOV) is applicable at KLIA and KLIA2 airport for Myanmar citizens holding ordinary passport for a maximum of 120 hours stop-over in Malaysia.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Myanmar Govt Opens 15 New Passport Issuing Offices".
  2. ↑ "9 types of passports to be issued for Myanmar citizens".
  3. ↑ "List of Countries Having Bilateral Visa Exemption Agreements with Myanmar" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "A thirty day free visa is issued on arrival for all Nationalities".
  5. ↑ "e-Visa Facility is available for nationals of following countries/territories".
  6. ↑ "Transit Without Visa (TWOV), Malaysia".
  7. ↑ "Transit Without Visa (TWOV), Malaysia".
  8. ↑ "Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar Get Visa-Free Entry to Indonesia - News - PATA". pata.org. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  9. ↑ "Vietnam Waives Visa Requirement for Burmese Travelers". irrawaddy.org. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Visa-free deal signed with Cambodia". mmtimes.com. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "Myanmar, Indonesia hammer out visa-free agreement". ttgasia.com. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "PHL-Myanmar agreement on visa exemption takes effect on January 4, 2014". gov.ph. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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