Ancient temples across the plain of Bagan, Myanmar

Who needs a visa for Myanmar?

South-eastern Asia · Naypyidaw

Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Of 198 nationalities, 10 enter Myanmar with no paperwork at all. The rest: 6 can get a visa at the border and 182 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Myanmar government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Myanmar's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 10

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 87

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa on arrival 6

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

Visa required 95

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About Myanmar

Region
South-Eastern Asia
Capital
Naypyidaw
Population
54,850,648 2025 · 27th of 197
Size
676,578 km² 39th largest of 199
Density
81 per km²
Language
Burmese
Currency
Burmese kyat MMK
Borders
Bangladesh China India Laos Thailand

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.