Visa requirements for citizens of Myanmar

Citizens of Myanmar need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Myanmar and 10 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

6 countries ask holders of the passport of Myanmar for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Myanmar without one: China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia and South Korea.

The reverse holds for 31 countries: holders of the passport of Myanmar get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Myanmar (Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Dominica and 26 others).

100 countries ask holders of the passport of Myanmar for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 20 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Myanmar.

80 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Myanmar, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Myanmar, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Thailand (10), Vietnam (8), Malaysia (5) and Nepal (2).

The United States refused 64% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Myanmar in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 171 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 25 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the passport of Myanmar

By continent, the passport of Myanmar is visa-free in 8 countries in Asia, 3 countries in the Americas, 1 country in Africa and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for citizens of Myanmar are allowed in Haiti (90 days), the Seychelles (90 days), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90 days), Micronesia (30 days), Indonesia (30 days) and the Philippines (30 days).

Visa on arrival

Citizens of Myanmar can get a visa at the airport or land border of Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Iran and 18 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how citizens of Myanmar enter Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin and 49 others. Ivory Coast, Kenya, Suriname and Taiwan ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Where citizens of Myanmar are not admitted

According to the visa data used here, citizens of Myanmar are currently not admitted to the United States.

Myanmar’s neighbours

Laos and Thailand admit citizens of Myanmar without a visa. For the other neighbours, the rules are: China (visa required), Bangladesh (visa required) and India (e-Visa for up to 30 days).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Thai passport ranks 111th (80 destinations), the Chinese passport ranks 113th (78 destinations), the Indian passport ranks 150th (56 destinations), the Lao passport ranks 176th (46 destinations) and the Bangladeshi passport ranks 193rd (34 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 10 can enter visa-free, 6 get a visa on arrival, 87 need an e-Visa and 95 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Myanmar.