Yangon Airport check-in counter
According to Thorntree, Yangon Airport’s immigration allows visitors to overstay their visa for a charge of $3 per day, plus a $3 ‘registration fee’. It’s OK ‘up to 90 days,’ but it’s probably wise to not push it more than 10 or 14 days. Many local travel agents and expats shrug their shoulders on whether there’s an official policy. Note, however, that once you’ve overstayed your visa, you may have difficulties with airport immigration if you’re planning domestic flights, particularly in far-flung airports (like Sittwe or Myitkyina). A traveler nicknamed biancadownunder shared with us on Thorntree (2011):-
“Firstly, when you arrive at Yangon airport they didn’t ask for proof of onward travel. So don’t stress if you haven’t booked your return/onward flight.
I overstayed my visas for 5 days and this caused no problem at airport immigration or for buying train and bus tickets to elsewhere in the country. One problem which you may have, however, is getting accepted at guesthouses in Yangon. I know that some guesthouses WILL NOT accept you with an overstayed visa as a result of pressure (and possibly ludicrous fines) from the government. If you find yourself in trouble I stayed at the YMCA and it was no issue at all. Guesthouses outside Yangon and Mandalay never asked questions.
At the airport you will proceed to the immigration desk where they check your passport as normal. They’ll say, ‘You have an overstayed visa, you must pay a departure fine.’ Then you will have to go to the immigration office where they non-chalantly said, ‘Oh overstay.’ Then there was some form filling, a signature required, a stamp in the passport and a ‘enjoy your trip’ afterward. The stamp doesn’t actually say ‘visa overstay,’ rather it says ‘visa extension’ so I think that the process for overstay and extensions will look the same in your passport (if you’re worried about getting visas in the future).
For visa overstay what you will need:
- one passport sized photo,
- to sign one form acknowledging your overstay,
- to pay a flat $3 overstay charge plus
- an additional $3 per day of overstay
Too easy! Happy travels!
FYI: Current exchange rate in Myanmar is $1 = 850 kyat in reputable places like a guesthouse. Higher rates on the black market but be very careful changing money here, they use slight of hand to confuse you into thinking you gave them less money than what you did. Count out notes one at a time and check everything before you leave them.”
Guide: What to do when overstaying a Myanmar visa
Yangon Airport check-in counter
According to Thorntree, Yangon Airport’s immigration allows visitors to overstay their visa for a charge of $3 per day, plus a $3 ‘registration fee’. It’s OK ‘up to 90 days,’ but it’s probably wise to not push it more than 10 or 14 days. Many local travel agents and expats shrug their shoulders on whether there’s an official policy. Note, however, that once you’ve overstayed your visa, you may have difficulties with airport immigration if you’re planning domestic flights, particularly in far-flung airports (like Sittwe or Myitkyina). A traveler nicknamed biancadownunder shared with us on Thorntree (2011):-
“Firstly, when you arrive at Yangon airport they didn’t ask for proof of onward travel. So don’t stress if you haven’t booked your return/onward flight.
I overstayed my visas for 5 days and this caused no problem at airport immigration or for buying train and bus tickets to elsewhere in the country. One problem which you may have, however, is getting accepted at guesthouses in Yangon. I know that some guesthouses WILL NOT accept you with an overstayed visa as a result of pressure (and possibly ludicrous fines) from the government. If you find yourself in trouble I stayed at the YMCA and it was no issue at all. Guesthouses outside Yangon and Mandalay never asked questions.
At the airport you will proceed to the immigration desk where they check your passport as normal. They’ll say, ‘You have an overstayed visa, you must pay a departure fine.’ Then you will have to go to the immigration office where they non-chalantly said, ‘Oh overstay.’ Then there was some form filling, a signature required, a stamp in the passport and a ‘enjoy your trip’ afterward. The stamp doesn’t actually say ‘visa overstay,’ rather it says ‘visa extension’ so I think that the process for overstay and extensions will look the same in your passport (if you’re worried about getting visas in the future).
For visa overstay what you will need:
- one passport sized photo,
- to sign one form acknowledging your overstay,
- to pay a flat $3 overstay charge plus
- an additional $3 per day of overstay
Too easy! Happy travels!
FYI: Current exchange rate in Myanmar is $1 = 850 kyat in reputable places like a guesthouse. Higher rates on the black market but be very careful changing money here, they use slight of hand to confuse you into thinking you gave them less money than what you did. Count out notes one at a time and check everything before you leave them.”