Online stay extension for a foreigner residing and working in Myanmar after entry on a qualifying business visa.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 2Process & costs: 1Report facts: 12
South-Eastern Asia · Immigration
Myanmar
Myanmar sits in South-Eastern Asia. Its immigration system runs 19 distinct routes — led by starting a business, family and work, each set out in official law. 18 of them cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
2 further routes are recorded for Myanmar but not shown here — their details are still under review.
- Immigration routes
- 19across 12 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 18 of 19cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Starting a business3 of the 19 routes — see them under Starting a business below
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia
- Capital
- Naypyidaw
- Population
- 54,850,648
- Official language
- Burmese
- Currency
- MMK
- Time zone
- UTC+06:30
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 19 routes, grouped by purpose — 18 of 19 cite an official government source directly. Any route below without one says so on the route.
Work
2 routes
Employment visa for a foreign worker appointed or invited by a qualifying registered Myanmar company.
Eligibility: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 8
Official government source: mewashingtondc.org · checked 2026-07-27
Investment
1 route
Permanent-residence route for a qualifying investor or business operator with lawful investment and funds evidence.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 5Process & costs: 5Report facts: 9
Official government source: mewashingtondc.org · checked 2026-07-27
Starting a business
3 routes
Business eVisa for an eligible ordinary-passport holder invited by a registered Myanmar company or accepted business association.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 3Report facts: 10
Multiple-entry business visa for a traveller who previously obtained a single business visa and remains supported by registered companies.
Documents: 2Process & costs: 4Report facts: 8
Source pending confirmation: myanmarembassy.sg · checked 2026-07-27
Single-entry business visa supported by a registered Myanmar company and a recommendation from the applicant's overseas company.
Documents: 2Process & costs: 4Report facts: 8
Source pending confirmation: myanmarembassy.sg · checked 2026-07-27
Talent and merit
1 route
Permanent-residence route for a qualifying expert whose skills and experience meet Myanmar's needs.
Eligibility: 3Documents: 3Process & costs: 6Report facts: 9
Official government source: mewashingtondc.org · checked 2026-08-03
Study
1 route
Education visa for study or qualifying teaching supported by a registered Myanmar school or university.
Eligibility: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 7
Official government source: mewashingtondc.org · checked 2026-07-27
Family
3 routes
Permanent-residence route for a qualifying foreign spouse or minor unmarried child supported by the related Myanmar citizen.
Can bring: spouse, children
Documents: 2Process & costs: 2Report facts: 17
Official government source: mewashingtondc.org · checked 2026-07-27
Multiple-entry social visit visa for an eligible family or former-citizen applicant who previously obtained the single-entry social visa.
Source pending confirmation: myanmarembassy.sg · checked 2026-07-27
Single-entry social visit visa for a foreign spouse or child of a Myanmar national, or a former Myanmar citizen.
Source pending confirmation: myanmarembassy.sg · checked 2026-07-27
Long-term residence
1 route
Re-entry authorisation linked to a valid business eStay extension.
Eligibility: 1Report facts: 8
Culture, faith and volunteering
2 routes
Multiple-entry religious or meditation visa for a person who previously obtained a single religious visa.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 2Process & costs: 2Report facts: 8
Source pending confirmation: myanmarembassy.sg · checked 2026-07-27
Single-entry religious or meditation visa supported by an original invitation from a Myanmar meditation centre.
Documents: 2Process & costs: 2Report facts: 8
Source pending confirmation: myanmarembassy.sg · checked 2026-07-27
Short stays and visits
2 routes
Single-entry tourist eVisa for an eligible ordinary-passport holder with travel, accommodation and online-payment evidence.
Documents: 2Process & costs: 1Report facts: 11
Tourist visa exemption for ordinary-passport holders in the published ASEAN cohorts, subject to the stated duration and checkpoint rules.
Documents: 1Report facts: 8
Official government source: evisa.moip.gov.mm · checked 2026-07-27
Humanitarian protection
1 route
Information-only protection record because the current country Help portal does not publish a foreigner-facing asylum registration and status-determination procedure.
Process & costs: 1Report facts: 5
Source pending confirmation: help.unhcr.org · checked 2026-07-27
Ancestry and return
1 route
Permanent-residence route for a former Myanmar citizen who can support the State's long-term interests and maintain themselves.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 3Process & costs: 3Report facts: 7
Official government source: mewashingtondc.org · checked 2026-07-27
Transit
1 route
Transit visa for a traveller with confirmed onward travel and the required consular application documents.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 5
Official government source: mewashingtondc.org · checked 2026-07-27
Official sources
- eVisa PortalGovernment
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