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MYANMAR (formerly Burma) - Passport and visa required. Single-entry
visas, for stay up to 14 days, requires $16 fee for tourist visa and $30 fee
for business visa, 2 application forms, 3 photos and itinerary. Tourists
visas are issued for package or group tours as well as Foreign Independent
Travelers (FITs). FITs holding tourist visas must change a minimum of
$200 (U.S.) upon arrival. Business visa requires company letter and
invitation from a Myanmarian company; extendable after arrival.
Overland travel into and out of Myanmar is only permitted at certain points
(check with Embassy). Enclose prepaid envelope for return of passport by
registered/certified mail. Allow 2-3 weeks for processing. Minimum of
$100 must be changed for local currency on arrival. For further
information contact Embassy of the Union of Myanmar, 2300 S St., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20008 (202/332-9044-5) or the Permanent Mission of
Myanmar to the U.N., 10 East 77th St., New York, NY 10021 (212/535-1311).