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We spent 8 days traveling around Myanmar - we flew into Yangon from Chiang Mai, Thailand within 2 weeks of hearing of the new "visa on arrival" process. This turned out to be very efficient. We had completed the visa form before we arrived and had gotten the appropriate sized pictures. It should be noted that the requested size of the photos is not standard so if you are going to use this visa process make sure you have the photos of the correct size. Also you will need to pay for your visa in USD so be sure to have crisp new bills to for both for the arrival visa and also for the departure tax on leaving. We spent 2 days in Yangon and enjoyed our time there. We had a very knowledgeable guide, Mr. Kyaio Naing Thwin, who took us to all the sights and when i mentioned I wanted to see some handicrafts including wood carvings as well as old silk and tribal textiles he was very accomodating. Kyaio is a guide with Columbus travel and we booked our hotels, domestic flights, guide and cars through them and were pleased with the service. Kayio is a university graduate and speaks excellent English and has been a tour guide both in Mandalay and also Yangon. We would highly recommend him to our friends. Contact information is kyi.kyi.khin01@gmail.com and GSM is (095)-9-5144892. If calling from within Myanmar leave off the (095) and use 09-5144892.

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Good to hear the VOA worked. How much is the departure tax, by the way?

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10 Crispy bucks...

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Thanks. Much more reasonable than the $25 they fleece you for when departing Cambodia...

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may I please ask which airline you flew with ? tia nick

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If you're in Dubai the easiest way is through Bangkok. From there you can either fly with Air Asia, Bangkok Airways or Thai Airways.

Air Asia & Bangkok Air both operate two flights a day whereas Thai seem to operate a few more depending on numbers & season.

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Did the airline-crew hand out those Visa-forms during the flight ?

what about the size of the pics ? not standard ? means what ?

oh , and I wonder, in case your 10-Dollar-bill to pay for the airport-tax is NOT as crispy as a baby-butt, will they refuse you to board the aircraft after you already checked in your luggage and are in possession of a boarding-pass ? ^^

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Yes, they hand the visa forms out on the flights.

All information on the VOA procedure below:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g294190-i9408-k3604565-New_Myanmar_On_arrival_Visa_requirments-Myanmar.html

You'll have to pay your airport tax before you check in so keep that smooth as a babies butt $10 bill to hand;-)

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We are interested in crossing from Inle Lake via Tachilek into Thailand. We will need to arrange a visa and guide. Do you know which travel agency might arrange this?

Alternatively we shall return to Yangon and would be interested in flying direct to Chiang Mai. What airline did you use?

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Yep, it's perfectly feasible, there are flights that leave from Heho to Tachilek so as long as you work your exit out of the country with the flights that leave from Heho there shouldn't be any problems at all, the agent who'll arrange the exit permit for you will fill you in on all the times.

Most people would probably organise this through the MTT which is the governments agency as they're probably not aware that most other good agents can offer this service at the same or cheaper price.

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There is one slight problem with this, if you're entering the country by using the VOA service part of the criteria is to produce an onward/return flight ticket, I haven't heard of anyone entering using the VOA & then exiting at another point yet

I'm sure if you contacted the agent before you arrived they'd make all the necessary arrangements so it all went smoothly, do drop us a line back if you decide to go this way, be interesting to see how it all pans out.

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