What the Myanmar visa rules mean for Finland travellers
Finland passport holders need an eVisa to enter Myanmar. You apply online, upload a passport scan and a photo, pay the fee and receive the visa by email; it allows stays of up to 28 days. Apply at least one to two weeks before your trip and print the approval — some airlines and border officers ask to see it on paper.
The main option is the Tourist eVisa.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Myanmar applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: Myanmar's eVisa notice says your passport validity must have at least 6 months. The UK Foreign Office tells British nationals their passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the day they arrive.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: The UK Foreign Office says you must have a yellow fever vaccination certificate to enter Myanmar if you are coming from a country listed as a transmission risk.
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Myanmar: the tourist eVisa notice asks for proof of a return ticket and a hotel booking, not insurance.
- Return or onward ticket: Myanmar's eVisa notice says a proof of return ticket from Myanmar must be attached to the tourist eVisa application (or a trip plan if you will enter from the Kawthaung land border checkpoint), as well as a proof of hot…
Myanmar entry rules compared
Myanmar lets 11 passports in without a visa, issues eVisas to 92 and requires an embassy visa from 95. Finland citizens are treated the same way as Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria. Overall the Finland passport ranks #3 in the world with 126 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a Finland passport you can also visit 22 countries in the region without a visa, including United Arab Emirates, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea and Kazakhstan.
In the other direction, Myanmar citizens need a visa to visit Finland.