Burmese passport

Myanmar passport
The front cover of a contemporary Myanmar passport.
Bio data page
Issued by	Burma
Type of document	Passport
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility requirements	Myanmar citizenship
Expiration	5 years

The Burmese passport or the Myanmar passport is the passport issued to citizens and nationals of Burma (officially called "the Republic of the Union of Myanmar").

In 2002, Myanmar began issuing electronic passports. Burmese passports contain a microchip embedded in them that carries identifying information about the passport holder. UN special envoy Razali Ismail, part owner of Iris corporation, which won the contract to install the new system, dismissed security concerns, and said, "Must you think of things in such sinister terms? Anyway, it’s only for those people who want to travel outside. In most cases, those will be government people."^[1]

Types

Three types are currently issued by Ministry of Home Affairs. Government officials are issued with a green passport. Diplomats are issued with a blue passport. All other citizens receive a red passport. The red passport is valid for 5 years and the green passport for three.

Currently, ordinary passport holders can travel to Cambodia, India (Visa on Arrival), Indonesia, Laos, Maldives, Macau (Visa on Arrival), Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam without a visa. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

In April 2010 the Myanmar passport was upgraded from hand-written to machine readable passport.

Visa requirements

Countries and territories with visa-free entries or visas on arrival for holders of regular Myanmar passports

In 2016, Myanmar citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 42 countries and territories, ranking the Myanmar passport 95th in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index.

References

6. http://www.thaiembassy.com/faq/no-thai-visa-required-citizens-of-myanmar.php