Myawaddy-Mae Sot Temporary Border Crossing Permit Extended From One to Seven Days
Myawaddy-Mae Sot Temporary Border Crossing Permit Extended From One to Seven Days
Karen News, 07 Oct 2016
URL: http://karennews.org/2016/10/myawaddy-mae-sot-temporary-border-crossing-permit-extended-from-one-to-seven-days.html/
Under the new agreement between the two countries, travelers who cross the border from Myawaddy-Mae Sot crossing will be allowed to stay in Mae Sot areas for seven days. The new agreement is effective from October 1, 2016.
The Burma Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population and Ministry of Interior and the Royal Thai Immigration Department agreed on the extension permit.
Previously, people who crossed over at the Myawaddy-Mae Sot border with their temporary border pass were allowed a one-day stay from 6 am to 6 pm.
According to official sources, to get the temporary border crossing pass, people need to have the Burmese NRC card and have to pay 1,500 Kyats for registration at the Burmese immigration office and 20 Bahts to the Thai immigration office. The pass holders will be allowed to visit as far as Phop Phra and Mae Ramat district in Thailand’s Mae Sot area.
The visitors who cross with their private cars will be charged 25,000Kyat and will be allowed to visit within he Mae Sot municipal area and but are not allowed to visit Phop Phra or Mae Ramat.
While there are many different kinds of people legally crossing the Thai-Burma Friendship Bridge to work in Mae Sot on a daily basis, there are many others who cross the border by boat through several illegal crossings under the bridge.
The Burma Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population and Ministry of Interior and the Royal Thai Immigration Department agreed on the extension permit.
Previously, people who crossed over at the Myawaddy-Mae Sot border with their temporary border pass were allowed a one-day stay from 6 am to 6 pm.
According to official sources, to get the temporary border crossing pass, people need to have the Burmese NRC card and have to pay 1,500 Kyats for registration at the Burmese immigration office and 20 Bahts to the Thai immigration office. The pass holders will be allowed to visit as far as Phop Phra and Mae Ramat district in Thailand’s Mae Sot area.
The visitors who cross with their private cars will be charged 25,000Kyat and will be allowed to visit within he Mae Sot municipal area and but are not allowed to visit Phop Phra or Mae Ramat.
While there are many different kinds of people legally crossing the Thai-Burma Friendship Bridge to work in Mae Sot on a daily basis, there are many others who cross the border by boat through several illegal crossings under the bridge.