If you plan to stay at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery for more than one month, you will need to apply for a Myanmar three-month meditation visa, as a 28-day tourist visa and a 28-day entry visa can no longer be extended. Check with the Myanmar Embassy in your home country to see if they will issue a three-month meditation visa to you. If this is not possible, you may wish to check with another Myanmar Embassy - for example, the Embassy in Singapore - to see what type of visa they will issue to you. To apply for a meditation visa, you will need a Pa-Auk Sponsorship Letter, which can be obtained through a Pa-Auk Contact Person (see the Travel tips page or by writing to the monastery, attention: U Kundadhana or U Candima.
For the latest news on visa applications and extensions, please contact Daw Amy at
Contact information for the Myanmar Embassy in Singapore is listed below:
Singapore
Embassy of the Union of Myanmar
15 St Martin's Drive, Singapore
Tel: (65) 67350209 o Fax: (65) 67356236
Open: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, Monday - Friday
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