Myanmar - Apply for Permanent Residence

ProcedureEdit

Permanent Residence Application

Gather all the documents that you will need to submit or present when you apply for permanent residence (see list below).
Go to the Immigration Office and complete an application form. Submit the completed form together with all other required documents.
Your application will be reviewed by the Implementation Central Committee. After review it will inform you in writing if your application for permanent residence is approved or denied.

Issuance of the Permanent Residence Certificate

After you have received your notice from the Implementation Central Committee that your permanent residence is granted, you have 60 days (from the day that you have received the notice) to obtain a Permanent Residence Certificate.

Required DocumentsEdit

Permanent Residence Application

Completed application form
Three (3) coloured photographs sized in 1.5 inches x 2 inches which were taken during last six months;
Original and copy of valid passport and travel document (to attach the original and copy of such passport if he/she holds more than one type of passport);
Proof of citizenship of applicant
Appointment letter or invitation letter of which term is at least one year and above ;
Official recognized documents in respect of education qualification for the experts and valid recommendations of the relevant organizations for experience of work place, service term relating to applied business
If the applicant of the permanent residence is accompanied by the wife or husband and legal offspring who are unmarried under

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

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EligibilityEdit

An ex-Myanmar Citizen or foreigner is entitled to apply the permanent residence as an expert if it is in conformity with the following particulars:

being the holder of a type of visa which is not entitled to settle in Myanmar before obtaining the permanent residence if he/she is the ex-Myanmar Citizen;
being the holder of a type of visa which is not entitled to settle before the date of application of the permanent residence within the consecutive 10 years of such date if he/she is the foreigner and he/she accesses and resides in Myanmar not less than 3 years consecutively; and if he/she departs to abroad while residing as such, the period of his/her stay in abroad does not exceed the consecutive 90 days within one year;
being an expert who has experience of workplace in the respective fields and is enable to perform the interests of the State which are consistent with the requirement of the State;
being a person who is enable to submit the certificate or document of the relevant State organizations as an expert in the respective business adopted by the relevant Ministry of Myanmar;
being a person who is enable to pay tax in accord with the existing laws, rules, regulations and directives according to the category of business operated in the country if he/she gets the permanent residence;
not being a person who is regarded as an international refugee;
not being a person who has the political asylum in any country;
not being a person listed in local, foreign or international criminal record;
being a person who is enable to submit the original copy of official recommendation of the relevant country which is in good health and free from contagious disease;
being a person who gives admission that he/she respects the sovereignty of the Union of Myanmar and he/she is a person who desires to respect and provide the interests of the State;
being a person who is enable to be examined by appearing himself/herself when informs the Implementation Central Committee.

An ex-Myanmar citizen or foreigner, if it is conformity with the following particulars, is entitled to apply the permanent residence as the person who desires to invest and operate business:

being the holder of a type of visa which is not entitled to settle in Myanmar before getting the permanent residence if he/she is the ex-Myanmar Citizen;
being the holder of a type of visa which is not entitled to settle before the date of application of the permanent residence and within the consecutive 10 years of such date if he/she is the foreigner and he/she accesses and resides in Myanmar not less than 3 years consecutively; and if he/she departs to abroad while residing as such, the period of his/her stay in abroad does not exceed the consecutive 90 days within one year;
being a person who is enable to invest in accord with Laws related to foreign investment if he/she invests in productions and services;
being a person who is enable to pay tax in accord with the existing laws, rules, regulations and directives according to the category of business operated in the country if he/she is granted the permanent residence;
being a person who is enable to submit the official document taken in possession of amount of money equivalent to the volume of investment;
not being a person who is regarded as an international refugee;
not being a person who has the political asylum in any country;
not being a person listed in local, foreign or in the international criminal record;
being a person who is enable to submit the original copy of official recommendation of the relevant country which is in good health and free from contagious disease;
being a person who gives admission that he/she respects the sovereignty of the Union of Myanmar and he/she is a person who desires to respect and provide the interests of the State;
being a person who is enable to be examined by appearing himself/herself when informs the Implementation Central Committee.

An ex-Myanmar Citizen who is not intended to perform as an expert or a person who desires to invest and operate business is entitled to apply the permanent residence if it is in conformity with the following particulars:

being the holder of a type of visa which is not entitled to settle in Myanmar before getting the permanent residence;
being a person who is enable to contribute long term benefits of the State;
being a person who has adequate money for livelihood during the stay is Myanmar or who is enable to submit guarantee that the citizen of Myanmar who settles within Myanmar takes responsibility for his/her livelihood;
being a person who is enable to pay tax in accord with the existing laws, rules, regulations and directives if he/she operates any of earned income businesses;
not being a person who is regarded as an international refugee;
not being a person who has the political asylum in any country;
not being a person listed in local, foreign or in the international criminal record;
being a person who is enable to submit the original copy of official recommendation of the relevant countries which is in good health and free from contagious disease;
being a person who gives admission that he/she respects the sovereignty of the Union of Myanmar and he/she is a person who desires to respect and provide the interests of the State;
being a person who is enable to be examined by appearing himself/herself when informs by the Implementation Central Committee.

Foreigners related to a Myanmar Citizen is entitled to apply the permanent residence in taking responsibility by the relevant Myanmar citizen and if it is in conformity with the following particulars:

being a foreigner wife or husband who has married a Myanmar Citizen and being offspring who are unmarried and under 18 years of age born or adopted by them in accord with Myanmar Customary Law and existing laws and directives relating to marriage of Myanmar Citizens who are not Buddhism.:
- Notes: The foreigner wife or husband who has married a Myanmar Citizen have to make an acknowledgement that he/she has at least two years of legal marriage term and has no other wife or husband except the present legal wife or husband of Myanmar Citizen.
- The application for permanent residence shall be voided if the following matters arise in the responsible Myanmar Citizen applicant before obtaining the permission: decease; termination or revocation from being a citizenship; divorce from being legal wife or husband to a person who desires to get the permanent residence; abandoning from being legal offspring to a person who desires to get the permanent residence.
being the holder of a type of visa which is not entitled to settle in Myanmar before obtaining the permanent residence if he/she is the ex-Myanmar Citizen; *being the holder of a type of visa which is not entitled to settle before the date of application of the permanent residence and within the consecutive 10 years of such date if he/she is the foreigner and he/she accesses and resides in Myanmar not less than 3 years consecutively; and if he/she departs to abroad while residing as such, the period of his/her stay in abroad does not exceed the consecutive 90 days within one year;
not being a person who is regarded as an international refugee;
not being a person who has the political asylum in any country;
not being a person listed in local, foreign or in the international criminal record;
being a person who may submit the original copy of official recommendation of the relevant countries which is in good health and free from contagious disease;
being a person who gives admission that he/she respects the sovereignty of the Union of Myanmar and he/she is a person who desires to respect and provide the interests of the State;
being a person who is enable to be examined by appearing himself/herself when informs the Implementation Central Committee.

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ValidityEdit

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1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

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