Burma Travel Advisory | Travel.State.gov

The Burmese army regime deposed elected leaders and officers in a February 2021 coup d’état. Protests and demonstrations towards army rule can happen on vital dates and have the potential for violence.

Due to the continuing armed conflicts and civil unrest in Burma, U.S. authorities staff working in Burma could not be allowed to journey throughout the nation.

Due to security dangers, minor dependents can’t be a part of U.S. authorities staff who work in Burma.

Armed conflicts happen all through Burma. Instances of civil unrest are widespread. The quantity of armed battle and civil unrest varies throughout states and areas. The state of affairs could change at any time. 

• Opposition militias usually assault amenities affiliated with regime safety forces and administrative authorities in Rangoon and different areas.
• Local opposition militia teams function all through the nation.
• Be conscious that the regime could restrict entry to highways and airports. This might result in isolation.
• Have a plan to go away in an emergency that doesn’t depend upon U.S. authorities assist. Review our info on Crisis and Evacuations.

Improvised explosive units (IEDs) are used within the ongoing armed conflicts, together with throughout the municipal Rangoon space.

• From January to December 2025, the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon calculated a mean of 6 explosions per thirty days. These blasts focused regime personnel and amenities in Rangoon.
• Outside of Rangoon, IED assaults have hit checkpoints, in addition to army, administrative, and police amenities.

Landmines and unexploded ordnance exist all through Burma. The areas of landmines and unexploded ordnance are sometimes not marked nor straightforward to acknowledge.

The army regime will usually arbitrarily implement native legal guidelines, together with detaining people with out honest remedy or a clear authorized course of.  

• This impacts Burmese residents and foreigners, together with Americans.  Americans touring or residing in Burma could also be detained, and regime authorities could deny a prisoner entry to U.S. consular companies or details about the alleged crime. Prisoners wouldn’t have common entry to authorized counsel.
• Local regulation enforcement officers may additionally detain or deport Americans for talking out or demonstrating towards the army regime, together with on their private social media accounts, and for sending non-public digital messages vital of the army regime, no matter whether or not they have been bodily in Burma on the time.
• Remember that in nations all over the world the U.S. embassy will work to monitor your well being and security in detention however can’t assure your launch. Most Americans who’re convicted of committing a criminal offense abroad serve out their sentences in prisons in that nation.

Burma has restricted or insufficient healthcare and emergency medical assets. 

Make positive you have got medical or journey insurance coverage that features medical evacuation. Review our info on Travel Insurance.

As of April 2024, the Burma army regime carried out a army conscription regulation. It applies to males as much as age 45 and females as much as age 35.  

• The army regime may stop folks they view as eligible for conscription from leaving the nation. This consists of Burmese-born Americans.

Violent crime towards foreigners is uncommon. But there have been incidents of muggings and assaults by taxi drivers.

Foreign nationals, together with Americans, have been trafficked into Burma. 

• They have been compelled to work in web rip-off facilities. These are usually situated in energetic battle zones alongside Burma’s jap borders.
• Victims usually reply to advertisements promising jobs in Thailand. They are then compelled or unwittingly lured into working at rip-off facilities in Burma.
• Review our info on Americans Missing Abroad and for Victims of Crime.
• Review our info on Travel to High-Risk Areas.