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 in opposition to 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 might not be allowed to journey throughout the nation.

Due to security dangers, minor dependents can not 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 might change at any time. 

• Opposition militias usually assault services 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 might 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 data on Crisis and Evacuations.

Improvised explosive gadgets (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 30 days. These blasts focused regime personnel and services in Rangoon.
• Outside of Rangoon, IED assaults have hit checkpoints, in addition to army, administrative, and police services.

Landmines and unexploded ordnance exist all through Burma. The places 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 truthful 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 might deny a prisoner entry to U.S. consular providers or details about the alleged crime. Prisoners shouldn’t have common entry to authorized counsel.
• Local regulation enforcement officers may additionally detain or deport Americans for talking out or demonstrating in opposition to the army regime, together with on their private social media accounts, and for sending non-public digital messages essential of the army regime, no matter whether or not they had been bodily in Burma on the time.
• Remember that in international locations world wide the U.S. embassy will work to monitor your well being and security in detention however can not 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 might have medical or journey insurance coverage that features medical evacuation. Review our data on Travel Insurance.

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

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

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