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Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from Myanmar (Burma) for healthcare practitioners.

• Updated: 25 October 2017

FCDO travel advice for Myanmar. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 10 December 2025

• Warnings and insurance

  Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  This guide also has safety and security advice for regions of Myanmar.…

• Regional risks

  This section has safety advice for the states and regions of Myanmar. It…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

Advice for British people living in Myanmar (Burma), including information on health, education, benefits, residence requirements and more.

• Updated: 18 March 2021

Advice for British people living in Myanmar, including information on health, education, benefits, residence requirements and more.

• Updated: 1 May 2020

The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.

• Updated: 6 July 2023

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

• Updated: 6 July 2023

How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.

• Updated: 28 January 2025

• Updated: 23 October 2025

List of English-speaking doctors for British nationals in Myanmar.

• Updated: 9 December 2020