Visa free travel to Asean countries for a month
KUALA LUMPUR: People from Asean countries can now travel to any country in the grouping for one month without visas, except for Myanmar.
Immigration director-general Datuk Mahmood Adam said Myanmar was excluded for security reasons as the country was still mired in crisis.
"Previously, tourists from Asean countries were only allowed to travel not more than 17 or 18 days without visas," he told reporters after chairing the Asean heads of immmigration and heads of consular meeting on Wednesday.
Mahmood said the extension was aimed at making travel in the region easy and encouraging them to stay longer. "We also discussed ways to increase the functions and concepts of Asean passports.
"There is a need to standardise the functions and concepts of our passports as this will help in identifying genuine passports from fakes," he added. - Bernama
Published: Wednesday November 5, 2008 MYT 10:28:00 PM
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Laos and Myanmar soon follow Visa-Free
ASEAN visa-free program is a step more to formed. The results of the meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers of ASEAN countries have narrowed the realization of policies which will facilitate the mobility of ASEAN citizens to interact with each other.
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, who is also Chairman of the ASEAN Foreign Minister, Marty Natalegawa, currently only Laos and Myanmar are still impose visa arrival. However, in early 2012, the two countries had agreed to remove the rule. This means that next year will ASEAN visa-free status, which facilitates communication between residents in ASEAN countries.
“It was in the stage of completion and alignment with countries that previously had done a visa-free decision. Laos and Myanmar welcomed so that we expect will be fully operational by neither the visa-free next year. Hopefully, a high mobility rate will be in harmony with the increase growth and economic development in the ASEAN region, “said Marty, Thursday (17/11/2011).
In addition to the visa-free, some ASEAN countries already operate a system of visa on arrival, although still limited in some countries of origin. Later, if agreed, although these tend to be making in their respective countries, VoA will be applied across the gate of the ASEAN countries.
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