Cambodia is one of the most impressive countries in Southeast Asia, although many people only pass through Cambodia during their visit to the Angkor Wat temples.
In Cambodia, along with neighboring Myanmar, you will find very friendly people willing to help tourists, and generally, infrastructure and tourist attractions that are somewhat less saturated than in other Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand or Vietnam.
How to Obtain Your Visa for Cambodia
To enter Cambodia, it is necessary to have a tourist visa that allows you to stay in the country for one month. If you wish to extend your stay, you should apply for a business visa, which allows you to stay in the country for more days and also enter and exit without restrictions.
Although the word ‘visa’ often brings to mind images of bureaucracy and paperwork, the visa to enter Cambodia can be obtained at the airport upon arrival.
If you do not want to queue with other tourists who also require a visa to enter the country, you can always apply for an e-Visa (electronic visa) online.
Visa for Cambodia upon arrival
The so-called Visa on arrival is the easiest to obtain and can be acquired at all airports and border crossings in the country upon your arrival, whether by land or air.
If you enter Cambodia through a rather remote or less-trafficked border control, you might encounter the typical police officer who asks for more money than the legally fixed fee for this service, although this is not very common. This is even less common if you enter Cambodia through one of its main airports.
Requirements to obtain a visa upon arrival
To obtain a visa on arrival, you will only need:
- Your passport, which must be valid for at least 6 months on your arrival date
- One passport-size photo.
- Pay the corresponding fee, which is currently $30 (we recommend carrying US dollars)
The disadvantage of applying for a visa on arrival is that you will have to queue and wait with the rest of the passengers who also need one, in addition to having to complete immigration documentation.
If your flight’s arrival coincides with that of other tourists, you will have to wait in line for a long time, so if you want to avoid waiting, we recommend applying for an electronic visa. OneMoreDestination can help you with all the procedures and visa applications so you don’t have to worry about anything.
Electronic visa or eVisa for Cambodia
The great advantage of obtaining an electronic visa for Cambodia is that you can do it in advance and from your own home. Access the official page here.
This way, you will avoid queues upon arrival at the airport and can enter the country directly without problems. OneMoreDestination.com can handle the electronic visa processing so you can enter the country directly once your flight lands.
Additionally, you can use any credit or debit card for fee payment, so you no longer have to worry about carrying US dollars with you.
Requirements to obtain an electronic visa
To obtain an electronic visa for Cambodia, you will need the following:
- Your passport, valid for at least 6 months from the date of entry, similar to what is required for on-arrival visas
- A passport-sized photo
- Scan or take a photo of your passport
- Pay the corresponding fee online, which in this case is $40.
As we have mentioned, the great advantage of obtaining a visa for Cambodia online is that you will not have to queue with the rest of the passengers who need an arrival visa.
You will only need to go through the immigration counter where your entry stamp will be affixed.
From OneMoreDestination.com, we recommend doing it this way, and if you prefer to focus on the general organization of your trip, we can take care of it ourselves.
Where to obtain an electronic visa for Cambodia
You can obtain the electronic visa through the government’s website, through specialized visa management companies for different countries around the world, or we can handle it ourselves.
Electronic visa through the official website of the Cambodian Government
The official website of the Cambodian Government can sometimes be a bit chaotic and not function correctly, like the vast majority of websites in many countries around the world.
If the website is not working on the day you wish to complete the procedures, we recommend that you switch to one of the other options. If you do it through the official government website, it is simply a matter of filling in all the requested data (we can apply for up to 5 visas at once), making the payment online, and waiting for the confirmation email, which usually takes between 1 and 2 days.
Electronic visa through an external company
There are many visa management companies that, for a small surcharge for management fees, handle all the procedures themselves.
Electronic visa through OneMoreDestination.com
We handle the management of electronic visas during the organization of your customized trip to Cambodia, so if you travel with OneMoreDestination.com, we will take care of the visa management for all members of the trip, as well as scheduling stays and internal flights throughout the duration of your trip through Southeast Asia.
