E-class extension for a foreign national working for an employer in Cambodia.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 12
South-Eastern Asia · Immigration
Cambodia
Cambodia sits in South-Eastern Asia. Its immigration system runs 25 distinct routes — led by family, short stays and visits and work, each set out in official law. 24 of them cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
1 further route is recorded for Cambodia but not shown here — its details are still under review.
- Immigration routes
- 25across 12 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 24 of 25cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Family5 of the 25 routes — see them under Family below
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia
- Capital
- Phnom Penh
- Population
- 17,847,982
- Official language
- Khmer
- Currency
- KHR
- Time zone
- UTC+07:00
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 25 routes, grouped by purpose — 24 of 25 cite an official government source directly. Any route below without one says so on the route.
Work
3 routes
Special non-immigrant permission for a foreign national engaged in coastal fishing in Cambodia with government authorization.
Eligibility: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 8
Temporary stay for a foreign employee working for a Qualified Investment Project when suitable Cambodian personnel cannot be found.
Eligibility: 2Report facts: 10
Official government source: cdc.gov.kh · checked 2026-07-26
Investment
3 routes
Historical statutory residence basis for a private investor whose project has received investment authorization from the competent development authority.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 9
Statutory one-year residence period for a private investor studying the feasibility of an investment project in Cambodia.
Process & costs: 5Report facts: 5
Official government source: library.ncdd.gov.kh · checked 2026-07-26
Temporary long-term stay for a foreign investor implementing a registered Qualified Investment Project while that project operates.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 7
Starting a business
2 routes
E-class extension for a foreigner starting or operating a business, or working as a freelancer, in Cambodia.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 2Process & costs: 1Report facts: 8
Initial ordinary or business-class entry used before a qualifying E-class extension.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 10
Study
1 route
E-class extension for a foreign national studying in Cambodia.
Report facts: 1
Official government source: cdc.gov.kh · checked 2026-07-26
Family
5 routes
Dependent E-class extension for the spouse or child of a qualifying EB holder.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 8
Temporary long-term stay for the minor child of a qualifying foreign foreign employee under a registered Qualified Investment Project.
Documents: 1Report facts: 9
Temporary long-term stay for the spouse of a qualifying foreign foreign employee under a registered Qualified Investment Project.
Documents: 1Report facts: 9
Temporary long-term stay for the minor child of a qualifying foreign investor under a registered Qualified Investment Project.
Documents: 1Report facts: 9
Temporary long-term stay for the spouse of a qualifying foreign investor under a registered Qualified Investment Project.
Documents: 1Report facts: 9
Living from your own income
1 route
E-class extension for a foreign national staying in Cambodia on the retirement basis.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 6
Official government source: cdc.gov.kh · checked 2026-08-03
Long-term residence
2 routes
Resident-card basis for an immigrant alien admitted to conduct an employed, industrial, commercial, agricultural, service or professional activity in Cambodia.
Eligibility: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 11
Official government source: library.ncdd.gov.kh · checked 2026-07-26
Residual statutory resident-card basis for a foreign national recognized as an immigrant outside the enumerated temporary non-immigrant classes.
Report facts: 1
Official government source: library.ncdd.gov.kh · checked 2026-07-26
Culture, faith and volunteering
1 route
Courtesy visa for an employee of an international NGO that has a memorandum of understanding with the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Report facts: 9
Short stays and visits
4 routes
Joint visitor visa intended to cover travel in Cambodia and Thailand through one application.
Process & costs: 1Report facts: 7
Visa-exempt short stay for an ordinary-passport holder of a currently covered ASEAN member state.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 7
Temporary visa-exempt short stay for eligible People's Republic of China passport holders during the published 2026 pilot.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 8
Official government source: evisa.gov.kh · checked 2026-07-26
Single-entry tourist visa for a traveller who is not using a current visa exemption.
Documents: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 11
Humanitarian protection
1 route
National protection procedure for a person seeking recognition as a refugee in Cambodia.
Process & costs: 1Report facts: 6
Ancestry and return
1 route
Free Khmer-class visa for a foreign-passport holder born in Cambodia or able to prove Cambodian heritage.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 2Process & costs: 1Report facts: 6
Transit
1 route
Transit visa for a traveller awaiting onward transport through Cambodia.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 3Report facts: 6
Official sources
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