Visa On Arrival In Cambodia?

[CMExpat79]

Has anyone flew recently to PP cambodia? the reason I ask is I have a flight booked for next Monday from Bangkok, and I wondered do I need to pay something when I arrive for a visa? or should I have one in advance...I will be there for 4 days only then head back to bangkok

thanks for any help

[VisasPlus]

Here is an extract from the electronic Travel Information Manual for British citizens travelling to Cambodia:

Cambodia (KH)

Passport required.

- Passport and/or passport replacing documents must be valid

for at least 6 months after the date of arrival.

Visa required.

Visa Issuance:

- On arrival: if required, to foreign nationals living abroad

holding proof of being born in Cambodia, and with a passport

photo. Free of charge. Visa is valid until passport expires.

Passport must contain at least one blank page for visa

endorsement.

- On arrival: if required, to those coming for touristic or

business purposes for a stay of max. 30 days. Fee: USD 20,-

and passport photo is required. Passport must contain at

least one blank page for visa endorsement. (SEE NOTE 23655)

NOTE 23655: Extensions are possible, for: touristic

purposes:one month: USD 5.- per day; business purposes: one

month: USD 45.-; 6 months: USD 155.-; 1 year: USD 285,-.

Additional Information:

- Tourist visas may be issued in a passport or issued in an

e-Visa format, printed on a separate piece of paper.

- All visitors must hold documents required for their next

destination and sufficient funds to cover their stay.

- Entering on a one-way ticket is allowed for nationals of

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

I hope that answers the question. A link to the TIMATICweb is :

http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations/plan_flight/international_travel_information/visa_passport_information/index.jsp

[SantiSuk]

Yes - $20 and don't forget a photo (no need to be too recent as long as it looks like you; I repeatedly get away with using a stock that is 4 years old and were printed on photo paper on my PC printer, whereas the UK would reject those photos on two counts!).

Bit of a scrum when you get to PP airport, so if you can get off the plane smartish it may cut your delay to 10 minutes instead of 20. I think they will take baht but the exchange rate will be crap - better to get a supply of dollars before you go to Camby anyway (try to get less than $50 denoms); the Cambodian Riel is only used for small local transactions and as change for splitting one dollar into smaller denominations.

Taxi from airport is regulated $9 to anywhere in PP - a 20-30 minute journey outside rush hour. Tuk tuk saves only $2 on this and is not worth it - too slow. No buses I know of but you could ask on Khmer440.com (TV.com's equivalent) if you want to save. No forget that - you are flying not taking the cheap charlie bus, so presumably you will want to pay for the convenience.

www.canbypublications.com should be your tourist bible. Best one-country travel website around. TAT take note!

PM me if you need any more info. (I'm not selling anything!)

[CMExpat79]

Thank you both for this info it is appreciated and very helpful! will go and get some dollar this week

Santisuk - thanks for the link will take a good look at it, I booked a hotel in PP that offers a pick-up service, although seems I will be paying over the odds as they are charging me $12 not to worry.

This will be my first trip to Cambodia so am looking forward to it, although one thing that concerns me is travelling at night time, I am a young female (well youngish at 26 ) and I have read that sometimes taxis take you to somewhere other than you asked so you buy something?? .I know not to believe everything I read, and I do have some street sense after being in Thailand for a while but it did catch my attention when I saw this several times.

However to be honest I will most likely be in my hotel bar in the evening so not really that much of an issue, unless I somehow get lost

Thanks again !