Kamrieng & Pailin border.....E-Visa???

[Mangostin]

Hi, 

          as the Poipet border it's becoming a nightmare, i was wondering if anyone it's been able to get into Cambodia from one of these two borders which i have never used, by using a cambodian e-visa, so they just put an entry and exit stamp on the passport, rather than using a whole page to stick a visa inside?

From the official e-visa's page, it seems that at both places, you can use an e-visa to only exit from Cambodia, maybe a possible solution would be to still use Poipet only to exit Thailand and one of this other two for getting back in?

Also, do they make problem on people going out and in on the same day?

Do i have to go to Battambang first from Poipet, or there is a link between Poipet and Kamrieng/Pailin?

 

 

 

[ubonjoe]

Battambang is commonly known as Ban Laem both it and Palin ( Ban Pakard ) are better crossings than Poi Pet.

Both allow out/in crossings.

Many people from Bangkok go to Ban Laem. From Pattaya they go Ban Pakard.

[Mangostin]

Ok, but what about the visa for Cambodia, it seems that both of them will require a whole page on the passport going wasted for it, or do they allow entry with an e-visa even if that page state it's not allowed?

I would like to save space on my passport if possible

[ubonjoe]

23 minutes ago, Mangostin said:

Ok, but what about the visa for Cambodia, it seems that both of them will require a whole page on the passport going wasted for it, or do they allow entry with an e-visa even if that page state it's not allowed?

I would like to save space on my passport if possible

You cannot use a e-visa for entry at those crossings but can depart Cambodia from any crossing using one.

Only Poi Pet and Koh Kong (Hat Lek) allow e-visa entries.

[JackThompson]

Note, because you cannot use an e-visa, you may run into the typical price-scam on your Cambodian VOA.  On my last BanLaem entry, I was asked for 1500 Baht (~$43), yet the cost of a VOA is $30.  I produced $30 USD plus the usual 100-Baht "extra fee" which I always paid when using Poipet.  They moaned, "He wants to use dollars," looked through my passport, saw I knew the drill from previous entries, and accepted this amount. 

 

Also, avoid the border-scammers trying to sell you a visa before you get to the VOA office.  The VOA office is on the Right side of the road, just after you cross into Cambodia.  You then use the visa you receive to get stamped in on the Left side of the road.  A little further down the road, an official will verify your stamp-in.  Then you can begin negotiations on onward-travel.

[Mangostin]

2 hours ago, JackThompson said:

Note, because you cannot use an e-visa, you may run into the typical price-scam on your Cambodian VOA.  On my last BanLaem entry, I was asked for 1500 Baht (~$43), yet the cost of a VOA is $30.  I produced $30 USD plus the usual 100-Baht "extra fee" which I always paid when using Poipet.  They moaned, "He wants to use dollars," looked through my passport, saw I knew the drill from previous entries, and accepted this amount. 

 

Also, avoid the border-scammers trying to sell you a visa before you get to the VOA office.  The VOA office is on the Right side of the road, just after you cross into Cambodia.  You then use the visa you receive to get stamped in on the Left side of the road.  A little further down the road, an official will verify your stamp-in.  Then you can begin negotiations on onward-travel.

 

In Poipet, even the uniformed immigration officer seated a few hundred meters before the official building, tried to cheat me out once by telling me that the office was closed and i should have paid to him some extra cash to get it all sorted, i quickly dismissed his offer and kept going, needless to say, it was all open as usual.....never paid the sharks hanging around either, just ignore them or say no without stopping, maximum 3 seconds and they'll stop bothering you.

It looks as you can use your eventual e-visa to get out from Cambo on those 2 locations (check my previous attachment), but not for going in, you got to use a different place, in Poipet you can do both ways, but the problem with this change of personnel (on the thai side), means that once you are returning, you will be given a very unwelcoming greeting, with the thai immo carefully scrutinising EVERY single stamp on your passport on each page, asking you many questions as if you were a criminal or something, no matter if you  did use their check point from years and years on a Non O, what a nasty bunch....and all while there are hundreds of people behind yourself, waiting for hours and hours....it didn't use to be like that before  

[Briggsy]

I can attest to the accuracy of Jack Thompson's post as it mirrors my experience. And I should add if 2 more points. 1. If you turn around and leave Cambodia immediately, expect to be asked for more money to get your Cambo exit stamp. 2. Aim to go on a weekday in the afternoon. Weekends in the morning are terrible as there are numerous Bangkok border run vans causing long queues. I queued to enter Thailand for over 2 hours. Nightmare.

[JackThompson]

5 hours ago, Briggsy said:

I can attest to the accuracy of Jack Thompson's post as it mirrors my experience. And I should add if 2 more points. 1. If you turn around and leave Cambodia immediately, expect to be asked for more money to get your Cambo exit stamp. 2. Aim to go on a weekday in the afternoon. Weekends in the morning are terrible as there are numerous Bangkok border run vans causing long queues. I queued to enter Thailand for over 2 hours. Nightmare.

 

Yes, forgot to mention that.  Both the VOA and stamp-in offices were very interested in where I was going - I sensed the "quick turnaround fee" was in the cards.  As I was heading to get another SETV in Phnom Penh, it did not affect my entry.

 

Thanks for the hint on timing / wait-times - guess I got lucky, this time.  I am sure it will get worse, as Poipet increasingly becomes a port for Cambodian labor entry only, and tourists begin avoiding it like the plague.