Reapplying for a Cambodia eVisa: A Faster Checklist for Returning Americans
You have done this before, so the second Cambodia eVisa is nothing like the first. Most of the five-item pack is already on your phone from last time. Here is the faster checklist for returning Americans — what carries over, what to refresh, and the exact order to clear the whole thing in minutes.
How do returning Americans reapply for a Cambodia eVisa faster?
Reapplying is a full new application — the Cambodia eVisa is single-entry, so your old one was used up when you left last time and cannot be renewed. The speed comes from reuse: your passport, your knowledge of the form, your accommodation answer, and your payment method all carry over, so most returning Americans finish the upload in a couple of minutes. Before you start, refresh three things — a passport photo taken in the last 6 months, your new flight dates, and a fresh bio-page scan if you renewed your passport since the last trip. Then run the same sequence you already know: passport details, photo and scan upload, the short trip section, payment, submit. The price is unchanged at $80 USD Tourist or $90 USD Business, approved in 3 business days. File a new e-Arrival Card too — it is per-trip and never carries over.
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- Reapplying is a full new application, not a renewal — but it is far faster the second time because you already know the form and most of the pack is on your phone.
- What reuses: your passport (if still 6+ months valid), the field order, your accommodation answer, and your payment method. What refreshes: a photo older than 6 months, your new flight dates, and a re-scan if you renewed your passport.
- Same price every trip — Tourist eVisa $80 USD or Business eVisa $90 USD, approved in 3 business days and delivered as a printable PDF by email.
- A new e-Arrival Card is required for every arrival — $5 USD verified through us, 14 fields, filed within 7 days before each flight. Your old Card cannot be reused.
- Returning travelers most often get tripped by a stale photo, a renewed passport that changed the number, or a name mismatch — refresh those three before you start and the reapply clears in one pass.
Why your second Cambodia eVisa is so much faster
The first Cambodia eVisa application feels like work because everything is unfamiliar. You read the photo specs for the first time, you second-guess the accommodation field, you hunt for your passport scan, you wonder whether you need a flight booking (you do not). By the time you submit, you have spent ten or fifteen minutes you were not expecting to spend. The second time around is a different experience entirely — returning Americans routinely clear the whole reapply during a coffee break.
The reason is simple: the application has not changed, and most of what it asks for is already sitting on your phone from last time. You are not learning anything new — you are repeating a sequence you already ran once. The only friction left is the handful of items that genuinely need refreshing each trip. Knock those out first, and the rest is muscle memory. This checklist is built to get you from "I need to go back" to "submitted" in the shortest possible path.
One thing to be clear about up front: reapplying is a brand-new application, not a renewal. The Cambodia eVisa is single-entry, so your previous one was consumed the moment you exited Cambodia last time — there is nothing to reactivate. If you want the full why-every-trip-needs-its-own logic before the how-to, our guide on whether you need a new Cambodia eVisa every trip covers it, and when you are ready you can apply for your next eVisa straight away.
The faster reapply checklist: what to reuse, what to refresh
The whole trick to a fast reapply is sorting the pack into two buckets before you open the form: the items that carry straight over from last time, and the short list that needs refreshing for this trip. Spend two minutes on the refresh bucket and the rest of the application flies. Here is the split.
Reuse — already done, no action needed
- Your passport — the same one works again, as long as it still has at least 6 months of validity from your new date of entry and one full blank page for the stamp. If nothing changed since last trip, you do not even need a fresh scan.
- Your knowledge of the form — the field order, the photo rules, the payment step. None of it changes between applications, so there is no relearning curve.
- Your accommodation answer — the form only wants a hotel name and city, not a booking reference. If you are staying somewhere similar, you already know what to type.
- Your payment method — the same card, PayPal, Apple Pay, or Google Pay works again with no re-verification on our side.
Refresh — the short list that actually needs work
- A passport photo taken in the last 6 months. Immigration wants a recent photo, so an aging shot from your last trip can get flagged. A fresh phone photo against a white wall fixes it in 90 seconds.
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How do I reapply for a Cambodia eVisa as a returning American?
You file a brand-new application — the eVisa is single-entry, so the old one was used up when you left and cannot be renewed. The speed comes from reuse: your passport, your knowledge of the form, your accommodation answer, and your payment method all carry over. Refresh three things first — a photo from the last 6 months, your new flight dates, and a fresh scan only if you renewed your passport — then run the same sequence you already know. Approval is 3 business days at $80 USD Tourist or $90 USD Business.
Is reapplying cheaper than my first Cambodia eVisa?
No — the price is the same every trip: $80 USD for the Tourist eVisa or $90 USD for the Business eVisa, approved in 3 business days. What changes is the speed. Because you already know the form and most of the five required items are still on your phone, returning travelers routinely finish the upload in a couple of minutes instead of the ten-plus the first round took.
What can I reuse from my last Cambodia eVisa application?
Your passport (if it still has 6+ months validity from your new entry date and a blank page), your knowledge of the form and field order, your accommodation answer (a hotel name and city is all the form needs), and your payment method. What you cannot reuse: the visa itself, your old e-Arrival Card, a photo now older than 6 months, and your previous trip dates — every application is tied to the specific trip you are taking now.
Do I need a new passport scan if my passport has not changed?
No. If you are traveling on the same passport and it still has at least 6 months of validity from your new date of entry, you do not need a fresh scan — the details have not changed. You only re-scan if you renewed your passport since the last trip, because a new passport means a new number, new expiry, and a new machine-readable zone to capture.
Do I need a new e-Arrival Card for my return trip?
Yes. The e-Arrival Card is per-arrival, separate from the visa, and cannot be reused. Each Cambodia arrival needs its own fresh Card — $5 USD verified through us, 14 fields, filed within 7 days before that specific flight. Your old QR code from last trip carries no standing at the gate, so put the reminder on your calendar when you book the return flight.
I renewed my passport since my last trip. Does that slow down the reapply?
Slightly, but only by a single step. A renewed passport has a new number, new expiry, and a new machine-readable zone, so you must enter the new details exactly as they read and upload a fresh bio-page scan. Apply on the new passport and travel on the new passport — never mix the old and new. Beyond the re-scan, the rest of the application runs exactly as before.
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