How Much Is a Cambodia Tourist eVisa for US Citizens?

The one separate cost most Americans miss

Here is the single line item that catches US travelers out, and the reason it deserves its own section: the e-Arrival Card. It is not part of the Tourist eVisa, it is not optional, and it is the most common thing Americans forget when they price out the trip. Every air arrival into Cambodia in 2026 has to file one.

The e-Arrival Card is a separate pre-arrival declaration — 14 fields across three short sections — that you submit within the 7 days before your flight. It is $5 USD verified through us, delivered as a ready-to-scan QR code. So the honest, all-in number for a single American traveler is $80 USD for the Tourist eVisa plus $5 USD for the e-Arrival Card: $85 USD total. For a couple, that is $170 USD; for a family of four, $340 USD. Each traveler needs their own visa and their own e-Arrival Card — there is no family bundle.

The reason we flag this so hard is that the visa and the e-Arrival Card are two different forms with two different deadlines. The visa you apply for first, whenever you are ready inside the 3-month validity window. The e-Arrival Card you file last, inside the final week before departure. A single date-format slip on the e-Arrival Card is the most common reason US travelers get sent back at the kiosk — which is exactly why we verify it. The Cambodia e-Arrival Card fee guide for Americans breaks down why it is separate and what the $5 USD covers.

What you do NOT have to pay for to qualify

A real part of the Cambodia Tourist eVisa price story is the costs that simply are not there. Americans coming from a Vietnam, Indonesia, or India process often budget for documents and bookings they assume any visa demands. Cambodia asks for none of them at the application stage, which keeps the true cost of qualifying at zero beyond the visa fee itself.

• No return flight ticket. You do not need to book and pay for a flight home before you apply, and you do not need to prove onward travel to a third country.
• No hotel booking. The form asks for an intended address in Cambodia, but a hotel name and city is enough — no paid reservation, no confirmation, no nights-paid evidence.
• No bank statement or proof of funds. Cambodia sets no minimum balance for the Tourist eVisa. There is no payslip request and no employer letter.
• No travel insurance. Insurance is sensible for any trip, but the eVisa application never asks to see a policy, so it is not a cost of qualifying.
• No itinerary or tour booking. You do not need a day-by-day plan or any prepaid tours to be approved.

This matters for the budget because it means the visa price is the visa price. With many destinations, the headline visa fee is the smallest part of a much larger "cost to qualify" — a refundable hotel you book just to satisfy the form, a flight you commit to before you are ready, an insurance policy bought purely as evidence. Cambodia strips all of that out. The $80 USD is the cost of being eligible to enter, not the down payment on a stack of supporting purchases.

A note on payment, since it is the one place a US card can add a small cost of its own. The visa is billed in USD, so most American cards process it cleanly, but some issuers still apply a foreign-transaction fee on a charge that routes through an overseas processor. That is a fee from your bank, not part of the $80 USD. Our guide to Cambodia eVisa foreign transaction fees for Americans explains how to spot it and which cards avoid it entirely.

Tourist vs Business: the $10 question for Americans

Cambodia issues two eVisa classes, and the price gap between them is smaller than most US travelers expect — $10 USD. The Tourist eVisa is $80 USD all-in; the Business eVisa is $90 USD all-in. Both are approved in 3 business days and both arrive as a printable PDF by email. So the question is never really about the money. It is about which visa your trip actually needs.

The Tourist eVisa is the right and cheaper choice for genuine leisure — Angkor Wat, the beaches at Sihanoukville and the islands, a Mekong cruise, visiting family, or any vacation that stays under 30 days and does not touch paid work. For the overwhelming majority of Americans flying to Cambodia, that is the trip, and $80 USD is the number.

The Business eVisa earns its extra $10 USD only when the trip is not pure leisure or runs longer than 30 days — meetings, conferences, supplier visits, freelance gigs, or a stay you intend to extend in-country. The Tourist eVisa caps hard at 30 days, and the old tourist auto-extension ended in November 2025, so there is no way to stretch it. If any of that describes your trip, the $10 is not an upsell — it is buying the correct visa class.

The mistake to avoid is over-buying out of caution. If your trip is a straightforward two-week vacation, the Tourist eVisa at $80 USD is the right call and the extra $10 USD for Business buys you nothing you will use. The Cambodia Tourist vs Business eVisa cost comparison lines the two prices up against the trips they fit, and the which Cambodia visa do I need decision guide walks you to the right class in under a minute.

Budgeting the full cost of getting into Cambodia

Pull it together and the entry cost for an American on a standard leisure trip is easy to budget because the numbers are fixed and few. For one traveler: $80 USD for the Tourist eVisa, plus $5 USD for the e-Arrival Card, for $85 USD total. There is no departure tax to add at the airport, no on-arrival visa counter to pay at, and no stamp fee on top.

The only variable worth naming is the one outside the visa entirely: if your US card charges a foreign-transaction fee, that adds a small percentage to the charge — typically a dollar or two on an $85 USD total — and that comes from your bank, not from the visa. Use a card with no foreign-transaction fee and even that disappears. Everything else is the flat $85 USD.

Timing, not money, is the thing to manage. The eVisa is valid for 3 months from issue, so you can apply well ahead without the visa expiring before your trip. The smart sequence for most Americans is to apply for the visa once your dates are roughly set, then file the e-Arrival Card inside the final week before departure. That order keeps both forms inside their windows and means the only thing standing between you and the gate is a printed PDF and a QR code on your phone.

If you are weighing whether to pay extra for a faster turnaround, save your money — there is nothing to buy. Every Tourist eVisa is on the same 3-business-day track. What you can control is when you apply, so the practical move is to apply early rather than pay for speed that does not exist. Our guide on how far in advance to apply for a Cambodia eVisa covers the sweet spot, and the no hidden fees explainer for Americans confirms there is nothing waiting to be added at checkout.

Next steps and related reading for US citizens: apply for your Cambodia Tourist eVisa when you are ready to lodge, bookmark our Cambodia visa for United States citizens hub as the single canonical reference, see the full Cambodia visa cost for Americans breakdown for both classes, and check what is included in the Cambodia eVisa price if you want the line-by-line detail.