The eVisa lets you into Cambodia; the e-Arrival Card tells Immigration you are coming. They are different documents, filed at different times, and most travellers need both. Here is how they fit together.

Most travellers do. The eVisa is permission to enter Cambodia and is needed by most nationalities; the e-Arrival Card is an arrival declaration that every traveller flying in must file, visa or not. Apply for the eVisa weeks ahead, then file the e-Arrival Card in the 7 days before you land.
Because both are online, both are Cambodian and both start with an “e”, the e-Arrival Card and the eVisa are easy to mix up. Travellers regularly assume that one covers the other: that an approved eVisa means the arrival paperwork is done, or that filing the e-Arrival Card is the same as getting a visa. Neither is true, and mixing them up is one of the few ways to arrive in Cambodia missing something you need.
The simplest way to hold the difference in your head is this. The eVisa answers the question “Are you allowed in?” The e-Arrival Card answers the question “Who is arriving, and how?” Immigration asks both questions, so most travellers need both answers.
La fila que más importa es la primera. La eVisa te da un derecho; la Tarjeta de e-Llegada registra información. Por eso tener una nunca te exime de la otra.
La propia guía de Camboya es explícita sobre el punto clave: todos los viajeros deben completar la e-Llegada, incluso si ya se les ha concedido una visa. Por lo tanto, la Tarjeta de e-Llegada es un requisito para cualquiera que vuele. Si también necesitas la eVisa depende de tu pasaporte.
Si no estás seguro de en qué grupo cae tu pasaporte, el verificador de elegibilidad te dirá en segundos si necesitas una visa para Camboya.
Los viajeros exentos de visa a menudo asumen que también están exentos de la tarjeta de llegada. No lo están, y nuestra guía sobre la Tarjeta de e-Llegada para viajeros exentos de visa explica por qué.
La visa, siempre. La eVisa tarda de 3 a 5 días en aprobarse y la quieres en mano mucho antes de volar, porque las aerolíneas pueden pedirla en el check-in. La Tarjeta de e-Llegada no puede presentarse hasta que estés dentro de los 7 días de llegada, por lo que naturalmente es lo último que haces.
If you still need the visa, you can apply for the Cambodia eVisa online: Tourist $80 USD or Business $90 USD, approved in 3–5 days and delivered by email.
The eVisa and the e-Arrival Card are separate, but on arrival they are read together, alongside your passport. That means they have to tell the same story. The most important overlap is the passport itself: your visa was issued against a specific passport number, and your e-Arrival Card must be filed on that same passport.
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No. Your eVisa document may carry its own code, but it is not the e-Arrival Card. The e-Arrival Card is a separate submission with a separate QR code, filed within 7 days of arrival.
The visa on arrival is handled at the airport, but the e-Arrival Card is designed to be filed before you fly. Filing it in advance means one less thing to do in the arrivals hall.
It is not a visa of any kind. Cambodia states plainly that the e-Arrival is not a visa. It gives you no permission to enter; it records your arrival.
Each traveller files their own card, children included, just as each traveller who needs a visa needs their own visa. Our guide to the e-Arrival Card for families covers filing for a group.
Think of the two as bookends. The eVisa is the first thing you do after booking your flights; the e-Arrival Card is the last thing you do before you leave home. Do the visa early, file the card inside the 7-day window, keep both matched to the same passport, and your arrival in Cambodia should be the quickest part of the journey.
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