Cambodia Visa Types Explained for Australians: 2026 Full Catalogue (T, E, A, K, B)
Five visa classes exist on paper — but only two matter for ~99% of Australians: Tourist eVisa (T-Class, $80 USD / ~$122 AUD) and Business eVisa (E-Class / Ordinary, $90 USD / ~$137 AUD). The other three (A diplomatic, K Khmer-by-birth returnees, B official) require embassy applications and don't apply to ordinary AU travellers.
What types of Cambodia visa can Australians apply for?
Five visa classes exist on paper — but only two matter for ~99% of Australians: Tourist eVisa (T-Class, $80 USD / ~$122 AUD all-in) and Business eVisa (E-Class / Ordinary, $90 USD / ~$137 AUD). The other three (A diplomatic, K Khmer-by-birth returnees, B official) require embassy applications and don't apply to ordinary AU travellers. Almost every Aussie reading this needs T (leisure, Angkor, family visits) or E (business meetings, paid work, long stays).
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- Cambodia has five visa classes on paper — T (Tourist), E (Business/Ordinary), A (Diplomatic), K (Khmer-by-birth returnees), and B (Official). Only T and E matter for ~99% of Australians.
- The Tourist eVisa (T-Class) is $80 USD (~$122 AUD) all-in and covers leisure, family visits, Angkor Wat, and beach trips — the right answer for around 95% of Aussies.
- The Business eVisa (E-Class / Ordinary) is $90 USD (~$137 AUD) all-in and covers paid work, meetings, conferences, supplier visits, and any stay longer than 30 days.
- Classes A, K, and B sit outside the eVisa portal entirely — they require embassy applications through the Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Canberra and almost never apply to ordinary Australian travellers.
- The eVisa portal only issues T and E classes. If someone tells you to apply for an A, K, or B class online for an Aussie tourist trip, they are wrong — those classes are not available online.
Cambodia's five-class visa system, simplified for Aussies
The five Cambodia visa classes — full attribute table
T-Class (Tourist) — the right answer for ~95% of Aussies
E-Class (Business / Ordinary) — the right answer for ~4% of Aussies
A, K, B classes — niche, not for ordinary Aussies
The eVisa portal: T and E only — A, K, B go through the embassy
How Aussies actually pick between T and E
What the visa class code does at the border
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How many Cambodia visa types are there?
Five classes on paper, codified by the General Department of Immigration: T (Tourist), E (Business / Ordinary), A (Diplomatic), K (Khmer-by-birth returnees), and B (Official). In practice only two of those — T and E — are available to ordinary Australian travellers through the online eVisa system. The other three sit outside the eVisa system entirely and require an embassy submission through the Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Canberra, with eligibility paperwork that an ordinary Aussie tourist or business traveller does not have. For ~99% of Australians the answer to 'how many visa types apply to me' is two: Tourist or Business.
What Cambodia visa class do Australians get?
Around 95% of Aussies get the T-Class (Tourist eVisa) — $80 USD (~$122 AUD) all-in, 3 business days, single entry, 30 days in-country, leisure activities only. About 4% get the E-Class (Business eVisa, formally the Ordinary visa) — $90 USD (~$137 AUD) all-in, same 3 business days, same 30-day initial stay, but extendable in-country and covering paid work, meetings, conferences, and stays longer than 30 days. The remaining ~1% sits in edge cases like Khmer-Australian dual citizens (K-Class through the embassy) or diplomatic-passport holders (A-Class through the embassy). For an ordinary Aussie tourist trip, the answer is almost always T.
What is the difference between T-Class and Tourist eVisa?
Nothing — they are the same thing. T-Class is the formal Cambodian Immigration class code that appears on your visa approval PDF and gets logged at the border scan. Tourist eVisa is the everyday label used on the application portal and across travel guides. Both refer to the same $80 USD (~$122 AUD) leisure visa for Aussies. The same naming pattern applies to the Business visa: E-Class is the formal code, Business eVisa is the everyday label, and the older Cambodian Immigration documents call it the Ordinary visa — all three names describe the same $90 USD product.
Can Aussies apply for the K class?
Only Aussies of Khmer descent who can prove Khmer lineage through one or both parents — and who are returning to Cambodia long-term — can apply for the K-Class. It is a meaningful category for Khmer-Australian dual citizens and second-generation Khmer-Australians moving back, but the K-Class is not a general-purpose visa for Australians without Khmer heritage. Applications go through the Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Canberra with supporting eligibility paperwork (birth certificates, parental documentation, often Khmer-language family records). The K-Class is not available on the online eVisa portal — do not look for it in the dropdown.
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