Cambodia eVisa Credit Card Surcharge for Australians (2026 Reality)
The Cambodia eVisa price you see at our checkout — $80 USD (~$122 AUD) Tourist or $90 USD (~$137 AUD) Business — does not include a credit-card surcharge. We charge zero surcharge regardless of card type. What your Australian-issued card adds is a separate FX or foreign-transaction fee from your bank (typically 1.5–3%), which is avoidable with the right card.
Does the Cambodia eVisa price include a credit-card surcharge for Australians?
No — there is no credit-card surcharge added at our checkout. The Cambodia eVisa price for Australians is $80 USD (~$122 AUD) for the Tourist visa or $90 USD (~$137 AUD) for the Business visa, charged at face value regardless of whether you pay with Visa debit, Mastercard credit, AmEx, PayPal, Apple Pay, or Google Pay. What your Australian-issued card will add is a foreign-transaction fee from your bank — typically 1.5–3% of the AUD amount — because the underlying transaction is in USD. On a CBA, Westpac, NAB, or ANZ standard credit card, expect roughly 3% added as a separate line on your statement labelled 'intl txn fee'. The easiest fix is to pay with a no-FX-fee card like Wise debit, ING Orange Everyday, Macquarie debit, or 28 Degrees, all of which add zero on a USD-denominated charge.
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- The Cambodia eVisa price at our checkout includes zero credit-card surcharge: $80 USD (~$122 AUD) Tourist or $90 USD (~$137 AUD) Business, charged at face value regardless of card type or scheme.
- Your Australian-issued card adds its own foreign-transaction fee — typically 1.5–3% — because the underlying transaction is in USD. That fee is paid to your bank, not to us.
- Big four (CBA, Westpac, NAB, ANZ) sit at roughly 3% on most cards. AmEx personal around 3%. This adds $3–$4 AUD to the visa total on a standard credit card.
- Cards that charge zero FX fee on USD transactions: Wise debit, ING Orange Everyday (with monthly deposit conditions), Macquarie debit, 28 Degrees, Up Bank, HSBC Everyday Global Account, and Bankwest Breeze Platinum.
- On your card statement the FX fee appears as a separate line item labelled 'intl txn fee' or 'overseas processing fee' — not bundled into the main visa charge. The eVisa charge itself matches the AUD figure shown at our checkout to within a cent or two.
Two different fees Aussie travellers conflate
The phrase 'credit-card surcharge' gets used loosely in Australia, and the most common point of confusion on a Cambodia eVisa transaction is between the merchant surcharge (which is what most domestic Aussie checkouts apply — that 1.5% you see on an Uber Eats receipt for paying with AmEx) and the foreign-transaction fee (which is what your own bank charges you for converting a USD purchase to AUD). They look similar on a card statement and they often arrive on the same transaction, but they come from completely different places.
On our Cambodia eVisa checkout, the merchant surcharge is zero. Whether you pay with a Visa debit card, a Mastercard credit card, an AmEx, PayPal, Apple Pay, or Google Pay, the price displayed is the price charged. The $80 USD (~$122 AUD) Tourist visa stays at $80 USD. The $90 USD (~$137 AUD) Business visa stays at $90 USD. No 1.5% added at the final step for paying with one scheme versus another. We absorb the underlying card processing cost rather than passing it through.
The foreign-transaction fee is a different beast and it depends entirely on which Australian-issued card you used to pay. The big four banks (Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, NAB, ANZ) and most challenger banks apply a foreign-transaction fee on any USD-denominated purchase, regardless of who the merchant is. That fee is between you and your bank — it shows up as a separate line on your statement and it is fully avoidable by paying with a card that has a zero-FX-fee policy. This article walks through how it shows up, what each major bank actually charges, and the easy fix.
If you want the wider picture of how the AUD figure on your statement is calculated from a USD purchase, the AUD conversion guide walks through the live mid-market mechanics. The fees explained piece itemises everything bundled into the $80 USD (~$122 AUD) Tourist or $90 USD (~$137 AUD) Business price, and the hidden-fees article covers the broader industry patterns. For the umbrella view across cost, processing time, and documents, see the official Cambodia eVisa for Australians hub.
What our checkout does (and does not) charge
Our Cambodia eVisa checkout displays the price in USD with the AUD equivalent shown next to it, calculated at the live mid-market rate at the moment of transaction. When you tap confirm, your card is charged the displayed USD amount. The AUD figure that lands on your card statement is whatever your bank's converted equivalent of that USD charge ends up being — which, before any FX fee, will be within a cent or two of the AUD displayed at checkout, because our shown AUD figure uses the same mid-market reference rate that the card networks use to convert.
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Does VisaToCambodia charge a credit-card surcharge?
No. Our Cambodia eVisa checkout charges $80 USD (~$122 AUD) Tourist or $90 USD (~$137 AUD) Business at face value regardless of whether you pay with Visa debit, Mastercard credit, AmEx, PayPal, Apple Pay, or Google Pay. There is no merchant surcharge added at the final step. AmEx users in particular often expect a 3% surcharge based on domestic Aussie shopping habits — there is none on our flow.
Why does my CBA / Westpac / NAB / ANZ statement show an extra fee on the eVisa?
That extra line is your bank's foreign-transaction fee — usually around 3% of the AUD-converted amount, labelled 'intl txn fee' or 'overseas processing'. It is applied because the underlying eVisa transaction is in USD, and your bank charges to convert that to AUD. The fee is paid to your bank, not to us. On an $80 USD Tourist visa it adds about $3.66 AUD; on a $90 USD Business visa about $4.11 AUD.
Which Australian cards charge zero FX fee on the Cambodia eVisa?
Wise debit, ING Orange Everyday (with monthly deposit conditions met), Macquarie debit, 28 Degrees Platinum Mastercard, Up Bank debit, HSBC Everyday Global Account, Bankwest Breeze Platinum, and Revolut (Australia) on the free tier within monthly limits. All of these settle a USD purchase at the live mid-market rate with no foreign-transaction fee added.
Does AmEx charge me a surcharge on the Cambodia eVisa?
No surcharge from us on AmEx — the $80 USD (~$122 AUD) Tourist or $90 USD (~$137 AUD) Business price is the same whether you pay with AmEx, Visa, Mastercard, or a wallet. Your AmEx card may apply a foreign-transaction fee of around 3% on its end (standard for AmEx Australia personal cards), which lands as a separate line on your statement. Some AmEx travel-credit cards waive the FX fee — check the product disclosure for your specific card.
Does Apple Pay or Google Pay change the FX fee on my eVisa?
No. Apple Pay and Google Pay are payment methods that inherit the underlying linked card's FX fee policy. If you link a CBA credit card to Apple Pay and pay with Apple Pay, the transaction settles against that CBA credit card and the CBA 3% FX fee still applies. If you link a Wise debit card to Apple Pay, the Wise zero-FX-fee policy applies. The wallet is just a wrapper — the fee comes from the linked card.
What about PayPal — is there a surcharge or different FX rate?
No surcharge from us on PayPal. The wrinkle with PayPal is that it does its own currency conversion at a less favourable rate than your bank's. If you have a USD balance in PayPal, the transaction settles directly in USD without any conversion. If you pay with an AUD-funded PayPal account, PayPal converts USD to AUD using their own rate, which typically adds 2.5–4% over mid-market — comparable to a big-four bank FX fee, just collected by PayPal rather than your bank.
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