Cambodia eVisa for Minors: Documents US Families Need for Kids

The document set for a US minor, at a glance

A US minor needs exactly the same five-item document set as an adult applicant — the difference is that you build one complete set for each child rather than one for the whole family. There is no family or group application and no shared file, so a baby, a toddler, and a teenager each get their own passport, their own photo, their own bio-page scan, and their own submitted form. If you are still mapping out the whole trip, our overview of the Cambodia visa for US citizens covers the rules that apply to every traveler in your party. The good news for parents: nothing on a child file is harder to gather than an adult one, and most of it you already have on hand.

This guide walks through each document for a minor in the order the form asks for it, the child-passport lead time that catches families out, the baby-photo trick that saves a flagged file, and the consent-letter question every parent asks. When you are ready you can apply for each child, and our guide on whether children need a Cambodia visa at all covers the age rule behind the requirement.

The complete document checklist for each minor

The last three are quick. A clear scan or photo of the child passport bio page — both edges in frame, no glare on the laminate, every line of the machine-readable zone legible. A working email address, which can be a parent Gmail or Outlook account that accepts PDF attachments, since the approval letter is a PDF. And a payment method — Visa, Mastercard, AmEx, PayPal, Apple Pay, or Google Pay — which can be the same family card used for every child. If you want the same five-item breakdown written for adult travelers, the documents required for Americans guide covers it field by field.

What is NOT on the form (the consent-letter myth)

The consent letter deserves a clear word, because it is the question we get most from parents. A notarized consent letter from the absent parent can be requested by an airline at check-in, or by an immigration officer, when a child travels without both parents — that is a real and separate situation. It is just not a Cambodia eVisa requirement. If only one parent is flying with the child, prepare a consent letter for the airline and the border anyway, but understand it has nothing to do with what you upload on the visa form. The US State Department travel guidance for Cambodia is the right reference for the airline and border side of traveling with a minor.