Once you've flown out of Cambodia, the Tourist eVisa you used on that trip is finished — there is no remote extension, no refresh, and no reissue. Since November 2025, even in-country Tourist eVisa extensions have ended. The right move for your next Cambodia trip is a fresh $80 USD (~$122 AUD) Tourist eVisa, approved in 3 business days.
No. A Cambodia Tourist eVisa ends the moment you exit the country at KTI, SAI, or KOS — it cannot be extended, refreshed, reissued, or revived from Australia. Tourist eVisa in-country extensions also ended in November 2025, so even if you were still in Cambodia today the option would no longer exist. The clean fix for your next Cambodia trip is a fresh Tourist eVisa at $80 USD (~$122 AUD) all-in, approved in 3 business days, delivered as a printable PDF by email. If you are planning a longer stay or any paid work, the Business eVisa at $90 USD (~$137 AUD) is the right class — it is the only Cambodia visa Australians can extend in-country.
We get this enquiry from Aussie travellers most weeks: they came home from a great two or three weeks in Cambodia, started looking at flight prices for a return trip a few months later, and assumed there was some way to extend or top up the Tourist eVisa they already used. Sometimes the trigger is a friend's wedding in Siem Reap they want to attend; sometimes it is a second look at Kampot they did not have time for; sometimes it is simply that the first trip left them wanting more. The instinct to extend the visa they already paid for is logical — and unfortunately it is not how the Cambodian system works.
There are two separate misconceptions tangled together. The first is that a Tourist eVisa can be extended from outside Cambodia by paying a top-up fee — it cannot, and it never could. The second is that the in-country Tourist eVisa extension still exists in 2026 — it does not, that pathway ended in November 2025. Once both of those are off the table, the question becomes simpler: what does extension actually mean in Cambodia, and what is the correct move for your next trip. This guide walks through both honestly so you can plan the return trip without paying for a service that does not exist.
This is the after-the-fact extension guide for Australians who have already departed Cambodia. If you are still planning your first trip and weighing options, the Cambodia Tourist visa for Australians anchor covers the upfront application, the Do Australians Need a Visa for Cambodia pillar covers the wider eligibility picture, and the Cambodia visa extension vs fresh eVisa guide sits one level above this one with the full decision tree on when to extend in-country and when to start fresh. Our Cambodia eVisa Australian guide pulls all the pieces — cost, documents, processing — into one place.
The word extension does a lot of heavy lifting in the way Aussies talk about visas, and most of the misunderstanding starts here. In the Cambodian Immigration system, an extension has always meant exactly one thing: extending your CURRENT 30-day stay while you are physically still inside Cambodia, lodged either at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) office in Phnom Penh, or through a registered Cambodian immigration agent in Phnom Penh or Siem Reap. It is a stamp added to your passport on top of the original entry stamp, sitting beside the visa sticker you arrived on.
Extension has never meant a remote top-up from your home country. There is no online portal where you log in from Sydney, enter the reference number of last trip's Tourist eVisa, and pay $30 to add 30 days to your next visit. The previous visa is closed off as a completed travel document the moment you exit Cambodia — the entry stamp on the way in and the exit stamp on the way out bookend it, and the Cambodian Immigration database flags that file as used. Nothing about that file is reusable for a future trip. Each new entry into Cambodia needs its own fresh visa document keyed to that specific arrival.
The Tourist eVisa in-country extension was a useful product for years — Aussies on a 30-day Tourist eVisa could lodge an extension at MFAIC Phnom Penh for $50 USD (~$76 AUD) and add another 30 days to their stay. In November 2025 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs closed that pathway as part of a wider tightening of the Tourist class, with the policy intent being that genuine tourists rarely need more than 30 days and travellers with longer stays should enter on the Business eVisa from the start. The change is not on a sunset clause — it is the operating rule of the system in 2026. There is no in-country Tourist extension to apply for, no transitional window, no exception for Aussies who arrived on a Tourist visa before November 2025.
Once you have exited Cambodia, the Tourist eVisa you used on that trip is recorded in the Cambodian Immigration database as a completed travel document — entered on date X, exited on date Y, file closed. There is no mechanism in the Cambodian system, the MFAIC portal, or any registered agent's process to reopen a closed file and add more days for a future arrival. Aussies sometimes ask whether they can pay a re-validation fee to keep last trip's visa live for the next visit — there is no such product, no such fee, and no agent who can quietly arrange one. Every fresh arrival into Cambodia needs its own fresh visa file. The good news is that the fresh visa is straightforward, and the cost is the same as the original — $80 USD (~$122 AUD) all-in for the Tourist eVisa, $90 USD (~$137 AUD) all-in for the Business eVisa.
Three honest worked scenarios from the most common returning-traveller cases we see. Numbers are 2026 indicative pricing — the Tourist eVisa is $80 USD (~$122 AUD) all-in through us, the Business eVisa is $90 USD (~$137 AUD) all-in.
Scenario one — Melbourne couple back for a second Siem Reap trip. They flew home from a two-week Siem Reap and Battambang trip in March, used Tourist eVisas at $80 USD (~$122 AUD) each, and now want to come back in September for a Cambodian friend's wedding plus another week exploring. Total cost for the return trip: two fresh Tourist eVisas at $80 USD (~$122 AUD) each = $160 USD (~$244 AUD), approved in 3 business days, delivered as printable PDFs by email. Their March visas are closed and irrelevant — they apply fresh as if it is their first Cambodia trip.
Scenario two — Perth contractor on a return Phnom Penh visit. He flew home from a 25-day Tourist eVisa trip in April after spending most of the trip in BKK1 sounding out a Cambodian business partner. The return trip in July is a confirmed five-week supplier visit with paid meetings. The clean fix: instead of a Tourist eVisa he books a Business eVisa at $90 USD (~$137 AUD), lands in Phnom Penh, and lodges a 1-month in-country extension through an agent at $50 USD (~$76 AUD) for the back half of his stay. Total visa cost: $140 USD (~$213 AUD) for a 60-day legally-supported stay with paid work covered.
Scenario three — Brisbane retiree exploring a Kampot move. She flew home from a three-week Tourist eVisa scoping trip in February and now wants to return for three months to test whether Kampot is the right fit for a slower retirement chapter. The clean fix: a Business eVisa at $90 USD (~$137 AUD), lodged before departure, plus a 3-month in-country extension through a Phnom Penh agent at $130–170 USD (~$198–259 AUD) lodged inside her first two weeks on the ground. Total visa cost: $220–260 USD (~$335–396 AUD) for a 4-month legal stay. Her February Tourist eVisa is closed and not part of the return trip's paperwork at all.
Once the after-the-fact extension instinct is out of the way, the next-trip decision is a clean two-question fork — how long you plan to stay, and whether any of that time involves paid work, meetings, or rolling project visits. Most returning Aussie travellers fall cleanly into one of two paths.
Path one — return trip is 30 days or less and is leisure-only. The Tourist eVisa at $80 USD (~$122 AUD) all-in is exactly the right class. Approved in 3 business days, delivered as a printable PDF by email, free resubmission if Immigration flags a correction. You print the PDF, fly into KTI Phnom Penh or SAI Siem Reap or KOS Sihanoukville, hand the printout to Immigration on arrival with your e-Arrival Card, and you are stamped in for 30 days. That is the whole flow, and it is the same flow you used last trip.
Path two — return trip is longer than 30 days, or involves any paid work, meetings, conferences, supplier visits, or due-diligence. The Business eVisa at $90 USD (~$137 AUD) all-in is the right class and is the only Cambodia visa Aussies can extend in-country. Approved in 3 business days, delivered as a printable PDF by email, Aussie-timezone support across the application window. You enter on the Business eVisa, lodge an in-country extension at MFAIC Phnom Penh or via a registered Phnom Penh agent inside your first two weeks, and pick from 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, or 12-month extensions on top. The Cambodia Business visa extensions guide and the Cambodia 12-month visa extension guide walk through the full extension ladder.
If you genuinely want extension flexibility, pick Business
The single mistake that triggers the after-the-fact extension question most often is Aussies arriving on a Tourist eVisa for what turns out to be a longer-than-expected trip, then trying to extend on day 25 and discovering the option no longer exists. If there is any real chance your stay will run past 30 days, book the Business eVisa upfront. The extra $10 USD (~$15 AUD) compared with the Tourist eVisa is a small premium for the ability to extend in-country.
A few Aussie travellers do not fit neatly into the two paths above — usually because they plan multiple trips inside a short window, or want a single document that covers entries to Cambodia across several months. The Cambodia eVisa multiple-entry guide and the Cambodia frequent traveller visa strategy walk through the full configurations. Short version: there is no Australian-eligible multi-entry Tourist eVisa, but the Business eVisa class supports a multi-entry option on the in-country extension. For Aussies doing two or three short trips into Cambodia across a year, the cheapest path is usually a fresh Tourist eVisa at $80 USD (~$122 AUD) each trip — extension premiums only make sense when you are actually staying inside Cambodia for the extension period.
Visa runs — the old Southeast Asia trick of crossing a land border, getting an exit stamp, then re-entering on a fresh tourist visa — do not work cleanly for Cambodia in 2026. All seven Thailand–Cambodia land borders have been closed since June 2025, and the workable alternatives (flying to Bangkok or Ho Chi Minh City and back, or crossing into Vietnam at Bavet and re-entering) involve a fresh $80 USD (~$122 AUD) Tourist eVisa or $90 USD (~$137 AUD) Business eVisa on each Cambodian re-entry anyway. For more on this, the Cambodia visa edge cases guide and the Cambodia business meeting trip guide cover the most common cross-border patterns Aussies use.
Short version for Aussies: the Tourist eVisa you used last trip is closed the moment you flew home from Cambodia. There is no remote extension, no top-up, no refresh. Tourist eVisa in-country extensions also ended in November 2025, so even on the ground in Cambodia today the option would not exist. For your next leisure trip of 30 days or less, a fresh Tourist eVisa at $80 USD (~$122 AUD) all-in is the clean path. For anything longer or involving paid work, a Business eVisa at $90 USD (~$137 AUD) plus an in-country extension is the right setup. If you have not yet started the next application, the Cambodia eVisa application is the place to start, and the how to apply walkthrough covers the full step-by-step.
Next steps and related reading for Australians: apply for your Cambodia eVisa when you are ready to lodge, bookmark our Cambodia visa hub for Australian citizens as the single canonical reference, skim the FAQ on Cambodia visa extending stay for quick answers, and use our glossary of Cambodia visa terms to decode any acronym in this guide.
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