Do Children Need a Cambodia Visa? A US Family Travel Guide

One eVisa per child, and what a family actually pays

Because there is no family or group application, you apply for each child the same way you apply for yourself: one eVisa per passport. The child gets the identical Tourist eVisa an adult gets — valid for 3 months from the date of issue, good for a 30-day single-entry stay, approved in 3 business days, and delivered as a printable PDF by email. Nothing about the visa itself is scaled down for a minor.

The fee is also identical. The Tourist eVisa is $80 USD per person, full stop. There is no child rate, no infant discount, and no family bundle. The math is simple and worth doing before you book flights: two adults and two children is four Tourist eVisas at $80 USD each, which comes to $320 USD for the family. Add the Business eVisa at $90 USD only if an adult genuinely needs it — children almost always travel on the Tourist eVisa.

You can still process the whole family in one sitting — you complete each application one after another from the same device and pay with the same card, you just submit a separate form for each passport. Everyone is approved on the same 3-business-day timeline and each approval arrives as its own PDF. Our breakdown of Cambodia visa cost for US families works the budgeting through in more detail if you are pricing a larger group.

Photos, documents, and consent for kids

A child eVisa needs the same five items as an adult: the child US passport, a recent passport-style photo of the child, a clear scan of the child passport bio page, an email address (the parent email is fine), and a payment method. The only genuinely awkward part is the photo, because the same specs that apply to adults apply to a baby.

The photo must show the child against a plain white or off-white background, face fully visible, head centered, eyes open, neutral expression — no smile, no pacifier, no toy in frame, and no parent hand or arm visible holding the child. For an infant, the trick most US parents use is to lay the baby on their back on a plain white sheet or blanket and shoot straight down from above, with daylight from a side window. That removes the need to prop the baby up and keeps the background clean. Take a dozen shots and pick the one where the eyes are open and the expression is calm.

A common worry: there is no notarized parental consent letter required for the Cambodia eVisa application itself. That document belongs to a different situation — a child traveling without both parents may be asked for a consent letter by an airline or at Immigration, which is a separate matter from the visa. The eVisa form does not ask for it. Our guide on the Cambodia eVisa photo for babies and children walks through the headshot in detail, and the documents for US minors guide covers the full per-child file.

One more detail that saves families a flagged application: the name and date of birth on each child eVisa must match that child passport machine-readable zone exactly. It is easy to fat-finger a baby date of birth or transpose two children when you are filling four forms back to back, so check each one against the right passport before you submit. A mismatch is a free fix, but it costs you a day you may not want to lose right before a flight.

The e-Arrival Card and getting the family through Immigration

The eVisa is only one of two things every air arrival needs in 2026. The second is the Cambodia e-Arrival Card, and it applies to children exactly the same way it applies to adults. Every member of the family who flies in — babies included — needs their own e-Arrival record, with 14 fields covering the passport, the flight, and where you are staying, submitted within 7 days before you land.

A young child cannot complete their own e-Arrival, so a parent fills it in on their behalf, one record per child. The details have to match each child eVisa and passport precisely — same name, same passport number, same date of birth. A single date-format slip on a child record is one of the most common reasons a family gets held up at the kiosk while everyone behind them waits, so it is worth getting each one verified before you travel rather than rushing all four at the airport.

At Immigration in Cambodia, each child is processed individually with their own passport, eVisa, and e-Arrival record. Phnom Penh now flies through Techo International Airport (KTI), which replaced the old airport in September 2025, so make sure each family e-Arrival reflects the airport you actually land at. Have every child printed PDF in hand alongside the passports — children do not get a fast lane, and a complete file for each one keeps the family moving through the counter together.

Planning the family trip before you apply

So, to close the loop: yes, every child needs their own Cambodia visa, every child needs their own US passport first, and there is no family discount — the Tourist eVisa is $80 USD per person whether the traveler is an adult or a newborn. Each child gets the same 3-month validity, 30-day single-entry stay, and 3-business-day approval as you do. When you are ready, the how to apply for a Cambodia eVisa step by step for Americans walks through the form one field at a time, and you can run each family member through it from the same device.

Two reminders before you start. First, sort every child passport early — that is the long-lead item, not the visa. Second, remember the e-Arrival Card is separate from the eVisa and applies to each child for every air arrival. Families who line up both for every traveler at the start avoid the most common 2026 trip-stopper at the kiosk. If you are applying for several kids at once, the guide on the Cambodia eVisa for kids and families covers the multi-child workflow.

Next steps for US families: confirm every passport is in date and has a clean page, take a clean white-background photo for each child, file one eVisa per person, then file one e-Arrival record per person inside the 7-day window. Get those four pieces lined up for each traveler and the family clears Immigration together on arrival. For the complete adult-side picture, our hub on the Cambodia visa for US citizens pulls every requirement together in one place.