Cambodia Business eVisa Purpose Range for Australians: Meetings Through Paid Work in 2026
Aussie business travellers often assume the Business eVisa is only for paid work — it isn't. The Cambodia Business eVisa (E-Class) at $90 USD (~$137 AUD) covers the full spectrum from a 2-day meeting up to a 6-month consulting engagement on the same single class. Meetings, conferences, sales calls, supplier visits, due-diligence, paid work, long stays — all in scope.
Does the Cambodia Business eVisa cover meetings as well as paid work for Australians?
Yes — and the full spectrum in between. The Cambodia Business eVisa (E-Class) at $90 USD (~$137 AUD) all-in is a single broad class that expressly covers meetings, conferences, sales calls, supplier visits, due-diligence, paid work, sponsored events, and long stays. There is no separate Cambodian visa for short meetings versus paid consulting versus conference attendance — the Business eVisa is the umbrella for every non-leisure purpose. Approved in 3 business days, delivered as a printable PDF by email, valid 3 months from issue, 30-day stay per entry, with the in-country extension path unlocking longer stays via a Phnom Penh-based immigration agent. Aussie business travellers who default to the Tourist eVisa for a short meeting trip are misclassifying themselves on paper — the $10 USD (~$15 AUD) gap above the Tourist is the cheapest piece of insurance an Aussie corporate traveller will buy.
핵심 요약
- The Cambodia Business eVisa (E-Class) is unusually broad — one class covers meetings, conferences, sales calls, supplier visits, due-diligence, paid work, and long stays. There is no narrower "consultant" or "conference" sub-class.
- If the trip purpose is anything other than leisure, the Business eVisa is the correct class — even for a 2-day meeting trip. The $10 USD (~$15 AUD) gap above the Tourist is the cheapest insurance an Aussie corporate traveller will buy.
- $90 USD (~$137 AUD) all-in single-entry, $150 USD (~$229 AUD) all-in multi-entry, approved in 3 business days, delivered as a printable PDF by email, valid 3 months from issue, 30-day stay per entry.
- For engagements longer than 30 days, the Business eVisa unlocks the in-country extension path — 1, 3, 6, or 12-month extensions through a Phnom Penh-based immigration agent. The Tourist eVisa does not.
- Activities can mix on a single Business eVisa — a consultant can attend a Phnom Penh fintech conference, run client meetings, visit suppliers, sit in on due-diligence, and deliver paid training all on the same trip with no class change required.
- Free resubmission if Immigration flags a correction, Aussie-timezone support, checked end-to-end before it reaches Immigration.
Why this matters in 2026 for Aussie business travellers
Aussie business travellers heading to Cambodia in 2026 fall into one of two camps at the visa-application stage. The first camp reads the word 'Business' on the eVisa form, assumes it is only for paid work or formal employment, and clicks straight through to the Tourist class because their trip is 'just a couple of meetings'. The second camp picks the Business class because their company travel policy or their procurement team has flagged that any non-leisure trip needs the right class — and quietly wonders if they have over-spent the $10 USD (~$15 AUD).
Both camps are working from a half-correct picture. Cambodia's Business eVisa (E-Class) is unusually broad by SE Asia standards. A single class covers the full spectrum from a 2-day client meeting up to a 6-month consulting engagement, including everything in between — sales calls, supplier visits, conferences, due-diligence sessions, sponsored summits, paid work, training delivery, board meetings, investor pitches, and long-stay project rotations. There is no separate 'short meetings' visa, no separate 'conference' visa, no separate 'consultant' visa. The Business eVisa is the umbrella for every non-leisure purpose, and the right class for every Aussie business trip into Cambodia.
This guide is the purpose-classification reference for Aussie executives, consultants, conference delegates, and procurement leads heading to Cambodia in 2026. The Cambodia Business visa for Australians anchor covers the full E-Class product breakdown, the Tourist vs Business detailed comparison runs the side-by-side mechanics, and the eVisa types explained guide is the cluster-02 hub for visa-class decisions. For the canonical reference on cost, documents, and processing, see the Cambodia eVisa for Australian travellers hub.
The full purpose spectrum the Business eVisa actually covers
The single most important thing to internalise about Cambodia's Business eVisa is its breadth. The E-Class on paper covers any trip purpose other than leisure. In practice, that means everything from a 48-hour flying meeting trip up to a multi-month paid consulting engagement falls under the same single class. The visa class itself does not narrow as the trip purpose narrows — the same E-Class stamp covers the executive on a 2-day Phnom Penh sales call and the AusAID consultant on a 6-month in-country deployment.
Aussie business travellers often arrive at the visa question conditioned by stricter regimes elsewhere. Singapore, the UAE, the United States, and the United Kingdom all draw sharper lines between short-meeting visas and paid-work visas, and short-meeting entries on the wrong class can cause real problems at the gate. Cambodia's stance is more permissive. The Business eVisa explicitly covers paid activity, and Immigration officers at KTI (Techo International) do not need to see a contract, an engagement letter, or a sponsoring-company invitation. What they care about is that the class in your passport matches the candid answer you give on the e-Arrival Card.
자주 묻는 질문
Does the Cambodia Business eVisa cover short meetings as well as paid consulting work?
Yes. The Business eVisa (E-Class) is unusually broad — a single class covers the full spectrum from a 2-day flying meeting trip up to a 6-month paid consulting engagement. There is no separate Cambodian visa for short meetings versus paid work versus conferences versus due-diligence. The Business eVisa is the umbrella for every non-leisure trip purpose. $90 USD (~$137 AUD) all-in, approved in 3 business days, delivered as a printable PDF by email.
Can I attend a conference in Cambodia on a Tourist eVisa to save the $10 USD (~$15 AUD)?
Technically you could, but it is the wrong class on paper. Conferences, summits, sponsored events, and trade shows fall inside the Business eVisa E-Class regardless of whether the delegate is presenting, exhibiting, judging, or simply networking. The $10 USD (~$15 AUD) gap is rounding-error against a $4,000-7,000 AUD conference trip budget, and any company travel policy worth the name treats the right-class call as table-stakes hygiene. Use the Business eVisa.
Can a single Business eVisa cover mixed business activities on one trip?
Yes. A consultant might attend a Phnom Penh fintech conference in week 1, run client meetings throughout, visit suppliers in week 2, sit in on a due-diligence session in week 3, and deliver paid training in week 4 — all on the same single Business eVisa with no class change required. The breadth of the E-Class is exactly the point. Cambodia does not split a single trip across multiple visa classes; the one class covers the lot.
What if my Cambodia engagement runs longer than 30 days?
The Business eVisa unlocks the in-country extension path through a Phnom Penh-based immigration agent. 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month extensions are available, processed in 7-14 business days, costing between $60 USD (~$92 AUD) for a 1-month extension and $330 USD (~$504 AUD) for the 12-month extension plus agent processing fee. The Tourist eVisa does not support in-country extensions since November 2025 — this is one of the practical reasons to pick Business even for marginally-business trips.
Does Cambodian Immigration check the trip purpose against the visa class at the border?
Rarely, but it does happen. The Immigration officer at KTI mainly cross-checks the visa class against your answer on the e-Arrival Card about the purpose of the trip. If your stamped class is Tourist but your e-Arrival Card declares 'business meetings', that mismatch occasionally triggers a question at the desk. The fix is upstream: pick the class that matches your actual trip purpose at application time. The Aussie-timezone support team can walk through the call before you apply.
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