Cambodia Visa on Arrival for Aussie Families with Kids: The 2026 Guide to Photos, Fees and Consent Letters
Cambodian visa on arrival treats every Australian child as a separate adult applicant — same $30 USD (~$46 AUD) booth fee, own photo, own e-Arrival Card, named guardian rules. Here is the full 2026 family guide for VoA, including the witnessed-consent-letter rule and why eVisa is the calmer route for Aussie families with kids.
How does Cambodia visa on arrival work for Australian families travelling with children?
Cambodia treats every Australian traveller — adult or child — as a separate VoA applicant. Each child needs their own passport, their own visa-on-arrival form at the booth, their own passport-size photo, and their own $30 USD (~$46 AUD) cash fee. There is no kids discount, no shared family form, and no waived photo for infants. A family of four pays 4 × $30 USD (~$184 AUD) in USD cash. Children under 18 must travel with their named guardian — one parent or a legal guardian — and if only one parent is travelling, the non-travelling parent should sign a witnessed consent letter to head off any questions from the booth officer. Every child also needs their own 14-field e-Arrival Card inside the 7-day window before flying. The calmer route for Aussie families is the Cambodia eVisa: $80 USD (~$122 AUD) per person all-in, Approved in 3 business days, Delivered as a printable PDF by email, and the family walks straight past the VoA queue at KTI, SAI or KOS.
핵심 요약
- Every Australian child — including infants — needs their own Cambodia visa on arrival under their own passport. There is no shared family VoA application and no kids discount on the booth fee.
- The booth fee is the same $30 USD (~$46 AUD) per person regardless of age. A family of four pays 4 × $30 USD (~$184 AUD) in USD cash at the desk, on top of the all-in eVisa alternative of $80 USD (~$122 AUD) per person.
- Each child needs their own passport-size photo at the booth. Taking the photos at an Australian chemist before flying (~$15-20 AUD for a set of four) is much calmer than wrangling kids through the airport photo machine.
- Children under 18 must travel into Cambodia with their named guardian — one parent or a legal guardian listed on the form. If only one parent is travelling, the non-travelling parent should sign a witnessed consent letter.
- Every child also needs their own 14-field e-Arrival Card inside the 7-day window before flying. One card per passport, every time, no family-sharing of cards.
- For families, the eVisa is the calmer route — Approved in 3 business days, Delivered as a printable PDF by email, and you skip the airport VoA queue entirely.
Why VoA with kids trips up so many Aussie families
The Australian families we walk through the Cambodian arrival hall tend to land in the VoA queue carrying one shared assumption — that the kids are somehow on a parent's application. They are not. Cambodia treats every traveller, regardless of age, as a separate VoA case. One passport, one photo, one form, one $30 USD (~$46 AUD) cash fee, one stamp. A family of four queues four times at the booth, not once.
The fee maths surprises Aussie parents the most. Four people at $30 USD each is $120 USD (~$184 AUD) in cash, on top of whatever you have set aside for tuk-tuks and tips on the first day. The photo step surprises them second — every kid, including a sleeping toddler, needs their own physical print at the booth. And the guardian-and-consent rule is the one that catches single-parent and split-parent families off guard at the desk.
This guide unpacks all of it: the per-child fee maths, the chemist photo plan, the named-guardian rule, the witnessed consent letter, and the e-Arrival Card per child. If you are still weighing the routes, the eVisa vs visa-on-arrival comparison and the Aussie school-holidays family trip guide are the wider-trip companions to this piece. The Cambodia eVisa Australian guide hub covers cost, documents, and processing time in one canonical write-up.
The per-child rule, in plain English
Cambodian Immigration does not run a family application at the VoA booth. There is no parent-with-child combined slip, no half-price ticket for under-12s, and no waived photo for newborns. The rule is the same one that applies to the eVisa — one passport, one application, one fee, one stamp. It applies at KTI in Phnom Penh, SAI in Siem Reap and KOS in Sihanoukville, the three Cambodian airports that issue VoA in 2026.
The fee maths Aussie parents should run before flying
- Solo parent with one child: 2 × $30 USD = $60 USD (~$92 AUD) at the VoA booth.
- Two parents with one child: 3 × $30 USD = $90 USD (~$138 AUD) at the VoA booth.
자주 묻는 질문
Do Australian children pay the same Cambodia VoA fee as adults?
Yes. The Cambodian visa-on-arrival booth charges the same $30 USD (~$46 AUD) per person regardless of age, including infants. There is no kids discount, no half-fee, no waived fee for children under a certain age. A family of four pays 4 × $30 USD (~$184 AUD) in USD cash at the desk. The Cambodia eVisa at $80 USD (~$122 AUD) per person all-in is the calmer alternative for families because it skips the booth queue.
Does every Australian child need their own VoA photo at the booth?
Yes. Every Australian child, including newborns, needs their own physical passport-size photo at the VoA booth — 35x45mm equivalent, plain white background, recent. Take the photos at an Australian chemist before flying for around $15-20 AUD for a set of four prints per child. The on-arrival photo machine is harder for small children because the camera height is fixed for adults.
Can both parents apply for VoA for their child on a single form?
No. Cambodian Immigration does not run a shared family VoA form. Every child submits their own paper application at the booth, signed by the named guardian — one parent or a legal guardian. There is no combined parent-plus-child slip. The form needs the child's own passport number, photo, and the family flight and hotel details.
What if only one parent is travelling with the child to Cambodia?
The non-travelling parent should sign a witnessed consent letter — a plain-English letter naming the child, the trip dates, the travelling parent, and witnessed by a Justice of the Peace or another authorised Australian witness. The Cambodian booth officer can ask for this if the family group looks atypical. Carry two printed copies; the booth may retain one.
Do grandparents or other guardians need extra paperwork for the VoA?
Yes. If a child is travelling with a grandparent, aunt, uncle or family friend rather than a parent, the named legal guardian should sign a witnessed consent letter from both parents, and a colour photocopy of the child's Australian birth certificate is genuinely worth carrying. The booth officer is more likely to ask in this case than in a standard two-parent family setup.
Does every child need their own e-Arrival Card?
Yes. The Cambodian e-Arrival Card is one card per passport, regardless of age. A family of four submits four 14-field cards inside the 7-day window before flying. The fee is $5 USD (~$7.50 AUD) verified through us per card, and each card produces its own QR code that the booth officer scans separately. There is no family-sharing of cards.
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