Cambodia Business Meeting Trip for Australians: 2026 Short-Stay Guide (3-7 Days)
Aussie executives often pick the Tourist eVisa by default for a short meeting trip — and that's a quiet $10 mistake. The Business eVisa (E-Class) at $90 USD (~$137 AUD) is the correct route for any trip whose purpose is meetings, sales calls, supplier visits, or sponsored conferences, even if you're in and out in 72 hours.
Which Cambodia visa do Australians need for a short business meeting trip?
The Cambodia Business eVisa (E-Class) — $90 USD (~$137 AUD) all-in, 3 business days, valid 3 months from issue, 30-day stay. Even for a 3-day meeting trip, use Business not Tourist if your purpose is meetings, sales calls, supplier visits, due-diligence, or sponsored conferences. The Tourist eVisa technically restricts to leisure activities only; misclassification can cause border-officer questions even though Immigration rarely rejects. The $10 USD (~$15 AUD) difference is cheap insurance. Apply 10-14 days before flight, print 2 paper copies of the eVisa PDF, file the e-Arrival Card 7 days before flight.
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- Even for a 3-day meeting trip, use the Business eVisa (E-Class) — not the Tourist — if your purpose is meetings, sales calls, supplier visits, due-diligence, or a sponsored conference.
- $90 USD all-in (~$137 AUD), approved in 3 business days, valid 3 months from issue, 30-day stay on arrival — identical mechanics to the Tourist, just the right class for the activity.
- The Tourist eVisa technically restricts the trip to leisure activities only; misclassification can cause border-officer questions even though Immigration rarely rejects. The $10 USD (~$15 AUD) difference is cheap insurance.
- Apply 10–14 days before flight, print 2 paper copies of the eVisa PDF, file the e-Arrival Card 7 days before flight, carry a copy of any meeting agenda on your phone if asked.
- If your meeting extends mid-trip past 30 days, the Tourist eVisa cannot be extended in-country (since Nov 2025) — the Business eVisa can. Switching class in-country is not supported; the only fix is to exit and re-enter on a fresh Business eVisa.
Why the Tourist-vs-Business call matters even for a 72-hour trip
Why Business beats Tourist for any meeting trip
Sales calls and supplier visits
Conferences and due-diligence
The 3-day Cambodia business trip checklist (day-14 to day-3)
- Day-14 (two weeks out): lodge the Business eVisa from Australia. $90 USD (~$137 AUD), 3 business days. Online form, ten minutes, passport + photo + email + payment. No sponsor letter, no return flight, no hotel booking, no bank statement required at the application stage.
- Day-11 to day-7: eVisa approval lands in your inbox as a printable PDF. Save a copy to your phone, save another to a cloud drive, print two A4 copies for the flight folder (one for entry, one for exit). Check passport validity — at least 6 months from your arrival date, at least one full blank page.
- Day-7 (one week out): file the e-Arrival Card. Separate from the eVisa, mandatory for every air arrival, $5 USD (~$7.50 AUD) upstream. The QR code lives on your phone; screenshot it for offline access.
- Day-3 (final preparation): confirm hotel booking (BKK1 or Riverside for Phnom Penh meetings, walking-distance to your client's office is the standard pick). Confirm meeting agenda in writing with hosts. Set up phone roaming or buy a local Smart or Cellcard SIM at the airport on arrival.
- Day-0 (flight day): carry the printed Business eVisa PDF, the e-Arrival QR on your phone, your Australian passport, and one printed copy of the meeting agenda or invitation in case the Immigration officer asks. Smart-casual at the desk; honest answer to 'purpose of visit'.
- Day 1–3 (in-country): meetings during business hours, hotel base, dinner with hosts, taxi to office (Grab or PassApp are the local rideshare apps). Return ticket via Singapore, Bangkok, or Kuala Lumpur — direct Sydney-Phnom Penh flights are still rare in mid-2026.
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Which Cambodia visa for a business meeting trip?
The Business eVisa (E-Class), at $90 USD (~$137 AUD) all-in, approved in 3 business days. Even for a 3-day meeting trip, the Business eVisa is the technically correct class if your purpose is meetings, sales calls, supplier visits, due-diligence, or a sponsored conference. The Tourist eVisa at $80 USD (~$122 AUD) covers leisure activities only, and using it for a business trip is a misclassification — usually invisible at the border, but occasionally flagged, and increasingly relevant for corporate-travel-policy compliance and travel-insurance claims.
Can I use the Tourist eVisa if my trip is just a meeting?
Technically no, even for a single meeting. The Tourist eVisa restricts the trip to leisure, family visits, and sightseeing — it does not, on paper, cover any commercial activity, however brief. Cambodian Immigration rarely rejects a Tourist-visa holder over a small number of meetings, and we have processed plenty of Aussies who did it without issue. But the $10 USD (~$15 AUD) price gap between Tourist and Business is the cheapest insurance you can buy: it matches your visa class to the trip's stated purpose on the e-Arrival Card, avoids any awkward officer questions, and keeps your corporate-travel-policy and insurance documentation clean.
How quickly can I get the Cambodia Business eVisa?
Three business days is the standard processing time, and we hit that target on the overwhelming majority of Aussie applications. Some applications come back inside 24 hours, particularly if you lodge early in the week. For genuinely last-minute trips — flight in 48 hours — the eVisa is usually still workable, but we recommend allowing 10–14 days from application to flight as a safety margin in case Immigration asks for clarification on any field. The Cambodia visa processing time from Australia guide has the full timing picture.
Will my company reimburse the Cambodia visa fee?
Almost certainly yes. The $80 USD (~$122 AUD) Tourist or $90 USD (~$137 AUD) Business eVisa fee is treated as a standard travel expense under nearly every Australian corporate travel policy — the same line-item bucket as airport transfers, departure taxes, or ESTA-style entry permits. The AUD line on your card statement is the receipt; the eVisa email confirmation is the secondary evidence. Submitting the Business eVisa receipt for a business trip is actually easier to expense than the Tourist, because it removes any internal-audit question about why a leisure visa was used for a business purpose.
Can I attend a conference on the Tourist eVisa?
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