Plenty of Australian women stay on a maiden-name passport for years after the wedding — and DFAT does not require otherwise. The Cambodia eVisa rules are straightforward: apply under whatever name the passport actually shows. The real trap is flights, hotels, and travel insurance booked under the married name while the passport still reads the maiden one.
Yes, with no extra paperwork. DFAT does not require Australians to renew a passport after marriage — keeping the maiden-name passport for the full 10-year cycle is entirely normal and fully legal. The Cambodia eVisa rule is simple: apply under whatever name your passport bio page shows, character-for-character matching the machine-readable zone at the bottom. The genuine traps are not the visa itself — they are flight bookings, hotel reservations, and travel insurance taken out under your married name while the passport carries the maiden name. Align all of those to the passport and the trip flows without drama.
Check the flight booking the day you start packing
Open the booking confirmation and read the passenger name letter-by-letter against your passport bio page. If they do not match, ring the carrier immediately. A 72-hour window is plenty for a free name correction at most airlines. A same-day window is rarely fixable without a full reissue.
Bangkok-Siem Reap is now an air-only pairing for Aussie travellers.
2026 کا اپ ڈیٹ پڑھیں →Classic Indochina loop pairs cleanly with Cambodia.
کومبو گائیڈ دیکھیں →A quieter third stop after Cambodia.
Plan the Laos route →The smoothest stopover into Cambodia for Aussies.
Sort the stopover →Bali or Cambodia — or both on the same trip.
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