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What is exactly the same the second time around

Start with the reassuring part. The eVisa application has not changed in any way that affects you as a returning American. Same form, same fields, same five-item document pack, same price, same 3-business-day approval. If you kept your files from last time, your second application is mostly copy-and-paste.

The document pack is unchanged

You still need the same five things: a US passport with at least 6 months validity from your date of entry and a blank page, a recent passport-style photo (white background, no glasses, no smile), a clear scan of your passport bio page, a working email address, and a payment method. There is still no requirement for a return flight, hotel booking, bank statement, itinerary, or travel insurance. The eVisa remains one of the lightest application packs in Southeast Asia.

The price and timing have not moved

The Tourist eVisa is still $80 USD all-in and the Business eVisa is still $90 USD all-in, both approved in 3 business days and delivered as a printable PDF by email. There is no returning-applicant discount and no premium for re-applying — the second visa costs exactly what the first one did. Validity is still 3 months from issue, the stay is still 30 days, and it is still single entry.

Because almost everything you uploaded last time still applies, returning Americans move noticeably faster on the second pass. If you want to shave the time down to the minimum, our faster re-apply checklist for returning Americans walks through which of your old files you can reuse and which to refresh before you start.

Why nothing carries over from your first eVisa

The single most common second-time question we get from Americans is whether the old eVisa can be reused, renewed, or somehow reactivated for the next trip. The answer is no, and the reason is built into how the visa works.

The Cambodia eVisa is single entry. That means one visa is good for exactly one arrival into the country. The moment you exited Cambodia on your first trip, that visa was consumed — even if your 30-day stay still had days left on it, and even if the 3-month validity window had not closed. There is no "balance" to draw down on a second trip. Each arrival is its own visa.

There is also no cap on how many times you can re-apply, no cooling-off period between trips, and no penalty for coming back often. Frequent returners simply file a fresh application each time. The system does not track you as a "returning applicant" who gets a different price or a faster lane — it just processes a new, clean application on the same 3-business-day clock.

If part of you is hoping the rules quietly changed and the old approval is somehow still live, it is worth reading our full explainer on whether you can reuse a Cambodia eVisa on a second trip — it walks through exactly what "consumed" means and why even an unexpired approval PDF will not get you back through Immigration.

The biggest on-the-ground change: a brand-new Phnom Penh airport

If your first trip was before September 2025, this is the change most likely to catch you off guard. Phnom Penh now flies into Techo International Airport (KTI), which replaced the old city airport on 9 September 2025. The familiar terminal you walked through last time is no longer the arrival point — KTI is a new, larger airport on a different site, with its own road links and its own arrivals flow.

For your eVisa, this changes nothing about the application — you still receive the same printable PDF approval, and you still present it on arrival. What it changes is the logistics on the day: the drive into the city is different, the taxi and ride-hail pickup points are different, and the e-Arrival kiosks and Immigration counters are laid out differently from the airport you remember. Budget a little extra time on the first KTI arrival while you get your bearings.

Do not assume your second arrival mirrors your first. Our guide on returning through Techo International (KTI) and what changed for Americans covers the new arrivals sequence step by step — where the e-Arrival check happens, how the Immigration line is organized, and how to get from the new airport into Phnom Penh without the guesswork.

Closed land borders and the retired auto-extension

Two more 2025 changes can quietly break a plan that worked on your first trip. Both are policy shifts, not visa-form changes, so they will not show up while you are applying — you only hit them when you travel.

Every Thailand land border is closed

All seven Thailand–Cambodia land borders have been closed since June 2025. If your last trip involved crossing overland between Thailand and Cambodia — a Bangkok-in, Siem Reap-out style route, or a quick border run — that option is gone for now. The fix is straightforward: fly the leg instead. Plenty of returning Americans build their second trip around regional flights rather than land crossings, and a fresh eVisa works identically whether you land at KTI, Siem Reap, or Sihanoukville.

The tourist auto-extension ended

If you stretched a previous stay using the tourist auto-extension, note that it ended in November 2025. The Tourist eVisa now gives you a clean 30-day single-entry stay with no built-in extension path, so plan your second trip's dates around that 30-day window from the start. Travelers who genuinely need longer in-country time usually look at the Business eVisa route instead, since that is the visa type with an in-country extension path.

The practical takeaway: re-check the route and the dates, not the form. The application will accept whatever arrival date you put in, but the borders and the stay rules are what decide whether the trip actually works the way it did last time.

The e-Arrival Card is brand-new every single trip

One thing returning Americans sometimes forget on the second trip is the e-Arrival Card — partly because it is filed separately from the visa, and partly because the visa felt so familiar that the rest of the process got skimmed. The e-Arrival Card is per-arrival, every time, with no carry-over from your first trip.

It is a separate, mandatory step for every air arrival: 14 fields, submitted within 7 days before your flight into Cambodia. Your old e-Arrival Card from last trip is dead the moment that trip ended — you file a brand-new one for the second arrival, just like the visa. Two trips means two visas and two e-Arrival Cards, full stop. A single date-format slip on the Card is one of the most common reasons returning travelers get held up at the kiosk, so it is worth getting right rather than rushing it the night before.

Because this trips people up so often on repeat visits, we wrote a dedicated explainer on why the e-Arrival Card is new for each trip for US visitors — it confirms the per-arrival rule and walks through the 14 fields so your second Card is as quick as your second visa.

Putting your second trip together

The headline for returning Americans is encouraging: the part you might dread — the application — is the part that got easier, because you have done it before and almost everything carries over from your files. Tourist eVisa $80 USD, Business eVisa $90 USD, both approved in 3 business days, both delivered as a printable PDF by email, both with free resubmission if Immigration flags a correction, all backed by US-timezone support. The price did not move and the form did not change.

What needs a fresh look is everything around the visa. You are likely landing at the new Techo International Airport (KTI), the Thailand land borders are closed, the tourist auto-extension is gone, and both the visa and the e-Arrival Card are brand-new for this trip. Re-check the route and the dates against today's rules, not your last trip's memory, and the second visit runs smoothly.

The bottom line for returning travelers: lodge a fresh application when you are ready, keep one canonical reference handy for current price and processing, reuse the files you can to move fast, and remember that the old approval is spent — each trip is its own visa. Re-check the route and the dates against today's rules, and your second visit runs as smoothly as the first application now feels.