Cambodia accepts hijab, sikh dastaar, kippah, and other religious head coverings in the eVisa photo, as long as the full face from chin to forehead is clearly visible and no shadow obscures features. A respectful walkthrough for Muslim, Sikh, Jewish, and other Australian applicants — including the optional headwear-free path and what the review actually checks.
Yes. Cambodia accepts hijab, sikh dastaar (turban), kippah, and other faith-related head coverings in the eVisa photo for Australians, provided the full face from chin to forehead is clearly visible and no shadow from the headwear obscures the eyes, brows, nose, or mouth. The same Cambodia eVisa photo spec applies otherwise — plain white background, neutral expression, JPEG under 2 MB, face fills 70 to 80 percent of the vertical frame. Hairline does not need to be visible if it is normally covered. Australians may also choose to submit a photo without the head covering if they prefer — both paths are equally accepted when the photo meets the spec. Tourist eVisa is $80 USD (~$122 AUD) all-in, approved in 3 business days.
This guide does not advocate for either path. The applicant's choice on whether to be photographed with or without their head covering belongs to them. Our role on the photo-quality desk is to confirm both paths are accepted by Cambodian Immigration and to help the submission clear the validator the first time. The Cambodia eVisa photo requirements guide for Australians covers the underlying spec end-to-end; this guide is the head-covering-specific overlay. For the umbrella reference on cost, documents, and processing time, see the Cambodia visa requirements for Australians hub.
If you are still planning your application, the Do Australians Need a Cambodia Visa explainer is the starting point, and the desktop application walkthrough for Australians shows the actual form flow. The photo is one of five documents the eVisa needs — bio-page scan, photo, AU address, flight outline, and the e-Arrival Card filed within 7 days of the flight.
The first two conditions are the head-covering-specific ones. The rest are the same spec every Aussie eVisa photo follows regardless of headwear. If you have already done a passport photo for an Australian passport in the last few years with your head covering on, you have most of the practice already — the DFAT spec is broadly aligned with Cambodia on the head-covering question. Some practical differences sit in the strictness of the background colour and the file format, both covered in the Cambodia eVisa documents required for Australians checklist.
If your photo does get flagged for a correction at the validator or manual-review stage, the issue is almost always a shadow or a slight obscurement that can be re-shot in five minutes against the same wall. Free resubmission if Immigration flags a correction is standard with us — you do not pay again to upload a corrected photo. The Cambodia eVisa resubmission guide for Australians walks through the upload-and-replace flow.
Whichever path you choose, the rest of the application is identical — bio-page scan, AU address, flight outline, photo upload, and the e-Arrival Card filed within 7 days of the flight. Tourist eVisa is $80 USD (~$122 AUD) all-in, approved in 3 business days, delivered as a printable PDF by email. Aussie-timezone support on every application, with the team available across NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, and NT business hours. The mobile application step-by-step guide for Australians shows the form-submission flow on a phone.
Cambodia accepts religious head coverings in the eVisa photo with three conditions: face visible chin to forehead, no shadow across features, plain white background. Hijab, dastaar, kippah, and other faith-related headwear all qualify when worn habitually. The headwear-free path is equally accepted. Our role is to clear the photo the first time and process the application end-to-end. If you would like a photo-review before submission, send a draft to the Aussie-timezone support team — checking happens before the file reaches Immigration. The how-to-apply guide for Australians covers the full application flow once the photo is sorted.
Next steps and related reading for Australians: apply for your Cambodia eVisa when you are ready to lodge, bookmark our Cambodia visa hub for Australian citizens as the single canonical reference, skim the FAQ on Cambodia visa documents for quick answers, and use our glossary of Cambodia visa terms to decode any acronym in this guide.
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