The whole Cambodia eVisa application takes about ten minutes from a laptop or phone. Here is exactly what each screen asks, what to upload, and how to avoid the small mistakes that cost US applicants a day.
You apply online in about ten minutes. Have five things ready: a US passport valid for at least 6 months, a recent passport-style photo, a clear scan of your passport bio page, an email address you check, and a payment method. Choose Tourist or Business, enter your personal and passport details exactly as they appear on the bio page, upload the photo and the scan, then pay. The Tourist eVisa is $80 USD all-in and the Business eVisa is $90 USD all-in, both approved in 3 business days and delivered as a printable PDF by email. Print two copies before you fly, and file your separate e-Arrival card within 7 days of arrival.
For most US travelers, the Cambodia eVisa is the lightest application in Southeast Asia. There is no embassy appointment, no in-person interview, no courier, and no stack of supporting paperwork. You fill out one online form, upload two images, pay once, and an approved visa lands in your inbox as a printable PDF within three business days. The whole sit-down takes about ten minutes if you have your documents in front of you.
That said, the form is unforgiving about a few specific fields. Cambodian Immigration reads your name, date of birth, and passport number against the machine-readable zone on your passport, character for character. A digit transposed in the passport number, or a middle name typed into the wrong box, is the single most common reason an otherwise clean US application gets bounced back for a correction. This guide walks every screen in order so none of those small slips happen to you.
Below you will find the exact prep list, a field-by-field walkthrough of the form, the upload specs that cause most avoidable delays, how payment and approval work, and the separate e-Arrival step that every air traveler files in the week before the flight. When you are ready, you can apply now — most Americans finish the form in one sitting. For the full picture on cost, documents, and timing, our Cambodia visa guide for United States citizens pulls every piece into one place.
Tourist eVisa ($80 USD all-in) or Business eVisa ($90 USD all-in) — pick by your trip purpose, then select your nationality and port of entry.
Enter your name, date of birth, and passport number exactly as they appear in your passport’s machine-readable zone.
A recent passport-style photo and a clear scan of your passport bio page — the two uploads that cause most avoidable delays.
Pay once by card or wallet, get your printable PDF visa within 3 business days, then file your separate e-Arrival card before you fly.
Gather these five items before you open the form. Three you already own; two take about two minutes to sort. Having them ready means you complete the application in one pass instead of stopping halfway to dig for a passport number or take a photo.
Your current US passport, valid for at least 6 months from your date of entry into Cambodia, with at least one full blank page for the entry stamp. If your passport expires in November 2026 and you land in July, you are fine. If it expires in October, the airline can deny boarding at the US gate before you ever reach Cambodia — the 6-month rule is enforced by the carrier, not just at the border. Routine passport renewals through the State Department run several weeks, so check the expiry date now if your book is getting old.
You need a recent passport-style photo — plain white background, neutral expression, no glasses, no hat — and a clear scan or photo of your passport bio page. A phone camera against a white wall handles the photo, and a flat, glare-free shot of the bio page handles the scan. Both upload straight from your phone or laptop. We cover the exact dimensions and file rules below, since these two images cause most of the fixable delays.
Use an email address you actually check, because your approved eVisa arrives there as a PDF attachment. A personal Gmail, Outlook, or iCloud account is ideal — some corporate inboxes silently strip PDF attachments, which is a common way travelers miss their own approval. For payment we accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. The charge is in US dollars, so there is no currency math to do.
If you want the full pre-application inventory laid out as a tick-box list, our Cambodia eVisa required documents checklist for US citizens has it in one screen, and the photo requirements and size specs guide covers exactly what the photo must look like.
The first decision is Tourist or Business, and for most US travelers it is straightforward. The Tourist eVisa (Type-T) covers holidays, sightseeing, visiting friends and family, and most short personal trips. The Business eVisa (Type-E) covers work meetings, conferences, supplier visits, and any trip with a commercial purpose. Both grant a 30-day single-entry stay and are valid for 3 months from the date they are issued, so you do not have to know your exact arrival date when you apply.
The practical difference for a US applicant is purpose and price. If you are going to Angkor Wat, the beaches at Sihanoukville, or to see family, you want the Tourist eVisa. If your trip is work, choose Business — it is the only one of the two that can be extended from inside Cambodia later, which matters if your engagement runs long. Picking the wrong type does not void your trip, but matching the visa to your real purpose keeps your entry clean at the airport.
If you are genuinely unsure which to pick, our Cambodia tourist visa vs business visa comparison for Americans breaks the decision down by trip purpose, and the Tourist visa (Type-T) guide covers exactly what that visa lets you do once you land.
The form is short — personal details, passport details, and a few trip questions. The golden rule runs through all of it: copy everything from your passport bio page exactly as it is printed there, not how you usually write it. Your passport is the source of truth, and Cambodian Immigration matches your answers against it.
Enter your full name exactly as it appears on the bio page — surname (family name) and given names in the boxes the form labels for each. If your passport prints a middle name, include it in the given-names field; if it does not, leave it out. Do not add a suffix the passport does not show, and do not abbreviate. Your date of birth, place of birth, and nationality (United States) all come straight off the same page. The most common name error we see from Americans is splitting a two-part given name incorrectly or adding "Jr." that the passport omits.
Type your passport number carefully — US passport numbers mix letters and digits, and a single transposed character is the top fixable rejection cause. Enter the issue date and expiry date in the format the form requests, and double-check the expiry sits at least 6 months past your arrival. The issuing authority is the United States. If your form has a machine-readable-zone field, copy the two bottom lines of your bio page precisely, including the chevron characters.
Enter your intended date of entry — an estimate is fine, since the eVisa is valid for 3 months from issue and does not lock you to that exact day. For your address in Cambodia, a hotel name and city is enough; you do not need a booking reference, a confirmation PDF, or proof of nights paid. Select your intended port of entry. Then review every field once before moving on, because catching a typo here is free, while fixing it after submission costs a day.
If you want to see the most frequent slip-ups laid out with their fixes before you submit, our guide to Cambodia eVisa application mistakes Americans make walks through the eight that cost travelers the most time, and the e-Arrival card walkthrough for US citizens covers the separate form you will file closer to departure.
Two uploads, and they are where the few avoidable delays happen. Get both right the first time and your file moves straight into processing. Get either flagged and you lose part of a day waiting on an email, fixing it, and re-uploading.
Use a recent photo against a plain white or off-white background. Face fully visible, head centered, neutral expression — no smile, no teeth, no laughing. No glasses, no hats, no head coverings except for religious reasons. Save it as a JPEG under 2 MB, ideally 600 by 600 pixels or larger. A phone photo against a white wall works perfectly; use the rear camera, not the selfie camera, and have someone else press the shutter so your face is not distorted by arm-length perspective. Do not apply filters or beauty smoothing — the validator rejects heavily edited images.
The auto-flags to avoid are smiles, glasses of any kind including thin frames, shadows behind the head from indoor lighting, an off-white or colored wall, hats, and resolution below 600 pixels. Photo rejection is the single most common reason a US application loses a day, and every item on that list is easy to fix once you know it is being checked.
Lay your passport flat on a dark, plain surface in daylight from a side window — not the camera flash, which bounces off the laminate and washes the page out. Hold the phone parallel to the page, about 12 inches above it, and tap to focus on the text. Both edges of the bio page must be in frame with a little margin around all four corners, and every character must be legible: your name, passport number, dates, and the two machine-readable lines at the bottom. The most common scan rejection is a corner cropped out of frame, so leave breathing room around the edges.
Payment is the last step of the application itself. The Tourist eVisa is $80 USD all-in and the Business eVisa is $90 USD all-in — one charge, in US dollars, with nothing added at the airport. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. If your card is declined, it is almost always your bank flagging an unfamiliar online charge; a quick approval through your banking app and a retry usually clears it.
After you pay, your application moves into processing and is approved in 3 business days, then delivered as a printable PDF by email. If Immigration flags anything for a correction, resubmission is free — you are not charged again for a second go at a photo or a field. Weekends and US holidays sit outside the business-day count, which is why our how long the Cambodia eVisa takes for Americans guide is worth a look if your trip is close.
When the PDF arrives, print two copies on plain paper and keep one in your carry-on and one in your checked bag, plus a copy saved offline on your phone. US travelers are routinely asked to show the printed eVisa at check-in and again at the Cambodian arrivals hall, and a printout never depends on airport Wi-Fi or a charged battery. There is nothing to collect and no sticker to wait for — the PDF is your visa.
One thing the eVisa does not replace: the e-Arrival card. Every air arrival into Cambodia in 2026 files a separate e-Arrival declaration — 14 fields covering your flight, accommodation, and a short customs section — within 7 days before you land. It is verified through us for $5 USD. The visa proves you can enter; the e-Arrival card is what Immigration scans at the kiosk. Plan for both at the start so neither becomes a surprise at the gate.
Five items, four steps, three business days. That is the entire Cambodia eVisa shape for US travelers in 2026. Choose Tourist ($80 USD all-in) or Business ($90 USD all-in), copy your details off the bio page exactly, upload a clean photo and a clean scan, pay once, and your printable PDF arrives by email — both backed by free resubmission if Immigration flags a correction and US-timezone support if you get stuck.
One last reminder before you start: the visa is one form and the e-Arrival card is a different form, and both are mandatory for every air arrival. The visa application happens now; the e-Arrival is filed within 7 days before you fly. Americans who plan for both at the start avoid the most common 2026 trip-stopper at the kiosk.
Next steps and related reading for Americans: apply for your Cambodia eVisa when you are ready to lodge, run through the required documents checklist so nothing stalls your upload, dial in your photo with the photo requirements guide, and sidestep the usual slip-ups with the application mistakes guide.
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