Visa requirements for Cambodian citizens

Cambodian citizens need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Cambodia and 50 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

147 countries ask holders of the Cambodian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Cambodia without one: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola and 142 others.

92 countries ask holders of the Cambodian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 14 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Cambodia.

78 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Cambodia, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Cambodia, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Thailand (12), Malaysia (9), Indonesia (7) and Vietnam (5).

The United States refused 31% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Cambodia in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 95 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 101 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Cambodia refused 18% of short-stay visa applications in 2025 (all Schengen consulates worldwide: 15%). Among the 74 countries where they received at least 10,000 applications, that is the 38th highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Cambodian passport

By continent, the Cambodian passport is visa-free in 11 countries in Asia, 6 countries in the Americas, 2 countries in Africa and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Cambodian citizens are allowed in Barbados (90 days), Ecuador (90 days), Haiti (90 days), Panama (90 days), the Seychelles (90 days) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Cambodian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau and 20 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Cambodian citizens enter Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin and 49 others. Ivory Coast, Kenya, Suriname and Taiwan ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Cambodia’s neighbours

Laos, Thailand and Vietnam admit Cambodian citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Thai passport ranks 111th (80 destinations), the Vietnamese passport ranks 159th (53 destinations) and the Lao passport ranks 176th (46 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 8 can enter visa-free, 189 get a visa on arrival and 1 is not admitted for Cambodia.