Cambodia: On line Visa-on-Arrival Warnings

Please be aware of false/fraudulent Cambodian Visa-on-Arival websites. Please see this extract from the Phnom Penh Post newspaper:

Monday, 16 March 2009

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently discovered three unauthorised websites offering electronic travel visas. In a press release issued March 13, the ministry identified the sites as: www.cambodiaonarrival.com, www.cambodiaevisa.com and www.welovecambodia.com. The ministry said in the press release that its own website ';is the only authorized website for issuing [electronic visas] for travel to Cambodia';.

Personally, I only use the cheaper US$20. non-electronic Visa-on-Arrival at airports and border crossing points for my Tourist Visa-on-Arrival Visa US$20. payable in US$. If asked to pay in any other currency then you are being ripped off. Traveller beware!

Cheers and all best regards.

Ian. aka Angkorlad.

Cambodia: On line Visa-on-Arrival Warnings

Thanks for the heads up, Ian!

My first 2 times to Cambo I%26#39;ve gotten my visa on arrival, but tried the e-visa this time and it was a piece of cake, so I%26#39;ll probably do it again when I go this year...

Cambodia: On line Visa-on-Arrival Warnings

But as you still have to stand in line for your visa what have you gained for your extra US$5.?

Cheers and all best regards. Ian aka Angkorlad.

I applied for my evisa yesterday and received it this morning first thing. It seems to me a very good process and a pretty friendly piece of software. Certainly a lot less hassle than having to apply for one by post (e.g. Vietnam).

I%26#39;d recommend it.

Ian, no I don%26#39;t have to stand in line for my visa, as I got it online. (Do you understand how this works?)

I whizz though customs while the other suckers are still waving their passports and dollars at the people at the counter.

I always get my visa on arrival , no problems and it%26#39;s one less place to use my credit/debit card on-line.

As a Tour Developer and Tour Leader and frequently doing other work in Cambodia at least three or four times a year for the past 17 years,I fully understand how the pre-approved on line visa system works. My main point being that there is greater security of personal credit card information by not using the Application for Visa on Line system. Please see my earlier post on this matter. Not all authorised border crossing points are as efficient as others - far from it in fact. This is now reinforced by the appearance of these fraudulent sites. You still have to stand in line for immigration control even with your on-line visa approval. If you are from a non-US dollar country, as most of us are, then the US$5. saved is still worth having in your pocket.You can do a lot with US$5 and its Riel equivalent in Cambodia. Personally, I just fly through the paper based system on arrival, and will do so again in a few days time, but then so do most regulars. Speaking Khmer is a help, but not essential, to do the same if a well organized and knowledgeable traveller.

But each unto their own say I.

Cheers and all best regards. Ian aka Angkorlad.

Dear Andytc. That was my main point as already covered in my earlier post qv. Many real overland Indochina travellers enter Cambodia through border crossing points other than Phnom Penh and Siem Reap airports.

Cheers and best regards. Ian aka Angkorlad.

As a non-real Indochina traveller I sometimes use the big bird and sometimes come overland, in PP and SR it is certainly faster to use evisa and if you don%26#39;t wait for luggage you are out and doing what you came to do faster, that%26#39;s worth $5. Overland makes less difference, but at least you don%26#39;t lose a page in your passport and that is again worth $5 if you travel a lot. But it%26#39;s always worth checking you have the right link to the correct website.

Cheers for the info

Totally agree there, about those darn visa stickers taking up valuable space in your passport. With 3 trips to Laos and one to Cambodia last year, my passport was filled up with visa stickers and I had to have more pages added. The e-visa makes sense to me.

I recently made my 18th visit to Cambodia and i have never used E visa so cannot comment on how effecient it is, however i honestly have no problem waiting for my visa on arrival, it%26#39;s not as if you wait there all day, it%26#39;s only a few extra minutes of your time and you will lose those saved E visa minutes as soon as you hit the road into PP. I don%26#39;t understand why everybody is in such a rush, take your time people, your in Cambodia, do like Cambodians do.