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How to get cambodian visa being in Pakistan

Last activity 25 February 2014 by rarky

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lahori_kid

Hi All,
I am currently in Lahore Pakistan. I have got job offer from Cambodia. I need to know how to apply for Cambodian Visa. I have checked I cannot get any type of Visa on arrival. And there is no any embassy here in Pakistan. The nearest one is in India. Can I get my visa through embassy in India by mail. Urgent help required regarding this.

Thanks in advance,
Ali

stumpy

If you have a job offer then it is up to your employer to arrange the visa for you.
If you want to get a visa yourself, contact the Cambodian Embassy in India for information.

lahori_kid

Thanks for your reply. I have contaced the Cambodian Embassy in India but they refused to process visa application through mail. I need to be there to process my applicqtion which is near to impossible having short time.
Can you please provide some more info about how my employer can arrange visa for me. Do I need to send them my passport??

stumpy

Contact your employer directly and discuss this with them. You will not get a visa quickly, it all takes time.
Have you considered coming to Thailand or Laos and processing the visa there.?

Are you sure you cannot get visa on arrival. If Pakistan is a member of ASEAN then you can get a visa on arrival.

Chiang

You must get an invitation/sponsor letter promising work and information/sponsor letter about your job responsibilities, also they must guarantee, your stay for what ever period of time. You also must have a return ticket
to Pakistan.
I have heard it is possible (once you have the invitation/sponsor letter) to apply at the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok, and then fly onto Phnom Penh from there. There are lots of different (yes and no) answers about crossing by land border.
I would contact the employer and ask them to go to the Cambodian and or Pakistan embassy here in Phnom Penh to guarantee the correct procedure to obtain your visa, if they want you to work for them it should be no trouble.
Below from Official Cambodian Embassy site:
Applicants from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Sudan, except for those employed by the UN, IMF,WORLD BANK, ADB and other International Organizations, must provide the following:

Letter of Sponsor from his/her company, local NGO, school
Return air ticket to and from Cambodia
One photocopy of Alien ID Card, student ID card

cocaine

coming from Pakistan  im from Australia but you need to get a working visa if you are going to work here and the bribes are huge I have been living in Cambodia for 3 years now on a normal visa not a tourist visa  best you apply or see online or get a normal visa at phnom penh airport on arrival but you cant get a working visa at the airport but getting a working visa is big dollars just come on a normal visa $25 per month or $290 for 1 year  don't tell them you are going to work here

rarky

@Cocaine....once again you are incorrect in what you are posting. There is no such thing as a working visa! You need an Ordinary Visa, and a work PERMIT, which it is your employers responsibility to organise for you...and there are no bribes involved.

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