Any person who does not have Cambodian nationality shall be considered an alien, without discrimination as to the nationality, belief, religion or where he/she originated.

Based on the Article 4 of the Cambodia Immigration Law, aliens seeking admission to stay in Cambodia shall be divided into 3 types according to the conditions for immigration: 1. The non-immigrant aliens; 2. The immigrant aliens; 3. The immigrant aliens as private investors.

Here are some selected articles of Cambodia Immigration Law that might be of interest to readers:

Article 5: The Ministry of the Interior is responsible for the administration of aliens. The Ministry of Interior shall organize an institution to be responsible for immigration affairs.

Article 6: The Ministry of Interior shall specify procedures for the registration, issuance, and control of resident cards, the outgoing and incoming visas, laissez-paissez and passports, and other equivalent documents for aliens.

Article 8: Non-immigrant aliens who may be allowed to stay in the Kingdom of Cambodia:

1. shall be required to get incoming visas beforehand from the Royal Government of Cambodia, through any diplomatic authorities or Consulates of the Kingdom of Cambodia; or through any foreign authority that represents the interests of the Kingdom of Cambodia for other countries without a consulate or embassy in the Kingdom of Cambodia. For those in transit and on the crews of ships and aircraft, this permission shall be delivered to them by the appropriate authority of the Kingdom of Cambodia when they seek disembark from their ships or when they leave the airports.

2. shall bring with them their own passports or any other equivalent document which bears incoming visas granted by the authorities thereon, as specified in paragraph 3 above.

3. shall pay charges for the visas, and airport and waterport fees. The conditions for these payments of the charges and fees shall be specified by a sub-decree.

Article 9: Any non-immigrant alien who fails to fulfill the conditions as stipulated in the Article 8 of this Law shall not be allowed to enter the Kingdom of Cambodia, except when the Royal Government of Cambodia grants authorizations waiving these requirements.

Immigration Aliens

Article 10: Aliens who can be considered as immigrants are:

1. Aliens who are legally entering the Kingdom of Cambodia in order to perform their professions or conduct activities relating to industry, commerce, agriculture or services;

2. Those aliens who have not been included in any of the categories as related in Article 7 of this Law.

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