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Cambodia: passenger data record

Last checked: 22 October 2026 · Country records

Cambodia has no personal data protection law in force in the sources we checked. A Draft Law on Personal Data Protection, labelled final version 23 June 2025, names the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications as regulator 2. The Ministry held a public workshop on the draft on 23 July 2025 1. Travellers file the Cambodia e-Arrival card at arrival.gov.kh, run under the Ministry of Interior 3. The General Department of Immigration calls it the only official arrival site 6. API/PNR status is not published.
Data protection law
None in force in sources checked. Draft Law on Personal Data Protection, final version 23 June 2025 2
Data protection authority
None yet. The draft names the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications as regulator (Article 4) 2
Agency that receives API/PNR
Not published. The e-Arrival card is run under the Ministry of Interior 3 and its General Department of Immigration 6
API/PNR status
Not confirmed as of 22 October 2026. No official API or PNR record found. The e-Arrival card collects traveller data before arrival 4
Biometric collection at entry
Not confirmed. The official pages we opened do not mention it 3,5
Date checked
22 October 2026

Data protection law status

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications held a consultative workshop on the Draft Law on Personal Data Protection on 23 July 2025, with about 200 participants 1. The Ministry said it aimed to finish the law by the end of 2025 or early 2026 1. We found no record of adoption or promulgation in the sources we opened 1,2.

The English text labelled final version 23 June 2025 still carries the heading Draft Law, and its approval fields are blank 2.

  • Regulator: the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications regulates, audits and monitors compliance and receives complaints (Article 4). Article 5 lets the Minister request a separate Personal Data Protection Unit 2.
  • Scope: the draft excludes public authorities acting within their jurisdiction (Article 2) 2.
  • Biometric data is listed as sensitive personal data 2.
  • Transfers abroad are barred except where the Ministry permits them, the controller assesses that safeguards exist, or a listed case applies, such as written consent (Article 23) 2.
  • Controllers must notify the Ministry of a breach no later than 72 hours after becoming aware of it (Article 21) 2.
  • Administrative fines for natural persons go up to 60,000,000 riels (Article 48) 2.

The General Department of Immigration and e-Arrival

The Ministry of Interior announced a trial of the electronic arrival form from 1 January to 30 June 2024, with paper forms still accepted 3. The announcement said all passengers must complete the electronic form from 1 July 2024 3. The form is filed at www.arrival.gov.kh or in the Cambodia e-Arrival (CeA) app 3.

The system combines the immigration card, visa application form, customs form and health information into one form, according to a Maldives foreign ministry notice 4. The Czech embassy in Phnom Penh, in a page updated 26 July 2024, said the form had to be filed no later than 7 days before arrival and would be mandatory from 1 January 2025 5.

On 9 April 2025 the General Department of Immigration warned that cambodia-e-arrival.com was not a government site and charged travellers for a free service, as reported by Niem Chheng in The Phnom Penh Post 6. The department said travellers could lose money or have personal information stolen, and that www.arrival.gov.kh is the only official site 6. The same report said the system launched "in September last year" 6.

Conflicting start dates

The official and diplomatic sources give different dates for when the e-Arrival card became required. We show each as published 3,5 6.

SourceDate given
Ministry of Interior announcementRequired for all passengers from 1 July 2024 3
Czech embassy page, updated 26 July 2024Mandatory from 1 January 2025 5
General Department of Immigration, as reported 10 April 2025System launched "in September last year" 6

e-Visa, API/PNR and contracts

The e-Arrival form takes visa application data 4 and visa-on-arrival requests 6. We could not open the e-visa portal to confirm its operator or fees.

We found no official record or named-reporter report of an API or PNR system, a passenger information unit, or a supplier contract for Cambodia's border data systems 3,6. No company is named on this page for that reason.

Chronology

DateEvent
1 January 2024e-Arrival trial starts, paper forms still accepted 3
1 July 2024Electronic form required for all passengers, per Ministry of Interior 3
26 July 2024Czech embassy page gives 1 January 2025 as the mandatory date 5
9 April 2025Warning about an unofficial arrival website 6
23 June 2025Final version of the draft data protection law 2
23 July 2025Public workshop on the draft law 1

Common questions

Does Cambodia have a data protection law?

Not in force in the sources we checked. A Draft Law on Personal Data Protection, final version 23 June 2025, was put to a public workshop on 23 July 2025 1,2.

Where do I fill in the Cambodia arrival card?

At www.arrival.gov.kh or in the Cambodia e-Arrival app 3. The General Department of Immigration says the gov.kh site is the only official one and the form carries no service fee 6.

How early can I submit the e-Arrival form?

The Czech embassy says no later than 7 days before arrival 5.

Would the draft law cover immigration data?

The draft excludes public authorities acting within their jurisdiction (Article 2) 2.

Rules and fees change. Check the official site linked above before you apply or pay. Spotted an error? Email [email protected] with the official link.

Sources

  1. Ministry of Post and Telecommunications: Consultative Workshop on the Draft Law on Personal Data Protection (23 July 2025)
  2. Kingdom of Cambodia: Law on Personal Data Protection, final version draft, English (23 June 2025), hosted by Open Development Cambodia
  3. Ministry of Interior of Cambodia: Announcement for all travelers to Cambodia, hosted by the Embassy of India in Phnom Penh (undated)
  4. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives: Introduction of e-Arrival Card on electronic system in Cambodia, 2024/PR/19 (2024)
  5. Embassy of the Czech Republic in Phnom Penh: Current conditions for travel to Cambodia (updated 26 July 2024)
  6. The Phnom Penh Post via Asia News Network: Cambodia's immigration department warns of illegal arrival website, by Niem Chheng (10 April 2025)

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