Cambodia Visa Photo

A Cambodian visa is required for most nationalities, only citizens of a few countries are exempt. Australian nationals can purchase a visa on arrival in Cambodia. They are also eligible for e-Visas. 

However, there are several options available to travellers when acquiring a visa for Cambodia. To find out what is important to know before your journey to Cambodia, read this guideline and take your perfect Cambodia visa photo!

Guidelines for a photo to Cambodian Visa

If you plan a journey to Cambodia and you have a ticket and packed luggage you might just need to apply for a visa. Take a look at some Cambodian visa photo specifications. You will find out what is the right colour of the photograph, of the background, the Cambodian visa photo dimensions as well as how to use a photo tool and take a picture to visa by yourself! The wrong photograph can cause a rejection so you have to be sure that the one you take for your Cambodian visa meets all the requirements. 

Cambodia visa photo size

The size of a Cambodian visa photo should be 50mm x 50 mm or 2×2 inches, for the digital photo the size and dimension shouldn’t be more than 1MB and 400×600 to 800×1200 pixels in PNG, BMP or JPEG formats. The position of the applicant’s head should be in the middle and from forehead to chin should not be less than 25mm and more than 35mm distance

Other specifications regarding Cambodian visa: 

• a photo can be black and white or colored 
• the background should either be off-white or white 
• you can smile naturally but with a closed mouth 
• The eyes must be visible so you should look straight into the camera 
• The clothes should be light-coloured but stands out on the light background 
• If you wear glasses every day you can keep them but only if they don't reflect any glares and show your eyes
• headgear is allowed only in case of religious or medical reasons, a hat and large hairpieces cannot be worn.

For most documents like visas or passports, the photograph should not be older than six months.

The most common mistakes on photo to Cambodia visa

Taking and uploading a Cambodian visa photo might cause many problems so you must meet the most common ones to know what you should avoid:

• wrong photo size - it is very important to focus on Cambodia visa photo size as it can be rejected if it is not exactly of the size provided above in this write-up
• showing teeth while smiling - you can smile on Cambodian photo to visa but without showing your teeth, your facial expression should look natural
• wearing jewellery - it is recommendable to not wear any jewellery but especially large earrings or necklaces aren’t permitted
•  posing with headgear - hairpieces or hats aren’t allowed in the photo for Cambodian visa unless due to medical or religious reasons you have to wear it, you can but without covering your face
• hairs covering your face - your hair should not cover your face or even not cast any shadows.
• wearing tinted glass or sunglasses is not allowed unless you can wear prescription glasses with your eyes visible within their frame
• reflection from flash - it is recommendable to not use a flash at all while taking photos because it can make your eyes red which is not acceptable
• using a lamp at night while taking photos in the dark - take photos during the day using natural daily light, it should expose the natural tone of your skin.
• wearing too light clothes - avoid wearing light-coloured clothes as they can blur with the background.

Cambodian visa photo requirements for babies and young children

Nowadays, children need to have their own travel documents so if you need to apply for a Cambodian visa for minors, instead of taking them to the crowds and queueing for the right photo in a photography studio, you might arrange your own studio for your baby in such circumstances. Take the right photographs of them by yourself!

The requirements for babies and young children are quite similar to the adults’ photos to visa but here it is what you should remember:

• The child, no matter how old, has to be in the picture alone - if you take a photo of a toddler, make sure that your hands aren’t visible in the frame, put your baby on the bed with a white sheet instead or use our photo background remover to change the colour for the right one.
• The eyes of your child have to be open and they have to stare directly into the camera - do not take a photo of your baby while they are asleep because closed eyes will cause a photo refusal.
• The mouth of the child must be closed.
• Nothing can obscure your child’s face - their hands cannot be in or around their mouth, the same concerns any items like toys or pacifiers; nothing else should bother a child and cannot appear in the photo.

Photo Tool for a Cambodian visa

A common cause of rejected photos is the quality of the lighting or a wrong background so we recommend using the Passport Photo Online website or app which works like a photo editor, background remover and resizer at the same time. This photo maker will resize, crop and create a perfect photo for your Cambodian visa. 

You can use your mobile app on iOS or Android. After downloading, you just have to choose the type of document, this is the moment when the app resizes your picture. Then, you choose a free option of editing or upgrading (paid) one. While it starts editing your photo with a background remover, cropping and verification if the visa photo meets the standards of your Cambodian visa.

You don’t need to worry because you will save time and money while the process takes less than a minute for having your photo ready!

Last update: 20/5/22