Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) has directed all overseas embassies and consulates to stop issuing visa stickers in passports, effective Saturday 3 October 2026. The Royal Cambodian Honorary Consulate in Osaka published the notice on 4 October. It asks all applicants, including individual travelers and travel agencies, to apply through the official e-Visa portal at evisa.gov.kh, and says processing takes about 5 to 7 working days.
The notice adds two details. Consulates in Osaka, Fukuoka and elsewhere no longer accept or issue paper visas at the counter. The Embassy in Tokyo has also stopped stickers, but still accepts e-Visa applications at its counter. Other missions may offer similar counter help; check before you route a customer there.
This note is for OTAs, tour operators and airlines. It is not legal advice. Cambodian authorities decide on visas and entry.
What OTAs and tour operators should do
Remove "embassy sticker visa" options from Cambodia booking flows, group-visa workflows and agency instructions.
Plan lead time. Five to seven working days means late bookings need the e-Visa started immediately.
Groups and agency batches. Agencies that used to batch passports at a consulate now need one e-Visa per traveler. Budget the data-entry time.
Only use the official portal. Point customers to evisa.gov.kh and warn against look-alike sites.
What airlines should know
What we have not verified
A consulate notice changed how agencies get Cambodian visas. Coverage alerts send one email per change. Where a requirements feed stops and a filing channel starts is in Timatic and modern visa APIs.
Coverage alerts send one email per rule change for the destinations you pick, from the partner console. Systems can take the same events as webhooks; the shape is in the developer docs. The live requirement for any passport is always in the requirements checker.
Information for travel businesses, not legal advice. Cambodian authorities decide on visas and entry.
Royal Cambodian Honorary Consulate in Osaka, notice of 4 Oct 2026 verified 7 Oct 2026 · evisa.gov.kh verified 7 Oct 2026