Foreigner Quarantine on Arrival Price List
Wife on Cambodian passport. Child on Canadian, her first passport, no K-visa yet. It seemed he Consul was talking about both of them, but now you raised the question, I'm not 100% sure.
Something like that was told to me, though I just told the embassy, there were at least 2 locations to do the Covid-19 test and the lead time for an appointment was less than a week. They made no more fuzz on that. I did get the impression, they just need to verify, you go for the Covid-19 PCR test, just before departure.Seen-a-bit wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:34 amCambodian Consulate in Canada today said my Cambodian wife would need a very recent negative Covid-19 test in order to board a Canada to Cambodia flight. For our infant daughter to get the required pre-departure K visa, she would need to show a negative test result, and an air ticket scheduled to arrive in Cambodia within 72 hrs of the test result, before the visa would be put in her Canadian passport. Apply for visa, phone consulate to confirm conditional visa application approval, buy air ticket, visit consulate with negative test result and ticket and visa issued in 20 minutes, go directly to airport for the minimum 22 hour flight (usually longer if connections poor).
P.S. We had a negative test last week, but will need to fly to Toronto for another test closer to the flight time if we decide it is worth the trouble.
Doing the Covid-19 test before you have a visa and a confirmed ticket is useless. Not to say, you have a pretty high risk in these days, your flights get canceled a few days before your planned departure. Just take that into account, when obtaining the visa, that the visa only starts a few days before the planned flight (can be done, though you have to ask for that, best go to the embassy yourself and do not use a visa service).
I haven't seen a bit for so long, i wouldn't recognize it if I did
For Cambodian Passport Holders:
- No requirement for the Health Certificate indicating a COVID-19 negative status.
- No requirement for the Health Insurance and medical deposit of $3,000
For Cambodians travelling with a foreign Passport & K-type Visa:
- No requirement for the Health Insurance and medical deposit of $3,000
- However, they are required to possess Health Certification indicating a Covid-19 negative result, issued by competent health authorities of their residing country within 72 hours of the time of departure.
Some Embassies are insisting on Visa applicants to present a negative COVID-19 test result as part of the visa application...those using common-sense aren't.
- No requirement for the Health Certificate indicating a COVID-19 negative status.
- No requirement for the Health Insurance and medical deposit of $3,000
For Cambodians travelling with a foreign Passport & K-type Visa:
- No requirement for the Health Insurance and medical deposit of $3,000
- However, they are required to possess Health Certification indicating a Covid-19 negative result, issued by competent health authorities of their residing country within 72 hours of the time of departure.
Some Embassies are insisting on Visa applicants to present a negative COVID-19 test result as part of the visa application...those using common-sense aren't.
I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
And another 9 Cambodians returning home from Saudi Arabia, with the same flight as earlier this week found to be Covid-19 positive.
Regarding the intermingled quarantines: Yeah, and also when people from the same flight do mix during quarantine, the 14 days quarantine period should restart with every positive case found ........
Regarding the intermingled quarantines: Yeah, and also when people from the same flight do mix during quarantine, the 14 days quarantine period should restart with every positive case found ........
" those using common-sense aren't."
To start the phone conversation, the Consul was very strict and a bit difficult, but he became friendlier the longer we talked, even though the connection was poor and he kept fading in and out. He mentioned a non-Khmer traveler who very recently attempted to return to Cambodia to teach on his 5-month-old, one-year work visa. I couldn't hear where he was turned back, but he was, and I believe the teacher then gave the consul an ear full, even though he had never before been in contact to clarify rules.
The Consul then told me about a Canadian from BC who had taken the test, then flown 3,000 km out of her way to personally visit the Toronto Consulate to get the visa placed in her passport. She was sitting with him when I called, and he had just told her she would need to take another test, because her flight to Cambodia was not scheduled to arrive within 72 hrs of the test date.
PSD_Kiwi, you clearly state the 72 hour limit referred to time of departure, not time of arrival in Cambodia. If you are correct, the Consul was not. Might you please have a Khmer copy of the official letter making this distinction clear and explicit? Much appreciated!
Also, when does the clock start, is it the date of the swab, or the date the Negative result is certified in writing?
In my Province, tests are free, easy to get, and they are happy to give you a signed and stamped result. The problem is, results take 48hrs, and all flights and connections take at least 19 hrs, with most good flights 22-28hrs. None of those fastest 19 hr flights are currently flying.
IF 72 hrs before ARRIVAL is required, doctor said I could swab twice, once two days earlier for the visa- when I'd buy air tickets, and then again the day before the flight. He said he could scan and email me the 2nd result certificate while I was on the flight. However, not sure a scanned letter would impress Cambodian immigration, not to mention time zone differences making doctor phone calls uncertain.
1 Khmer passport and 1-2 Canadian born kids on K visas,... maybe. Me, on a yet to be applied for work or retirement visa,... well, a 2020 arrival is looking a major challenge.
Interesting times.
To start the phone conversation, the Consul was very strict and a bit difficult, but he became friendlier the longer we talked, even though the connection was poor and he kept fading in and out. He mentioned a non-Khmer traveler who very recently attempted to return to Cambodia to teach on his 5-month-old, one-year work visa. I couldn't hear where he was turned back, but he was, and I believe the teacher then gave the consul an ear full, even though he had never before been in contact to clarify rules.
The Consul then told me about a Canadian from BC who had taken the test, then flown 3,000 km out of her way to personally visit the Toronto Consulate to get the visa placed in her passport. She was sitting with him when I called, and he had just told her she would need to take another test, because her flight to Cambodia was not scheduled to arrive within 72 hrs of the test date.
PSD_Kiwi, you clearly state the 72 hour limit referred to time of departure, not time of arrival in Cambodia. If you are correct, the Consul was not. Might you please have a Khmer copy of the official letter making this distinction clear and explicit? Much appreciated!
Also, when does the clock start, is it the date of the swab, or the date the Negative result is certified in writing?
In my Province, tests are free, easy to get, and they are happy to give you a signed and stamped result. The problem is, results take 48hrs, and all flights and connections take at least 19 hrs, with most good flights 22-28hrs. None of those fastest 19 hr flights are currently flying.
IF 72 hrs before ARRIVAL is required, doctor said I could swab twice, once two days earlier for the visa- when I'd buy air tickets, and then again the day before the flight. He said he could scan and email me the 2nd result certificate while I was on the flight. However, not sure a scanned letter would impress Cambodian immigration, not to mention time zone differences making doctor phone calls uncertain.
1 Khmer passport and 1-2 Canadian born kids on K visas,... maybe. Me, on a yet to be applied for work or retirement visa,... well, a 2020 arrival is looking a major challenge.
Interesting times.
You are right, but most likely the 3000 is handed over to the un-official payment department followed by immediate release.Slow Delivery wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 3:21 amI believe that the Chinks have a way to escape the $3000. deposit and the 14 days confinement, after all Cambodia is the land of corruption.
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Has anyone been able to home quarantine in Siem Reap after landing in PNH? I live and work in REP, and not looking forward to hanging around in PNH and paying for a hotel if i dont have to. What about the follow up test can be done in REP, and money released? Any ideas how to navigate this?
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This family tried but failed.Georgelowe wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:49 amHas anyone been able to home quarantine in Siem Reap after landing in PNH?
KhmerTimes: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/721623/fou ... r-runaway/Family placed under isolation after absconding from quarantine in Phnom Penh.
they arrived at the quarantine centre at about 12 am but they complained about staying there because their home was in Siem Reap province. They agreed to stay after officials explained the situation.
“But at around 1 am they fled the centre while the staff were sleeping,”
Pardon my engrish, thanks you.
@seenabit ... the official Cambodian Government directives, SSCA Notices and MoFAIC website All state "within 72 hours of date of departure from residing country"
The airlines are working off the IATA directive, which states "within 72 hours of arrival"
There are even 2 signs posted on arrival at Phnom Penh Airport which have conflicting information.
Best to be safe and get the medical Certificate within 72 hours prior to arrival.
Absolute clusterfuck!
The airlines are working off the IATA directive, which states "within 72 hours of arrival"
There are even 2 signs posted on arrival at Phnom Penh Airport which have conflicting information.
Best to be safe and get the medical Certificate within 72 hours prior to arrival.
Absolute clusterfuck!
I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
Another update on the hotel situation: this evening (around 1900) police and army units arrived at the hotel together with some unmarked suv/pickup. Maybe they are finally trying to keep "guests" from leaving the hotel. I'll try to find out more tomorrow.
Actually, the only airlines with proper far away international transit to come to Cambodia are KE, OZ, MH, CI and maybe in future CX. All of these do explicitly state T-72 before departure from the original departure.PSD_Kiwi wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:42 pm@seenabit ... the official Cambodian Government directives, SSCA Notices and MoFAIC website All state "within 72 hours of date of departure from residing country"
The airlines are working off the IATA directive, which states "within 72 hours of arrival"
There are even 2 signs posted on arrival at Phnom Penh Airport which have conflicting information.
Best to be safe and get the medical Certificate within 72 hours prior to arrival.
Absolute clusterfuck!
IATA did translate the Cambodian requirements into T-72 before arrival.
And the Cambodian rules are a bit unclear, because it does (at least in the English version) not state, whether the departure relates to the last flight segment (only a couple of hours) or the real origin (be that your doorstep, or the actual or scheduled flight departure time in far-away country).
T-72 before arrival is quite "impractical", to put it mildly, requiring expedite sample shipping and processing of the Covid-19 PCR test. This can be done in around 5-6 hours, though the costs do go up significantly (double or so, count on EUR 350-400).
Let alone, you will need to show an original, when arriving in Cambodia, so you can not do the test, start flying and at your transit location, retrieve your email, etc.
Though, with this Cambodia nowhere deviates from what most countries insist on, including the EU.
If everything is OK, you should get a printout of this page from the embassy, when collecting your visa:
MFAIC Covid-19 requirements
And that states "before departure".
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PSD_Kiwi. I'm stuck in Thailand since March. Need/want to go to Cambodia. But a) land border crossings (that's how I came here) closed b) no flights-yet- from Thailand but...even if they start to fly, I'm not sure if I come. Thinks of this. You arrived at PP airport. They take that swab of everyone on the plane and sent to Pasteur Institute for testing. Now, Interesting Part/Theory. If nobody is positive they make just $200-300 out of every person. Silly. Pasteur I. and Khmer-Soviet Friendship hospital gets $10,000,. $20,000 or whatever... Why, what for? Well Pasteur I. issue (even just one) 'certificate' that Passenger X has the virus. Nobody can check if true or not. You can't dispute it in any way. You and everyone else on that plane must accept it. FULL STOP. So, the sick person goes to hospital, where he will paying $200+/day for treatment (maybe just for paracetamol) and all the rest passengers (100 or 200) taken to quarantine, each of them pays $1000+ and the government gets hundreds of thousands of $$ per...plane! You may say 'aahh I don't think they can do that'. Well, according to Corruption Perception Index, Cambodia is #161 out of 180 on the list of Corrupt Countries in 2020. They say...deposit, well you'll see how much and quick you get back. Remember you're in Cambodia with corruption from A-Z. But I hope you know that but if not then you know nothing about Cambodia. Cheers.
@citizenofdworld ...take yout tin foil hat off. It is a good scheme, and they are not scamming anyone, if they were being corrupt about it you would be reading of more people testing positive, the percentage is extremely low and mostly returning Cambodian Nationals from repatriation flights.
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I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
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