Special K Visa and Citizenship
Special K Visa and Citizenship
Say, if a oversea borned person has special K visa that allows the person to stay indefinitely in Cambodia due to the person's parents being born in Cambodia, how would that person apply for citizenship?
What would be the procedure for the person to get citizenship so the person can have a national ID card, a family book, buy land, vote, all that usual citizensy stuff that a K visa can't do.
What would be the procedure for the person to get citizenship so the person can have a national ID card, a family book, buy land, vote, all that usual citizensy stuff that a K visa can't do.
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I need a visa for my breakfast cereal now?
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Since the person already has a K visa I think getting a Khmer ID card and family book are easy to obtain. Head down the your Sangkat where they issue ID cards or the main immigration office in Phnom Penh.
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So it looks easy to just obtain a khmer passport, national ID card, family book, etc from the sangkat office/immigration office by showing them the K visa? Wow. Seems way too easy. So basically K Visa allows the person to become a Cambodian citizen?phat kunthea wrote:Since the person already has a K visa I think getting a Khmer ID card and family book are easy to obtain. Head down the your Sangkat where they issue ID cards or the main immigration office in Phnom Penh.
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Well obviously having a K visa on your foreign passport proved that you are a Khmer descent, thats your biggest advantat3. So I think the process to obtain Khmer ID card and a family book should not be hard, then you can apply for a passport afterwards. I know of 2 from Battambong got it done but I dont know their the exact process as they received help from their cousins/family with the paperwork, and bureaucratic stuff, and of course it did cost them money. In my case I dont have no K visa, I just walked in to the Sangkat, got my friend to make me a family book before hand (very easy to get) and say I wanted to make an ID card, cost me 30 bucks and a case of Angkor beer.
If you have a family book, they usually go down villages to villages every other month to issue ID card for free, or around 10,000- 20,000 riel then it will be ready to pick up a month or 2 later.
If you have a family book, they usually go down villages to villages every other month to issue ID card for free, or around 10,000- 20,000 riel then it will be ready to pick up a month or 2 later.
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A K visa can only be given to Cambodian citizens with foreign passports. I got one for my kid before, it was free.thelost wrote: So basically K Visa allows the person to become a Cambodian citizen?
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They do not have to be Cambodian citizens, as long as one of their parents is Cambodian (even they don't need to be a citizen) they are eligible for a K-Type Visa in their foreign passports.Lucky Lucan wrote:A K visa can only be given to Cambodian citizens with foreign passports. I got one for my kid before, it was free.thelost wrote: So basically K Visa allows the person to become a Cambodian citizen?
Strangely enough, even foreigners married to a Cambodian can get the K visa, was in a meeting with an Immigration General a few days ago who confirmed this and informed me that it is legitimate, but pricey. There is nothing in the written laws that supports this though.
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This could be a slightly confusing, pedantic argument, as you are both correct.PSD_Kiwi wrote:They do not have to be Cambodian citizens, as long as one of their parents is Cambodian (even they don't need to be a citizen) they are eligible for a K-Type Visa in their foreign passports.Lucky Lucan wrote:A K visa can only be given to Cambodian citizens with foreign passports. I got one for my kid before, it was free.thelost wrote: So basically K Visa allows the person to become a Cambodian citizen?
Strangely enough, even foreigners married to a Cambodian can get the K visa, was in a meeting with an Immigration General a few days ago who confirmed this and informed me that it is legitimate, but pricey. There is nothing in the written laws that supports this though.
According to the Cambodian embassy's webpage in the U.S. here, K Visas are issued free of charge to Cambodian Citizens living abroad, and applicants need to provide Proof of Cambodian Citizenship. So technically, LL is correct. However, in practice, as we have all seen, as long as one of their parents is Cambodian they can get the K visa.
Thank you very much for your help Kunthea. It was very insightful! I guess it's almost as easy as strolling down to the market to buy some books, with a bit of money thrown in to speed up the process. I'll get my in-laws to help me with the process should the day ever come for me to get National ID and stuff. All my relatives fled the Khmer Rouge and settled overseas. Not much relatives in Cambodia, the rest were killed or dead.phat kunthea wrote:Well obviously having a K visa on your foreign passport proved that you are a Khmer descent, thats your biggest advantat3. So I think the process to obtain Khmer ID card and a family book should not be hard, then you can apply for a passport afterwards. I know of 2 from Battambong got it done but I dont know their the exact process as they received help from their cousins/family with the paperwork, and bureaucratic stuff, and of course it did cost them money. In my case I dont have no K visa, I just walked in to the Sangkat, got my friend to make me a family book before hand (very easy to get) and say I wanted to make an ID card, cost me 30 bucks and a case of Angkor beer.
If you have a family book, they usually go down villages to villages every other month to issue ID card for free, or around 10,000- 20,000 riel then it will be ready to pick up a month or 2 later.
Anyway, this information sounds good to me. I don't like long drawn out complicated bureaucratic process incurring a lot of money on the way.
I am not a Cambodian citizen. I was not born in Cambodia. I never hold an Cambodian citizenship. I just received a K visa when I visited Cambodia on a holiday for the first time and it was not technically free, I paid some tea money.Lucky Lucan wrote: A K visa can only be given to Cambodian citizens with foreign passports. I got one for my kid before, it was free.
That's what Kiwi said. I am not a Cambodian citizen, nor I was born in Cambodia but I have K visa.PSD_Kiwi wrote:Lucky Lucan wrote:
They do not have to be Cambodian citizens, as long as one of their parents is Cambodian (even they don't need to be a citizen) they are eligible for a K-Type Visa in their foreign passports.
Strangely enough, even foreigners married to a Cambodian can get the K visa, was in a meeting with an Immigration General a few days ago who confirmed this and informed me that it is legitimate, but pricey. There is nothing in the written laws that supports this though.
That's interesting and strange information. I guess money talks when it comes to interpreting the laws, I don't want to say too much but let's say the General is just doing business.
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I think he was mistaken.PSD_Kiwi wrote:
Strangely enough, even foreigners married to a Cambodian can get the K visa, was in a meeting with an Immigration General a few days ago who confirmed this and informed me that it is legitimate, but pricey. There is nothing in the written laws that supports this though.
Visa K is only accessible to khmer by blood lignage.
I tried several times to obtain one for myself through various high up immigration contacts and even though I am a cambodian citizen I was refused it no matter what, they however acknowledged I and another few hundreds others were left in a visa limbo since there are non existent that fit us for use in our primary passport.
I did some Googling and here is the link - https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/ac ... LEG_37.pdfMiguelito wrote:
This could be a slightly confusing, pedantic argument, as you are both correct.
According to the Cambodian embassy's webpage in the U.S. here, K Visas are issued free of charge to Cambodian Citizens living abroad, and applicants need to provide Proof of Cambodian Citizenship. So technically, LL is correct. However, in practice, as we have all seen, as long as one of their parents is Cambodian they can get the K visa.
This is a bit strange as my parent don't have a citizenship because Khmer Rouge destroyed all evidence, everything.Article 4 - Shall obtain Khmer nationality/citizenship regardless of the place of birth
- Any legitimate child who is born from a mother or father who has Khmer nationality/citizenship
- Any illegitimate child who is born from and recognised by mother or father who has Khmer nationality
That's very interesting! I guess there is no clear cut as the law can be interpreted according to the level of money being offered. And connection.Barang_doa_slae wrote:
I think he was mistaken.
Visa K is only accessible to khmer by blood lignage.
I tried several times to obtain one for myself through various high up immigration contacts and even though I am a cambodian citizen I was refused it no matter what, they however acknowledged I and another few hundreds others were left in a visa limbo since there are non existent that fit us for use in our primary passport.
They may not have citizenship, but they have Khmer Nationality.thelost wrote:I did some Googling and here is the link - https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/ac ... LEG_37.pdfMiguelito wrote:
This could be a slightly confusing, pedantic argument, as you are both correct.
According to the Cambodian embassy's webpage in the U.S. here, K Visas are issued free of charge to Cambodian Citizens living abroad, and applicants need to provide Proof of Cambodian Citizenship. So technically, LL is correct. However, in practice, as we have all seen, as long as one of their parents is Cambodian they can get the K visa.
This is a bit strange as my parent don't have a citizenship because Khmer Rouge destroyed all evidence, everything.Article 4 - Shall obtain Khmer nationality/citizenship regardless of the place of birth
- Any legitimate child who is born from a mother or father who has Khmer nationality/citizenship
- Any illegitimate child who is born from and recognised by mother or father who has Khmer nationality
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The fact that they don't have documentation doesn't mean they aren't citizens. They could get new papers if they wanted.thelost wrote: This is a bit strange as my parent don't have a citizenship because Khmer Rouge destroyed all evidence, everything.
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