Many tourists, vacationing in Thailand, would like to go to Cambodia, because in this rather cheap country, the Ankhor Wat temple complex listed by UNESCO is located. But the question is whether the Russians need a visa to Cambodia. If you have a stamped stamp issued by the Thai Embassy in your passport, you do not need a visa to enter the neighboring territory. The two states have entered into a bilateral agreement under which tourists can enter the territory of one power with the permission of the other. The length of stay is limited by the validity period indicated on the insert.
But if you just got a stamp in your passport upon arrival in Thailand (Russians come to the country this way to relax), then for an excursion to Cambodia you need to apply for permission to enter. Numerous travel agencies are involved in this: if you wish, a single-entry visa can be opened or a whole package of services can be provided, including transfer, sightseeing, meals and overnight. If you travel to Southeast Asia and want to cross Cambodia, you need to arrange transit travel. It is received identically with a tourist permit - for a period of 30 days and at a price of $ 20 US. An exception is the entry from Laos - there, at the border points, stamps are not pasted into passports.
What is a tourist visa to Cambodia? This is the so-called paste C (unlike A, B and D - transit, long-term and business). She gives the right to stay on its territory for a month a month (without the right to employment). It happens with a single entry and multi-entry (with the ability to leave the country and re-enter it). You can open this visa in three ways, and we will now consider them.
The easiest, effortless way is to get a sticker on arrival. A visa to Cambodia is issued in the order of a live queue at a border point, that is, the whole procedure takes from 5 minutes to half an hour. Russians can get this stamp in their passports at the international airports of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, as well as at land border crossings (with the exception of the Cambodian-Lao border). It costs $ 20 (payment is in US currency). As always, you need to have a passport with you to travel abroad, and it must still be valid for more than a month after you enter. Still need two photos in the amount of three by four centimeters. Whoever does not take the necessary pictures of his person with him pays a “fine” of $ 1-3.
However, there are nuances. Cambodia is considered a country where corruption flourishes, and border guards often - especially at Thai-Cambodian crossings - can request both 40 and 50 euros, arguing that some kind of medical insurance and the need to buy pills. These requirements are illegal: you can complain to their superiors, or you can “pay a fine” directly to the arrogant border guard. In order for your visa to Cambodia to become yours without any problems at the border, it is better to apply for it at the country's consulate in Moscow. You need to hand over your valid passport and its photocopy, three 3 by 4 photos, a questionnaire filled out in Russian or English (a form is issued at the consulate) and pay $ 25 of the consular fee. On average, after three business days you can pick up the finished documents.
If you are not a resident of Moscow and traveling to a foreign consulate in the capital is unprofitable for you, you can choose a win-win and not too laborious way to obtain permission to enter the country: this is a visa to Cambodia on the Internet. It is valid at international airports of the country, as well as at ground crossings from Vietnam (Bavet) and Thailand (Cham Yeam and Poipet). To obtain such permission, you need to find the Cambodian Foreign Ministry's website (this is evisa.mfaic.gov.kh), download the application form (in English) and fill out it, attach a photo scan of the dimensions already specified and pay with a MasterCard, Visa, Discover or American credit card Express 25 $ to the specified account. As a rule, no later than after three or four business days, you will receive a confirmation email that you should print twice and attach both copies to the passport with a stapler. Thus, you can not only avoid problems at the border, but also save the page of an important document.