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ALMOST a full year after it was first announced (TTG Asia e-Daily, January 16, 2012),
a joint visa allowing non-ASEAN nationals to travel freely between
Cambodia and Thailand was finally implemented on December 27, 2012.
A press release issued by Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
announced that the visa can be obtained at diplomatic and consular
missions of either country and is valid for 90 days from date of
issuance, three times the validity initially floated. Each visa will
cost US$20.
Nationals of the following countries are eligible to apply for the
visa: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bahrain, Canada, China, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel,
Italy, India, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Spain, South Africa, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US.
The joint visa is part of the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic
Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS), a cooperation framework among Cambodia,
Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam to utilise member countries’ diverse
strengths and to promote development in the sub-region.
The launch of the ACMECS Single Visa was held after the 8th Thai-Cambodia Joint Committee meeting, reported Xinhua News Agency.
Last September, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam had also expressed
the possibility of a single tourist visa, with Thailand as a fifth
partner in the scheme (TTG Asia e-Daily, September 20, 2012).
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