Cambodia is becoming more popular in 2024, the country is developing with a great number’s and behind the tourists it’s now a popular place in the mind of investors and entrepreneurs. In this story some people want to make it home and obtain Cambodia citizenship.
In the article we will mainly explain Cambodia citizenship for those parents who are foregin nationals and Thier child born in Cambodia.
Unfortunately Cambodia don’t grant automatic citizenship for children born in Cambodia, but it’s not the end of the way. Cambodia will give citizenship to those children who are born in Cambodia for three years.
Now we understand that if a baby born in Cambodia and he/she still for three years in Cambodia he/she can apply for Cambodia citizenship.
What about parents?
The good news is that the parents of foreign baby who born incambdoai will be eligible for Cambodian citizenship after three years of residence in Cambodia.
Normally a person should live at least for 7 years in Cambodia to become eligible for citizenship but if their child born in Cambodia they will be eligible only in three years of redundancy.
It’s not end of the story, these parents need to become a part of Khmer society, they need to integrate in the society of Cambodian people, so they should be able to speak the Cambodian language which is called khamer.
They need to understand the law and traditions or this country. Parents also need to have a job and liveable income in Cambodia. And finally they can apply for Cambodian citizenship.
Cambodia citizenship Benefits
Cambodia is a developing country, there are a great start of modernising the country and you can find best opportunities. The country has a stability of politics and there is an order all time. You will have a second home to live with comfort and peace.
Cambodia citizenship will give you visa free access to many countries but specially in southeast asia you will have full visa free movement access, you can travel to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, loas and all Reginal countries within a visa.
By becoming a Cambodian citizen your family members will be able to get Cambodian citizenship, your wife and children’s will be directly become Cambodian citizens, in future even if your and your children babies born outside of Cambodia they will be counted directly Cambodians.
You will be able to keep your first nationality, Cambodia allow dual citizenship, you don’t need to leave your first citizenship. You can hold both your birth country citizenship and your Cambodian citizenship. This is something not common in Asia. Most Asian countries don’t allow dual citizenship.