No visa needed

Do citizens of Laos need a visa for Cambodia?

Citizens of Laos don’t need a visa for Cambodia and can stay up to 30 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Laos: the passport opens 20 countries visa-free; Vientiane — Phnom Penh: ≈ 750 km, about 1.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to Cambodia without a visa on a Laos passport?

Yes, citizens of Laos don’t need a visa for Cambodia for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Cambodia visa rules at a glance

With a Laos passport you can visit 20 countries visa-free, 21 with a visa on arrival and 58 with an e-visa; 99 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Laos passport ranks 169th of 199.
Laos passport: visa-free access to 20 countries; Cambodia passport: 20.
Citizens of Laos and Cambodia can travel together visa-free to 16 countries, for example: Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia, Seychelles, Micronesia, Palestine, Rwanda, Haiti, Dominica, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Laos and Cambodia share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Cambodia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Laos. Laos visa for citizens of Cambodia

Travelling to Cambodia: good to know

Vientiane — Phnom Penh: about 750 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Cambodian Riel and US Dollar.
Languages: Khmer.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ KHR 4,050.
Cambodia is the 4th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Laos.