At Phnom Penh’s open-air Golden Sorya Mall on Wednesday, current and future foreign retirees said they had no complaints about the existing visa system and would only switch to retirement visas if they had no other choice.

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Expatriates already retired in Cambodia on business visas will not need to switch to the new visas, he added, but will have the option.

Maj. Gen. Veasna’s deputy, Tho Sreng, said the immigration department was aiming to make the new visas available on Monday, but that delays were possible as officials continued to notify foreign embassies about the change.
Both Maj. Gen. Veasna and Mr. Sreng said they did not know how much the retirement visas would cost.

Cambodia’s unusually permissive visa regime has historically meant that foreigners could theoretically stay in the country indefinitely by renewing their business visas every 12 months—regardless of whether they were actually employed in the country. Work permits are now officially required in addition to business visas, but the regulation is rarely enforced.