Khmer Citizenship
- John Bingham
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Re: Khmer Citizenship
I don't want to know their identity, but I'd be interested in hearing whether they were just ordinary people, or someone who had made an outstanding contribution to society, however that could be taken.
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Re: Khmer Citizenship
Ordinary bloke...no outstanding contribution to society, school teacher, ex-bg wife. Once I have milked him for all of the information I will start a new thread to share.John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:31 pm I don't want to know their identity, but I'd be interested in hearing whether they were just ordinary people, or someone who had made an outstanding contribution to society, however that could be taken.
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Re: Khmer Citizenship
Hello,
Do you mean that even when paying it is still a complicated process ?
I read before that it was possible to buy an official Khmer passport, so it's not true ?
It costs $500000 to get some EU passports, so it cannot be too expensive to buy a Khmer one ?
Thanks.
Do you mean that even when paying it is still a complicated process ?
I read before that it was possible to buy an official Khmer passport, so it's not true ?
It costs $500000 to get some EU passports, so it cannot be too expensive to buy a Khmer one ?
Thanks.
Re: Khmer Citizenship
Whats his name???PSD-Kiwi wrote: ↑Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:23 pmThis, the Children are entitled to Cambodian Citizenship and a Cambodian Passport, doesn't even matter whether they were born in Cambodia or not. PR is correct...marriage has nothing to do with the kids citizenship and ability to receive a Cambodian passport.phuketrichard wrote: ↑Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:33 pmas ur kids mom is Khmer, does that not entitle them to Cambodian citizenship/passport?When we did our kids' passports, we had some trouble as we didn't have a Khmer marriage certificate, so had to get our British one copied/translated/approved for use.
Being married has nothing to do with the kids citizenship.
I recently met, and have been communicating with a foreign male who was granted Cambodian Citizenship through marriage last year. I have seen all of the associated documents, the certificate of citizenship, the Royal sub-decree announcing his grant of citizenship, his National ID card, Cambodian passport, and Family Book. Once I learn more I will create a new thread. The person however wishes to remain anonymous, so please don't ask.It would be very interesting to know how many foreigners have been granted citizenship over the past few years, and where they are from.
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Just kidding mate.
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Re: Khmer Citizenship
yeah please do mate will be interesting informationPSD-Kiwi wrote: ↑Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:59 pmOrdinary bloke...no outstanding contribution to society, school teacher, ex-bg wife. Once I have milked him for all of the information I will start a new thread to share.John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:31 pm I don't want to know their identity, but I'd be interested in hearing whether they were just ordinary people, or someone who had made an outstanding contribution to society, however that could be taken.
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Re: Khmer Citizenship
Thanks for all the helpful responses. I have 3 friends who got citizenship, two via marriage and one via naturalization. I'm talking to them also, I just wanted to have as much info as possible, and also see if there was anything that could be done about my marriage cert. Of course my wife and I being married has nothing to do with our kids getting Khmer passports, but as so many of you have already astutely observed...this is Cambodia
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Regarding other info I have gotten. A friend who did it via naturalization didn't even have to take the test, he kept going to the office and speaking Khmer with them so they just let it slide. Took him around 2 years, and $500 total. That was about 3 years ago. Another friend who failed the test paid $200, and said you need to get all the documents within a 3 month period, but that all the app forms aren't hard to get. Maybe there is just a stigma attached to this, the response from my friends is certainly not what I expected.
Already have land in my wife's name, and I want to do it for visa purposes, and really just the security of knowing that I can live with my family in Cambodia! If I try this in the future I will post on it to let everyone know how it goes. Thanks again for the help, and the reality check!
Already have land in my wife's name, and I want to do it for visa purposes, and really just the security of knowing that I can live with my family in Cambodia! If I try this in the future I will post on it to let everyone know how it goes. Thanks again for the help, and the reality check!
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best be sure you do not inadvertently relinquish your native citizenship. many countries have an oath of allegiance with a specific renunciation of loyalty to the prior country. you would want to be very financially secure to drop your western passport. keep in mind angelina jolie operates under different rules than we would.
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From what you say it would appear that neither of your friends fulfilled the requirements to obtain citizenship. Probably not the best route to follow, as article 30 of the New draft nationality law states:- foreigners who illegally obtain and possess Cambodian identification or passports shall be punished with a 5-10 year prison term.js6426 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 6:43 am Regarding other info I have gotten. A friend who did it via naturalization didn't even have to take the test, he kept going to the office and speaking Khmer with them so they just let it slide. Took him around 2 years, and $500 total. That was about 3 years ago. Another friend who failed the test paid $200, and said you need to get all the documents within a 3 month period, but that all the app forms aren't hard to get. Maybe there is just a stigma attached to this, the response from my friends is certainly not what I expected.
Already have land in my wife's name, and I want to do it for visa purposes, and really just the security of knowing that I can live with my family in Cambodia! If I try this in the future I will post on it to let everyone know how it goes. Thanks again for the help, and the reality check!
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Re: Khmer Citizenship
There are a reasonable number of Russian guys that bought citizenship.....
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/big-trouble-little-russia
general-chatter/russian-mafia-wars-siha ... t3084.html
I remember reading about a Russian Mafia guy that escaped police custody in his home country after being arrested for murder and made his way to Cambodia and bought citizenship. I brought this up in conversation with a few ex-pats I was having a few drinks with. They told me he lives on same street as HS and supposedly has police security on premises. But I do not know if that is true or not.
An earlier comment in this thread said $150,000 for citizenship and another said it was difficult to obtain.
This site claims it costs $310,000, to buy citizenship - https://www.justlanded.com/english/Camb ... -residency
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/big-trouble-little-russia
general-chatter/russian-mafia-wars-siha ... t3084.html
I remember reading about a Russian Mafia guy that escaped police custody in his home country after being arrested for murder and made his way to Cambodia and bought citizenship. I brought this up in conversation with a few ex-pats I was having a few drinks with. They told me he lives on same street as HS and supposedly has police security on premises. But I do not know if that is true or not.
An earlier comment in this thread said $150,000 for citizenship and another said it was difficult to obtain.
This site claims it costs $310,000, to buy citizenship - https://www.justlanded.com/english/Camb ... -residency
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