Has anyone gained Khmer Citizenship by marriage?
- Grand Barong
- Expatriate
- Posts: 787
- Joined: Mon Feb 08, 2021 6:49 pm
- Reputation: 623
- Location: QLD
Has anyone gained Khmer Citizenship by marriage?
Has anyone successfully applied for Khmer citizenship/Passport through marriage?
If so does it qualify you to purchase land and soft/hard title property in your own name?
CHAPTER III
KHMER NATIONALITY/CITIZENSHIP BY MARRIAGE
Article 5:
A foreign man or woman who got married with a Khmer wife or husband, may demand for Khmer nationality/citizenship only if upon such man or women have been living together for a period of three (3) years, after registration of a marriage certificate.
A formality and procedure for the demand of Khmer nationality/citizenship, shall be determined by Sub-decree.
The grant of Khmer nationality/citizenship following the case of demand for it, shall be decided by Royal-decree.
If so does it qualify you to purchase land and soft/hard title property in your own name?
CHAPTER III
KHMER NATIONALITY/CITIZENSHIP BY MARRIAGE
Article 5:
A foreign man or woman who got married with a Khmer wife or husband, may demand for Khmer nationality/citizenship only if upon such man or women have been living together for a period of three (3) years, after registration of a marriage certificate.
A formality and procedure for the demand of Khmer nationality/citizenship, shall be determined by Sub-decree.
The grant of Khmer nationality/citizenship following the case of demand for it, shall be decided by Royal-decree.
-
- Expatriate
- Posts: 13458
- Joined: Wed May 28, 2014 11:37 pm
- Reputation: 3974
Re: Has anyone gained Khmer Citizenship by marriage?
I have no experience with this, but have heard it is possible, but (very) expensive. Other posters here should be able to give you more details.
- John Bingham
- Expatriate
- Posts: 13784
- Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:26 pm
- Reputation: 8983
Re: Has anyone gained Khmer Citizenship by marriage?
I've never heard of it happening in practice. The only way you'll get citizenship is by putting in a lot of service for the good of the nation for a couple of decades or investing maybe half a million into the national fund.
Silence, exile, and cunning.
- Bitte_Kein_Lexus
- Expatriate
- Posts: 4421
- Joined: Sun May 18, 2014 7:32 pm
- Reputation: 1325
Re: Has anyone gained Khmer Citizenship by marriage?
A few have gotten citizenship for doing cultural sort of stuff for less than ten years. Never heard of it successfully happening through marriage.
Ex Bitteeinbit/LexusSchmexus
Re: Has anyone gained Khmer Citizenship by marriage?
I know 3 who have successfully obtained Citizenship via marriage. The 2 who did it all by the books took 3 - 6 years for the application to be approved! The other guy, who made a donation, had his approved in 1 month!
By all accounts it is a long drawn out process, the initial application fee is $500. You can collect the application forms and list of required supporting documentation from the Department of Identification.
Together with two copies of the application form you will need the following documents (one original, one copy):
1. Residence certificate (Sangkat)
2. Attitude certificate (Sangkat)
3. Spouses agreement letter (Sangkat + signed by two witnesses) (basically a stat Dec by your wife saying your spouse supports your application)
4. Health certificate
5. Birth certificate (English)
6. Criminal background check (both from Ministry of Justice and your country)
7. Official Cambodian Marriage certificate
8. Job certificate (Work Permit?) If applicable
9. Copy of passport & current Visa EOS
10. 10 x passport photos
11. Any other supporting documentation you may have to support your application (kids birth cert etc)
1,2,3,4,6 must be no older than 3 months.
You have to submit your docs at the General Dept of Identification, use the entrance on the right (Nationality), go up to the second floor, turn right, turn left, it´s the second office at your right then). Don´t forget to dress appropriately, long trousers, collared shirt, shoes, otherwise the guard at the gate won´t let you in.
Reference your questions regarding buying land, the answer is yes, once you are granted Citizenship you are afforded the same rights as any other Cambodian Citizen.
By all accounts it is a long drawn out process, the initial application fee is $500. You can collect the application forms and list of required supporting documentation from the Department of Identification.
Together with two copies of the application form you will need the following documents (one original, one copy):
1. Residence certificate (Sangkat)
2. Attitude certificate (Sangkat)
3. Spouses agreement letter (Sangkat + signed by two witnesses) (basically a stat Dec by your wife saying your spouse supports your application)
4. Health certificate
5. Birth certificate (English)
6. Criminal background check (both from Ministry of Justice and your country)
7. Official Cambodian Marriage certificate
8. Job certificate (Work Permit?) If applicable
9. Copy of passport & current Visa EOS
10. 10 x passport photos
11. Any other supporting documentation you may have to support your application (kids birth cert etc)
1,2,3,4,6 must be no older than 3 months.
You have to submit your docs at the General Dept of Identification, use the entrance on the right (Nationality), go up to the second floor, turn right, turn left, it´s the second office at your right then). Don´t forget to dress appropriately, long trousers, collared shirt, shoes, otherwise the guard at the gate won´t let you in.
Reference your questions regarding buying land, the answer is yes, once you are granted Citizenship you are afforded the same rights as any other Cambodian Citizen.
- John Bingham
- Expatriate
- Posts: 13784
- Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:26 pm
- Reputation: 8983
Re: Has anyone gained Khmer Citizenship by marriage?
Silence, exile, and cunning.
Re: Has anyone gained Khmer Citizenship by marriage?
Haha, it's basically a certificate of good conduct from the Sangkat confirming that you aren't the neighbourhood trouble maker or something like that. The Dept of ID can provide templates of the necessary documents, I've got them all at home but haven't gotten around to scanning them yet.
- John Bingham
- Expatriate
- Posts: 13784
- Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:26 pm
- Reputation: 8983
Re: Has anyone gained Khmer Citizenship by marriage?
No worries, I'm sure I could get one if needed but I'm not planning on applying for citizenship just yet.
Silence, exile, and cunning.
- Grand Barong
- Expatriate
- Posts: 787
- Joined: Mon Feb 08, 2021 6:49 pm
- Reputation: 623
- Location: QLD
Re: Has anyone gained Khmer Citizenship by marriage?
Thanks for all the feedback It sounds like quite an exercise, not as straight forward as I thought.
-
- Expatriate
- Posts: 153
- Joined: Mon Jun 03, 2019 5:43 am
- Reputation: 80
Re: Has anyone gained Khmer Citizenship by marriage?
You can get one quickly by first getting scammed (i.e. land deal gone wrong) and making a ginormous brouhaha about it.
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 49 Replies
- 8955 Views
-
Last post by VascoDeGrandma
-
- 66 Replies
- 24896 Views
-
Last post by Fridaywithmateo
-
- 12 Replies
- 5139 Views
-
Last post by Ot Mean Loi
-
- 1 Replies
- 1201 Views
-
Last post by NiceGuyLou
-
- 0 Replies
- 1346 Views
-
Last post by CEOCambodiaNews
-
- 32 Replies
- 12447 Views
-
Last post by daeum_tnaot
-
- 31 Replies
- 6567 Views
-
Last post by ExPenhMan
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Ahrefs [Bot], Google [Bot], JF, Patcan, WildAlaskaKen and 583 guests