Ozinasia wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:12 pm Here is a new one on me today was told about a situation a young mum is in. A Filippina lady has been living in Cambodia about 14 years
She gave birth to her daughter 12 years ago to an American father who since disappeared.
The baby was given a Cambodian birth certificate.
Her own father in Manila is now on his death bed and she planned to fly home and applied for a Cambodian passport for her daughter but has been told sorry no your daughter is not Khmer she needs a Filipino passport since neither parent is Khmer.
Well thats ok only the embassy now informs her the daughter is 12 years overstay = $43,800.
Seems no way out for her, unlike her friend in Thailand who in similar situation the baby can remain in Thailand visa free until 18 and decide on what passport they want.
In Cambodia no, so a heads up to anyone planning on giving birth in Cambodia they need a passport and visa from day one !!

Malone wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:29 pm can you even charge a child for overstay?

PSD-Kiwi wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:34 pm This is common knowledge, children born to foreigner parents in Cambodia need to apply for a Cambodian Birth Certificate, which will state both the parents nationalities and the childs, this does not make them a Cambodian Citizen therefore they are not eligible for a Cambodian passport.

As soon as they have obtained their Cambodian birth certificate and passport(s) from their parents country, they must report to the DoI within 3 months of the birth (often they are lenient with the timeframe up to 12 months), they are then required to obtain an Exit Visa, depart the country, return, obtain the necessary Visa and then Extension of Stay. The DoI will sometimes issue the Visa without the need to leave the country, very rarely though.

Tell your friend she should report to the Department of Immigration and plead her case, it is highly unlikely that they will charge 12 years of overstay, as there is a cap on the overstay fine (although not publicly published), if she is lucky they may discount or even waive the overstay fine, however, ignorance is no excuse.

I often have people, especially Filipinos, on a FB group I manage reporting that they believe their children born in Cambodia are automatically granted Citizenship, and they are shocked when they find out that's not the case. A little common sense would dictate parents who give birth in a foreign country would do a bit of research, unfortunately common sense ain't so common.

PSD-Kiwi wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:34 pm there is a cap on the overstay fine (although not publicly published)