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ច្បាប់ស្តីពីសញ្ជាតិ (Law on Nationality), Preah Reach Kram NS/RKM/0618/008 of 21 June 2018

Royal Government of Cambodia (copy hosted by Open Development Cambodia) · Law · 21 Jun 2018 · Cambodia

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CompleteReviewed 8 Oct 2026

Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.

What the document holds

Law on Nationality, Royal Kram NS/RKM/0618/008 of 21 Jun 2018 (10 scanned pages in Khmer, read by OCR with the khm model; p. 2 blank): definitions (naturalisation based on residence, investment, cash donation or special merit), Ministry of Interior competence, nationality by birth, adoption and marriage (3 years plus 12 months' residence), naturalisation (Art. 19: conduct, record, 7 years' residence for immigrants, Khmer language; 3 years if born in Cambodia), investor route (Art. 21: 12 months' legal residence, amount and sectors by sub-decree), donation route (Art. 22: 6 months, amount by sub-decree), special merit (Art. 23), family applications, Khmer name, Royal Decree, oath, renunciation (age 18), penalties for false ID and passports (2-10 years' prison, fines KHR 4-10 million for individuals and 10-100 million for legal persons; out of scope), transitional and repeal of the 1996 law. No amounts for the routes and no statistics. The rule change was already an event; the two residence periods added as terms.

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About the document

What it covers Khmer text. Art. 21: investors with lawful investment permission may apply after 12 months' legal residence; amount, priority sectors and project types set by sub-decree. Art. 22: cash donors to the national budget or humanitarian sector may apply after 6 months' residence; amount set by sub-decree.

Notes Scanned Khmer PDF with no text layer (no Khmer OCR in this pipeline); quotes were transcribed by eye from the page images. Kram number as cited in the preamble of Sub-decree 225 (2025).

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