Background
The General Department of Immigration circulated Prakas No. 12644 to specify administrative forms and procedures for registering children of foreign nationals with the Ministry of Interior. Prakas No. 12644 defines the forms and procedures for entering newborn children of foreign nationals into the ministry’s family/support register.
The measure also provides the application process for recognizing as foreign immigrants children aged 18 and over who are named in a parent’s support register. Local immigration offices and district posts are named as implementing units responsible for applying the prakas during registration and recognition proceedings.
Scope of Application
Prakas 12644 applies to foreign nationals and their children where a parent is recorded in the Ministry of Interior’s support register, including newborns to be entered into that register and children aged 18 or older seeking recognition as foreign immigrants. The prakas is issued under the authority of the Ministry of Interior and is intended for operational use by immigration offices and district posts referenced by the General Department of Immigration.
Key Provisions or Decisions
The prakas sets out the required forms and step-by-step procedures for recording a newborn child of a foreign national in the support/family register maintained by the Ministry of Interior. It also specifies the submission requirements and administrative pathway for an application to recognize a child aged 18 or over as a foreign immigrant when the child is listed in a parent’s support register. On 29 June 2026 the Director General of Immigration convened a dissemination meeting at the Catholic pagoda in Chroy Ampil, Phnom Penh, to present Prakas 12644 to provincial and district immigration officials and affected community members.
Implications for Compliance
Immigration offices and district posts are required to implement the forms and procedures prescribed by Prakas 12644 when processing registrations and recognition applications for children of foreign nationals. Foreign nationals and their families must follow the administrative steps set out in the prakas to obtain registration or recognition under the Ministry of Interior’s support register framework.
Official Source
Announcement and meeting details published by the General Department of Immigration on 29 June 2026. Primary sources: GDI social media channels and the official immigration website (www.immigration.gov.kh). Source URL: https://www.facebook.com/GDIOfficial/posts/pfbid097cepHPbBQnkhKkze7JYnqJwhNzdh3L4xo369kTB8xokjSiNeggHgtLgNEsHziWol
