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Cambodia has dismissed a viral notice claiming that a waiver granted to citizens of Kenya, Uganda, Cameroon, and Ghana would expire on May 31, 2026, and ordering nationals of those countries to leave the country immediately.
The notice, which circulated widely on Thursday, claimed that Cambodian police would arrest any foreigner found hiding in the country after overstaying their visa. It further claimed that affected foreigners would face imprisonment and fines.
However, Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a post shared on X on Thursday night that it had received formal communication from the Government of Cambodia confirming that the notice ordering foreigners to leave by May 31, 2026, was fake.
Media clarification by the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Please disregard an “official notice” circulated online purportedly by the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia, giving all Africans an ultimatum to leave Cambodia.
The Government of Uganda has received formal notice from the… pic.twitter.com/gYOPTWMtlY
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Uganda 🇺🇬 (@UgandaMFA) May 29, 2026
“Please disregard an ‘official notice’ circulated online purportedly by the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia, giving all Africans an ultimatum to leave Cambodia,” the ministry wrote.
The ministry also attached a press statement dated May 29, 2026, issued by Cambodia’s General Department of Immigration and signed by Phnom Penh.
In the statement, the Cambodian government said it had observed some websites circulating false information about the expiration of immigration waivers and ordering African nationals to leave Cambodia.
The immigration agency dismissed the claims as false and advised the public to rely only on official information published on the General Department of Immigration’s website.
“The General Department of Immigration of the Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Cambodia wishes to clarify that the information published on those websites is completely untrue,” the statement read in part.
“To obtain official information, the national and international public are requested to visit the official website of the General Department of Immigration at www.immigration.gov.kh or call the hotline number (+855) 78 38 66 99 for further inquiries.”
The false notice surfaced at a time of growing concerns over immigration across parts of Africa, particularly as attacks on black migrants in South Africa intensified and allegations emerged that many undocumented migrants had overstayed their visas in the country.
