Should you include your date of birth in Cambodia?

In practice: Expected, commonly included in personal information

Should you state your nationality in Cambodia?

In practice: Likely required for employment verification

Resume rules in Cambodia

Q: Should you put a photo on your CV in Cambodia?

In practice: Often required for customer-facing roles, skip for back-office; role-dependent

Q: Should you state your marital status in Cambodia?

In practice: Discouraged by modern international norms but still requested by some employers

Q: Should you state your sex or gender in Cambodia?

In practice: Photo indicates gender; explicit gender field not standard

What employers in Cambodia expect on a CV, ឯកសារប្រវត្តិរូប (Eksar Provattirup), what the law lets them ask for, and where the two disagree.

Call it a CV for Cambodia or a resume for Cambodia: it's the same document. Employers there usually want it written in Khmer, English.

This is research, not legal advice. Employment and data protection law changes, state and provincial rules matter in federal countries, and practice varies by industry and seniority. Each entry shows when it was looked up and how confident we are. Where nothing reliable was published it says Not found rather than a guess.

Law and practice, side by side

The label on the right is what local hiring expects. The two lines under it are the law and the habit, which often disagree.

Photo: Not found

Often required for customer-facing roles, skip for back-office; role-dependent

Date of birth: Expected

Expected, commonly included in personal information

Marital status: Not found

Discouraged by modern international norms but still requested by some employers

Sex or gender: Not found

Photo indicates gender; explicit gender field not standard

Nationality: Not found

Likely required for employment verification

National ID number: Not found

Not mentioned

The rest of the entry

Local name of the document: CV, ឯកសារប្រវត្តិរូប (Eksar Provattirup)
Language to submit in: Khmer, English
Typical length: 1-2 pages typical; exact standard not specified
Address detail expected: Contact information expected
Signature and date: Not mentioned
Anti-discrimination statutes: Labor Law, 1997, Article 12; Law on Protection and Promotion of Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2009
Local language source: English only

Where this came from

Looked up 2026-08-15. Independently checked 2026-08-15. High confidence. Result of that check: Corrected.

Notes: Limited legal information found. Cambodian hiring market appears to be transitioning from traditional practices (photo, personal details) toward international norms. Photo expectation is highly role-dependent. No labor law or data protection statutes identified. Work permit required for non-citizens but not CV-specific.

Researched with AI assistants working from a written checklist, then independently checked. How we researched this