Comments on: Everything You Need to Know About the Egypt Visa

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 08:35:00 +0000

I’m usually pretty to avoid scams and while there is a first time for everything, it’s definitely the first time I got denied an (online) Visa, 25USD gone. My gf got her visa approved, somehow. I tried to contact their support, but obviously the answer is generic: “Info doesn’t match the travelling document” or “Poor quality of your traveling document” which is very subjective. They still sarcastically add “you will need to create a totally new application with new payment”.

Long story short, the Visa on arrival is definitely the way to go, despite a gift to the agent through inflated conversion fees (for those like me who don’t fly from America and have obviously no cash in $)

By: Maureen Ann Eschbacher

Maureen Ann Eschbacher — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 19:03:26 +0000

I’ll be arriving on a cruise ship. There are 2 stops in Egypt. Is this considered a multiple entry?

By: rhona

rhona — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:44:41 +0000

Hi Jazz, I love your blog, I learned alot of information, very helpful.

Jazz, I have a quick question. When you say “If you enter Egypt by ferry via Nuweiba from Jordan, you can get the full tourist visa at Nuweiba port”. Does it include nationalities ? Im Filipino btw. Or should I try your tip to get the full visa from Sharm El SHeikh Airport.

By: Alma123

Alma123 — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 05:05:42 +0000

I am 70 years old and would like to study Colloquial Arabic in Cairo for a year or more. How can I get a residence visa? If I get a tourist visa on arrival, can I get a residence visa within the country, or must I do it from outside the country? American passport.

Also, what are current Covid restrictions in Cairo? Masks outdoors? Public transit operating normally? Vaccination required?

Thank you!

By: Grant

Grant — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 07:03:13 +0000

We have a concern about entry into Egypt, hope you could help. We have secured a job there but it only starts in August. We would like to go and spend some holiday there before the time. With the tourist visa we will need to extend it, can you do that in country or must we leave.

By: Marius

Marius — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 08:09:54 +0000

We have a similar problem but might have a solution: we are coming from Israel and went to go to Egypt (and afterwards to Sudan), so we don’t want Sudan to see that we were in Israel.
If you cross the border from Israel to Egypt in Eilat, you will get a visa only for the Sinai area. If they give it to you on a piece of paper, there will be no evidence, that you entered Egypt from Israel. You can get your proper Egypt Visa then at Sharm El Sheik airport. How does that sound? :D

The safe alternative would be to go to Jordan from Israel, get a stamp on a piece of paper. Get rid of that. Then enter Egypt from Jordan with the ferry.

By: Jazzy

Jazzy — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 06:47:12 +0000

In reply to Amy Pai. Hey Amy, If you are worried about being turned around, why don't you try to get the full visa at the Egyptian embassy in Eilat? It might be the better option.

By: Amy Pai

Amy Pai — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:59:42 +0000

Hello Jazzy,
you said “it’s recommended to take the free entry stamp and get the full visa at Sharm El Sheikh Airport.” in the article. It sounds wonderful. However, is there any success experience? Some people had the bad experience that they were sent back to Eilat-Taba border to get the full Egyptian visa. I’m really afraid that it will happen on me. Amy