Worldwide visas by Consular Assistance, Inc.
Visa to Egypt
In order to obtain a visa to Egypt applicants should provide to our Agency the following:
Tourist visa
- Valid, signed U.S. passport. Must be valid for at least 6 months after departing and contain at least one blank visa page.
- 1 passport-type photograph.
- 1 filled out visa application form
- Copy of round trip airline tickets or itinerary.
Business visa
- Valid, signed U.S. passport. Must be valid for at least 6 months after departing and contain at least one blank visa page.
- 1 passport-type photograph.
- 1 filled out visa application form
- A business letter of responsibility is required, to be typewritten on your company letterhead and addressed to:
Embassy of Egypt, Visa Section, Washington, D.C.
The letter must explain:
- Nature of business to be performed;
- Name and address of reference to be visited;
- Guarantee of return transportation and sufficient funds for the visit.
- The letter should be signed by an officer of the company other than the applicant.
- Copy of round trip airline tickets or itinerary
Fees and proccessing time: US$ 55. Processing time - 3 days.
Payment: Money order, company check or personal check made out to Consular Assistance, Inc.
Additional information:
- The Egypt tourist or business visa is issued for a single entry within three months, for stay of up to 30 days. Multiple entries are issued for business travelers on written request. A double entry visa can be issued for tourists on written request, must show copy of itinerary indicating two entries.
- The visa may be extended, on a monthly basis, by showing receipts for currency exchange at the rate of USD180 per month.
- All visitors to Egypt must register with immigration/police within seven days of arrival, or face a fine upon departure. Hotels and tour operators will perform the registration, which is evidented by a triangular registration stamp in the passport.
- If registering yourself, register at the Mugamma building in Cairo. It is a very simple process which usually takes a few minutes at most and is free of charge, (except at police stations). This procedure can be completed in Alexandria at the Passport Registration Office on Sharia Talaat Harb.
- You may take the following into Egypt without incurring customs duty:
- 200 cigarettes, 25 cigars or 200 g tobacco
- 2 litres of alcohol
- Perfume for personal use
- Gifts to the value of EGP500.00
- Cash, travellers cheques, credit cards and gold over the value of EGP500.00 must be declared on arrival.
- Drugs, firearms and cotton may not be brought into the country.
- The export of any antiquity or any item older than 100 years without a license is forbidden.
