Consular & Visa

Information for Irish and European citizens

This information is for Irish and European citizens residing in Ireland only.

For other nationalities, please contact the consular section of the Egyptian Embassy in Dublin at the following numbers:

+353 1 6606718 or +353 1 6606566

Visa Types

Visa processing

Visa Fee

Methods of payment

Visa Application Form

Opening Hours

There are two types of visa for Egypt:

Tourist Visa:

You shall need the following for getting a visa to Egypt

* A passport valid for 6 months
* A passport size photograph
* A filled application form with your details.

For downloading the visa application form, please print the two pages by clicking on the link below:

You can either post the filled visa application form + the photograph + the fees +

the passport to the embassy ,while enclosing an empty stamped envelop with your

address, and we will send you the passport back with the appropriate visa by mail,

noting that processing the visa takes 5 working days.

Or You can come and present the documents personally, and come again after 5

working days to collect the passports with the visa

The charge for the tourist visa per person is, click here

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Business Visa:

You shall need the following for getting a Business visa to Egypt

* A passport valid for 6 months
* A passport size photograph.
* A filled visa application form with your details.

* A letter from your company stating that your employment in it , as well as the duration, the purpose and the visit to Egypt, and its responsibility to cover your expenses.

For downloading the visa application form, please print the two pages by clicking on the link below:

You can either post to the embassy the filled visa application form + the

photograph + the fees + the passport , while enclosing an empty stamped envelop with your address, and we will send you the passport with the appropriate visa by mail, noting that processing the visa takes 5 working days.

Or You can come and present the documents personally, and come again after 5

working days to collect the passports with the visa.

The charge for the business visa per person is, click here

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Exemptions from Visa Fees

Egyptian visa fees do not apply to the following:

Holders of diplomatic passports.

Officials of international organizations and specialized agencies and state delegates to conferences.

Arab League officials.

Non-national spouses of Egyptian nationals.

Non-national members of the clergy, prominent scientists, journalists and members of official cultural, educational and sports delegations.

Non-national students studying in Egyptian institutions.

Non-diplomatic personnel of diplomatic and consular missions affected in Egypt.

Parents, siblings and adult children of members of the diplomatic and consular corps affected in Egypt.

Nationals of Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Russia and the United States are partially exempt from Egyptian visa fees and will, therefore, pay a reduced fee.

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Visa processing

Visa takes three working day to process ( if delivered by hand or by mail )

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Visa Fee

Description		Duration	Price
	Tourist Single Entry	Valid for 3 months	€ 25.00
	Tourist Multiple Entry	Valid for 6 months	€ 32.00
	Tourist Single Entry (German Citizen)	Valid for 3 months	€ 22.00
	Tourist Single Entry ( USA, Denmark, Sweden	Valid for 3 months	€ 20.00
	Finland, Cyprus, Russia, Yugoslavia)
	Business Single Entry	Valid for 3 months	€ 40.00
	Business Multiple Entry	Valid for 6 months	€ 60.00
	Business Single Entry ( British Passport )	Valid for 3 months	€ 95.00
	Business Multiple Entry ( British Passport )	Valid for 6 months	€ 155.00
	Business Single Entry ( Canadian Passport )	Valid for 3 months	€ 65.00
	Business Multiple Entry ( Canadian Passport )	Valid for 6 months	€ 105.00

Methods of payment

Company Cheque, Cash, Bank Draft or Postal Order

(( The Embassy cannot accept personal cheques))

If payment is made in cash . The exact amount is required

Visa Application Form

To print the Visa Application Form
Visa Application form	Page 1
Visa Application form	Page 2

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Opening Hours

Visa Section is open on:

Monday to Thursday	9.30am to 1.30pm.
Friday	9.30am to 12.30pm.

You can either drop the Visa Application form in the embassy, or you can post it to the embassy in the following details:

Consular section - (Visas)
The Egyptian Embassy in Dublin
12 Clyde Road
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4.
Ireland

For information about traveling to Egypt , please check the following web site : www.touregypt.net

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Residence in Egypt for Foreign Nationals

Special Services

Petitions

Notaries Duties

Judicial Notifications

Personal Status and Domestic Relations

Foreign Prisoners in Egyptian Punitive Institutions

Accidents and Decease Among Foreign Residents

Driving Licenses

Honorary Consulates

Work Authorization for Foreign Physicians and Pharmacists

Residence in Egypt for Foreign Nationals

Egypt grants legitimate foreign nationals the right for temporary residence in the country. There are two main cases of residpermits in Egypt:

Special Residence: is usually granted for a period of 10 years, renewable. Special residence is granted to those born in Egypt prior to 26/5/1952 or those having resided in the country for the 20 years preceding 26/5/1952 and whose stay has been uninterrupted; it is also granted to their wives and minor children.

Ordinary Residence: is granted for a period of either 3 or 5 years.
Three-Year Residence
Non-nationals are entitled to obtain temporary 3-year residence (renewable) in Egypt if they belong to any of the following categories:

Non-national husbands of Egyptians.

Children:

Minor children entitled to special or ordinary residence in like manner to their deceased father.

Adult children whose father is entitled to special, ordinary or 3-year residence provided a source of income is available to them.

Adult Palestinian male children of those employed by the Department for the Governor General of Gaza, or of those retired there from, who have completed their studies and are not working in the country.

Those employed by the government, public institutions, public sector companies

and public business sector.

Palestinians employed by the Department for the Governor General of Gaza and

those retired there from.

Palestinians in possession of travel documents issued solely by Egyptian

authorities who have been resident in Egypt for a period of 10 years.

Non-nationals who receive a monthly pension from the National Authority for

Insurance and Pensions.

Non-national residents of homes for the elderly and disabled.

Political refugees.

Refugees registered at the UN Higher Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).

Spouses of those non-nationals entitled to special or ordinary residence.

Egyptian spouses who forfeited their nationality of origin following marriage to

non-nationals and the acquisition of the latter's citizenship.

Spouses and children of those non-nationals exempt from residence permits and

restrictions.

Non-nationals who, for any reason, waived their entitlement to special or ordinary

residence.

Those non-nationals employed by the Swiss Institute for Architectural and

Archeological Research in Egypt.

Non-nationals who, according to international treaties, are entitled to obtain 3-

year residence.

Those granted approval on 3-year residence from the Ministry of Interior.

Spouses and children of those non-nationals entitled to 3-year residence under

any of the previous cases.

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Five-Year Residence

Non-nationals are entitled to obtain temporary 5-year residence (renewable) in Egypt if they belong to any of the following categories:

Investors.

Egyptians and their minor children who forfeited their nationality of origin due to

their admission to a foreign citizenship.

Children:

a. Of Egyptian mother.

b. Whose father was granted Egyptian citizenship.

c. Adult children whose mother is entitled to special, ordinary or 5-year residence in case of the death of the father.

Those of age 60 or more who have been resident in Egypt for 10 years provided

that a source of income is available to them.

Non-nationals who, according to international treaties, are entitled to obtain 5-

year residence.

Spouses and widows of Egyptians.

Spouses of those non-nationals entitled to ordinary residence.

Spouses and children of those non-nationals entitled to 5-year residence under

any of the previous cases.

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Special Services

* Foreigners arriving in Egypt on board of ships are granted a permission to visit the port of arrival for 24 hours and catch their ship at the same port. They can also be granted a permission to enter the country for a visit not exceeding a period of 3 days before catching their ship at the port of arrival or at any other port.

* Air passengers transiting in Egyptian airports are allowed entry for a quick trip not exceeding the period of 24 hours. In the event of emergency landing, passengers are entitled to enter Egypt for a period of:

* 24 hours in case of poor weather conditions.

* 48 hours in case of technical faults to the aircraft.

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Petitions

The Foreigners Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Egypt receives and examines petitions filed by non-nationals against Egyptian nationals before Egypt's consular missions overseas and foreign embassies and consulates in Egypt. The petitions are investigated and the outcomes forwarded to the plaintiff.

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Notaries Duties

The Foreigners and Legalization Section performs notaries duties including:

* Legalization of powers of attorney and authentication of signatures of Egyptian nationals abroad.

* Legalization of all documents:

* Issued by Egyptian authorities.

* Issued by local authorities in the host country.

* Legalization of local and foreign official documents can be done within Egypt at any of 14 Legalization Offices (hyper link to the 14 legalization offices listed on pages 4-5) offering this service throughout the country.

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Legalization Offices in Egypt

Cairo:

City Center: Tahrir Office, Isis Building 7 Lazoghli street, Garden City

Tel: (02) 7942728

Chamber of Commerce office in Cairo – Bab Ellouk –Cairo

Tel: (02) 7925967

Giza and Western Suburbs: Mohandessin Office 59 Gameat El-Dowal El-Arabia

Tel: (02) 749 3554

Chamber of Commerce office in Giza - Giza Square

Tel: (02) 5721716

Heliopolis District and Northeastern Suburbs: Merryland Office Sabaq street, Heliopolis

Tel: (02) 6336918

Abbassia, Daher and Eastern Districts: Ahmed Said Office Miyah Club, Abbassia

Tel: (02) 4837941

Armed Forces Office Roxy, Heliopolis

Tel: (02) 2913756

Alexandria:

Al Awqaf building , San Stifano 2nd flour . Alexandria

Tel. (03) 5855565

Suez Governorate:

Suez Office Pilgrims Old City, Suez

Tel: (062) 22 86 34

Gharbia Governorate:

Tanta Office Headquart ers of Gharbia Governorate, Tanta

Tel: (040) 334 61 39

Dakahlia Governorate:

Mansoura Office Talkha City Center

Tel: (050) 2521029

Beni-Suweif Governorate:

Beni-Suweif Office Abdel Salam Aref street, Beni-Suweif

Tel: (082) 333912

Assiout Governorate:

Assiout Office City Council Mubarak City, Assiout

Tel: (088) 33 96 20

Aswan Governorate:

Aswan Office National Democratic Party Building Mehatta Square, Aswan

Tel: (097) 312691

Ismailia Governorate:

Ismailia Office Shebin El-Kom street, Ismailia.

Tel: (064) 326062

Port Said Governorate:

Chamber of Commerce Office, Headquarters of Port Said Governorate

Tel: (066) 344841

El Behira Governorate:

Damanhour, Headquarters of El Behira Governorate

Tel: (045) 3363944

El Sharqia Governorate:

Zagazig Office City Council, El Sharqia Governorate

Tel: ( 055) 2354367

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Judicial Notifications

The Foreigners and Legalization Section:

*Receives judicial notifications from foreign embassies and transmits them to Egyptian nationals residing in the country.

* Forwards the competent Egyptian authority with extradition files submitted by foreign embassies and vice versa.

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Personal Status and Domestic Relations

The Foreigners Section oversees personal status and domestic relations related to:

* Non-nationals residing in Egypt.

* Problems of child custody.

* Requests submitted by foreign embassies for the issuance of birth and death certificates and of marriage and divorce statements.

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Foreign Prisoners in Egyptian Punitive Institutions

The Foreigners Section consults with the competent Egyptian authority on:

*Applications submitted by foreign embassies to authorize visits to non-national prisoners.

* Requests concerning the transfer of non-national prisoners from one penal establishment to another, the extradition of such prisoners or their release for health reasons.

* Exchange of prisoners according to bilateral or multilateral agreements.

* Any petition relating to a foreign prisoner in Egypt.

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Accidents and Decease among Foreign Residents

The Foreigners Section undertakes the notification of foreign embassies on any accident or decease occurring to their nationals on Egyptian soil.

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Driving Licenses

The Section consults with the Egyptian Traffic Department on requests submitted by foreign embassies relating to the authentication of driving licenses.

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Honorary Consulates

The Foreigners Section receives and examines applications for foreign honorary consulates to be opened in Egypt.

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Work Authorization for Foreign Physicians and Pharmacists

The Foreigners Section coordinates with competent Egyptian health and labour authorities on the approval of work authorization for foreign physicians and pharmacists seeking to take employment in Egypt.