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Planning a trip to Egypt?

Are you planning a trip to Egypt? If so, you should know that you can't go there without a visa. This is a compulsory document that must be provided before travelling to this destination, and the same applies to tourism. So how do you go about obtaining this authorisation?

Visas are compulsory for arrivals by sea, air or land. If you are on a cruise, you can apply for your visa directly at the port of arrival. Even for a one-day stopover, this document is necessary.

Please note that the new free transit visa mentioned recently in various articles only applies to arrivals via Cairo airport.

However, we advise you to apply online before you leave, to avoid waiting too long at immigration.

Obtaining your e-visa via the authorities' website

The Egyptian authorities have put in place a system with the aim of issue an electronic visa for the country. To be more precise, this is an initiative that has been in place since December 2017 and works for all entry points into Egypt.

Thanks to this system, it's now easy to address a online visa application for Egypt. Similarly, you no longer need to go anywhere to make your application. In just a few clicks, you can complete all the requirements.

To obtain this travel authorisation for Egypt, you must first go to the website of the authorities. You will then be directed to a form that requires special attention if it is to be completed correctly. In this form, you will be asked to provide photocopy of passport of the traveller or his identity card, front and back.

The authorities will then review your application. If your form is fully completed and you are eligible, they will send you a travel authorisation who is in electronic form, in PDF. It is essential toprint in colourThis authorisation will be used as a pass to enter Egypt.

Obtaining your e-visa through an agency

An agency specialising in electronic travel documents will take care of simplify administrative formalities for travellers. Thanks to its team, it can handle hundreds of cases a day. It is therefore a group that guarantees you quality services in the shortest possible time.

It is obtained online and requires no effort. You fill in your form request, you send your documents and the team will resize them so that they are acceptable to the authorities.

However, this travel agreement is only issued to nationals from over 40 countries. Similarly, the visa is only authorised for tourism purposes. These are the conditions that must be met to benefit from the expertise of this company.

Another point of clarification is that this authorisation normally requires the presentation of a passport valid for at least 8 months after the date of entry. However, travellers from 5 nationalities are the only ones who can use their simple identity card, valid for 8 months after the date of entry, to submit their visa application. These are Italy, Germany, Portugal, France and Belgium.