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REQUIREMENTS FOR U.S. CITIZENS TO OBTAIN VISA TO ENTER EGYPT

Tourist Visa

Business Visa

  • Your valid, signed Passport (passport must have at least 6 months validity remaining)
  • 1 Application Form, fully completed and signed
  • 1 recent passport-type photograph
  • Completed Cover Page and Credit Card Authorization forms (print from browser)
  • Copy of airline tickets or itinerary
  • A business letter of responsibility is required, to be typewritten on your company letterhead and addressed to:

    Consulate of Egypt, Visa Section, San Francisco
  • The letter should explain the following:
  • Purpose of the trip
  • Name and address of company to be visited, and that financial responsibility and return transportation are guaranteed.
Processing Instructions

    Please forward the completed requirements detailed above to:

    TRAVEL DOCUMENT SYSTEMS, INC.,
    3 Embarcadero Center
    Lobby Level, Suite 2
    San Francisco, Ca 94111

    Your application will be hand carried to the Consulate, and is usually processed in three business days.

Fees

  • TDS Service Fee:
    $45.00 Per visa

  • Consular Fee:
    $ 15.00 Per visa /3 Months Single Entry Visa

  • Include credit card authorization, a check or money order payable to to "Travel Document Systems, Inc." for TDS handling fee per visa, plus Consular Fee per visa, and return Shipping Fee.

Return Postage
Continental USA Only -
$20.00 FedEx Letter (Next Business Day - up to three passports)
$23.50 FedEx Package Envelope (Next Business Day - overweight package)
$14.50 FedEx 2nd Business Day
$35.00 FedEx Letter (Saturday Delivery)


Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, USVI -
$35.00 FedEx Next Day Letter (No Saturday Delivery)
Visa Notes
  • 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 issued on arrival at most major ports of entry, except land borders, for a tourist stay of up to one week.
  • 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.
  • Special requirements exist for Official and Diplomatic passport holders.


Print Visa Application Form

INFORMATION AND FEES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
REVISED 04/2006



 
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