Visa's for Egypt

[misshappy07]

Does anyone know if you require a visa for holiday in Egypt and if so can it be obtained at the airport on arrival?

[CheekyChops]

Yes you do and yes you can get it at the airport upon arrival. I went in October and if I remember rightly, it cost me �10.

[joannie10]

I think we were a bit over �10 but certainly not much. You can pay in euros, egyptian pounds, dollars or sterling i am sure. If i remember rightly though you only had to buy if you were going to certain areas. We were staying in Sharm el Sheik but doing a trip to Cairo and Mount Sinai so had to get the visa (think even for some dive areas it is required). Anyway they stick a couple of little stamps on your passport then stamp over them. The had done this incorrectly on one of my friends - she had the info but not done correctly. This was spotted when we were leaving at 2am to travel to cairo by the tour guide. My friend was made to hide in the bus toilet when the guards, with guns came onto check the passports. If she had known this was going to happen she would have stayed back from the trip but was told all will be ok then when journey started advised this is what she should do!! What we were told was if you are unsure if you are going to do a trip then best get the visa anyway as difficult to get later if you change your mind. There was quite a big queue to get them stamped but your bus bound to be waiting on people anyway.

[JonnoGenie]

Depends where you are going, Sinai coast and area no problem (Sharm right up to Taba). Oh and then Hurghada, and Marsa Alam too.

Yes you can get them on arrival. This can get complicated depending on precisely where you are going (side trips to Cairo?), but has been discussed to excrutiating length not so long ago.

Does the search funcction work on this forum? To my knowledge nothing has changed since it was last discussed.