Egyptian resorts are popular with residents of the CIS countries. There are several reasons for this: comfortable conditions, good service, not high cost of rest and minimum time and financial expenses for visa and other documents. About whether you need to issue a visa to Egypt, how to do it and which resorts you can do without a visa, we will tell you in detail later.
How to get a visa to Egypt?
Departing to Egypt, a visa can be obtained in two ways:
- visa registration at the airport in Egypt;
- a visa in the embassy of Egypt in the territory of his country.
With any of the ways of obtaining this document, difficulties, as a rule, do not arise.
Getting a visa at the airport
Upon arrival at Egypt airport, a citizen of another country needs to obtain and fill out a migration card, purchase a visa stamp in one of the windows for their sale. Mark visitors are pasted into the passport and then pass passport control, during which the police put a stamp on top of the acquired visa.
It is worth such a mark 15 - 17 dollars. The visa is valid for 30 days.
If children are entered in the passport, then they go on the same visa with the parent, if not, for each child, one visa is taken.
Reception of the visa in embassy
You can apply for a visa in advance at the Egyptian embassy in your own country. To do this, you need the following documents:
- a passport with a validity not less than three months after the date of the expected departure;
- photo in the 3x4 cm format;
- photocopy of the pages of the passport;
- English application form;
- insurance policy and its copy;
- tickets and a document confirming the reservation at the hotel;
- voucher of travel agency, if available;
- copies of the birth certificate of children , if any.
Consideration of the application, regardless of what kind of visa is needed in Egypt, takes from 3 days.
It is desirable to obtain a visa at the embassy if you need to stay in Egypt for more than 30 days. The cost of a visa, when received at the embassy, varies between 10 and 15 dollars, depending on the country. For children under 12 years, the document is issued free of charge.
Note that in 2013 the issue of the cancellation of tourist visas to Egypt was relevant for Russians for the summer period. This year, the government of Egypt did not take such a decision, and the visa regime was preserved for the whole year for all representatives of the CIS countries.
Sinai visa to Egypt in 2013
Sinai visa, which few tourists know, gives the right to be vacationers in the Sinai Peninsula, where the main resorts are located, completely free of charge.
The Sinai stamp is placed by employees at the request of arriving citizens. Not always employees of authorized services take this step, as it is not economically profitable. But with a certain perseverance, you will put a stamp. Defending their right, claiming a Sinai visa, will have to refer to the Camp David Agreement of 1978 and amendments to it, dated 1982 year.
Only citizens arriving at the following points can put a Sinai stamp:
- Sharm el-Sheikh airport;
- Taba airport;
- Taba;
- port of Nuweiba.
Receiving such a free visa to Egypt, it should be remembered that the right of free travel of a tourist is limited to the Sinai.
The duration of the Sinai visa is 15 days, after which it must be extended.
How can I extend my visa in Egypt?
If you have an ordinary tourist visa for a period of 30 days, but you need a longer stay in Egypt, you can extend it. For this, it is necessary to apply with the documents in hand to any representation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of major cities in Egypt. Term of stay representatives increase for another month, and pay for it will have about 10 local pounds.