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Egypt visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 20265 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free2Visa on arrival115Visa required81
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

2

Visa on arrival

115

Visa required

81
Policy history

Official evidence timeline

One group agreement or destination policy can support many passport relationships. Dates are recorded only when an official source establishes them.

  1. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Egypt eVisa-eligible ordinary passports: visa at port of arrival

    Egypt's eVisa portal lists this ordinary-passport cohort for electronic applications. The Ministry of Interior's port-visa schedule says that, in addition to its separately named countries, all countries previously listed in the eVisa system receive an emergency entry visa at ports of arrival. Under the easiest-access taxonomy, the nationality-wide port route is normalized as visa_on_arrival; eVisa remains an online alternative.

    • The Ministry of Interior's arrival list expressly adds all countries previously listed in the eVisa system. This policy chooses the arrival-issued visa as the easier available nationality-wide route; it does not erase the official eVisa alternative.
    • The eVisa portal describes online issuance for tourism, single or multiple entry, and requires a passport valid at least six months from arrival, the printed eVisa, itinerary and relevant hotel or visit evidence. Border officers can refuse entry even with an eVisa.
    • Canada's port-arrival route is independently confirmed by the Foreign Ministry as effective from 1 December 2024; the same announcement says the eVisa option was reactivated.
    • Purpose-specific, work, residence, study, transit, Sinai-only, diplomatic, official, service, refugee, stateless, travel-document, security and individual-admissibility rules are outside this ordinary tourist baseline.
    78 passport nationalities covered

    Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Kosovo, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam

    Official sourcesMinistry of Interior of the Arab Republic of Egypt: Egypt e-Visa Portal: FAQ and eligible-nationality scheduleEgyptian Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Passports, Immigration and Nationality: Ministry of Interior: countries granted emergency entry visas at ports of arrivalEgyptian Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Passports, Immigration and Nationality: Ministry of Interior: Egypt entry-visa rulesMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates: Foreign Ministry: Canada prior-visa cancellation and port-arrival visa
  2. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Additional named ordinary passports: Egypt visa at port of arrival

    The Ministry of Interior's current port-arrival schedule expressly names this cohort in addition to eVisa-system nationalities. Each is therefore normalized as visa_on_arrival, not as an eVisa or visa-free entry.

    • This route is an emergency entry visa granted at ports of arrival. It is not a visa waiver, an ETA, or an inference from an online form.
    • The Ministry page separately qualifies Iraq by age, Belize by non-Arab origin, Guinea by occupation/funds/purpose and Turkey by non-Egyptian origin; those conditional rows are intentionally excluded from this nationality-wide policy.
    • Entry remains subject to purpose, duration, passport, funds, carrier, public-security and border-officer requirements. Work, residence, transit, Sinai-only, diplomatic, official, service and special-document routes are outside scope.
    36 passport nationalities covered

    Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Grenada, Nauru, El Salvador, The Bahamas, Vanuatu, Nicaragua, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Fiji, Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda, Solomon Islands, Cuba, Honduras, Andorra, Guatemala, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Dominica, Costa Rica, Palau Islands, Samoa, Kiribati, Macao (SAR China), Panama, Liechtenstein, Brunei, Micronesia, Tuvalu, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Mongolia, Suriname, Tonga, St. Lucia

    Official sourcesEgyptian Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Passports, Immigration and Nationality: Ministry of Interior: countries granted emergency entry visas at ports of arrivalEgyptian Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Passports, Immigration and Nationality: Ministry of Interior: Egypt entry-visa rules
  3. Current official routeVisa required

    Named ordinary passports: Egypt prior-visa baseline

    The Ministry of Interior's current prior-visa schedule directly names this cohort. The six named passports that the eVisa schedule also covers are excluded because the separately documented arrival route is easier; this policy does not infer a residual default beyond the Ministry's list.

    • This is the ordinary-passport visitor baseline from the Ministry's named prior-visa list. It does not make an online application channel an eVisa or a tourist-arrival arrangement.
    • The Ministry schedule records limited exceptions based on age, sex, Egyptian family links, international-organization employment, student status, GCC marriage, Jordanian residence, an accredited tourism-company guarantee, route, occupation, ancestry or sufficient funds. Those are not nationality-wide and do not alter this baseline.
    • Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Iraq, Kosovo and Vietnam appear both in the prior-visa schedule and the current eVisa schedule; they are excluded here and classified under the easier documented port-arrival route. Cambodia and Thailand remain in this policy because the current eVisa schedule does not list them.
    • Diplomatic, official, service, crew, residence, work, transit, Sinai-only, refugee, stateless and other special-document treatment remains outside scope.
    78 passport nationalities covered

    Libya, Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Palestinian Territory, Lebanon, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Comoro Islands, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Philippines, Indonesia, Chad, Pakistan, Somalia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Iran, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Timor-Leste, Nigeria, South Sudan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Guyana, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Liberia, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Mauritania, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Laos, Cameroon, Kenya, Guinea-Bissau, Uganda, eSwatini, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Central African Republic, Tanzania, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Djibouti, Cape Verde Islands, Zambia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Senegal, Seychelles, Gabon, The Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Congo (Rep.), Lesotho, Madagascar, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritius, Belize, Türkiye, Guinea

    Official sourcesEgyptian Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Passports, Immigration and Nationality: Ministry of Interior: countries whose nationals are granted a prior entry visaMinistry of Interior of the Arab Republic of Egypt: Egypt e-Visa Portal: FAQ and eligible-nationality scheduleEgyptian Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Passports, Immigration and Nationality: Ministry of Interior: countries granted emergency entry visas at ports of arrival