ℹ️💻🇪🇬 The Egyptian ministry of foreign affairs (MoF) launched a new online portal with information and services for Egyptians and foreigners. This includes a new eVisa service for foreigners and tourists visiting Egypt, information about the ministry and its background (history and policies), documents of Egyptian international and bilateral treaties, and Egyptian consular contact information. The list below is an overview of the available online services:

General

• General overview of Egyptian foreign policies: https://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/ForeignPolicy/Pages/default.aspx
• MoF press releases: https://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/MediaCenter/News/Pages/default.aspx
• Egyptian embassies and consulates abroad (contact information: https://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/Ministry/Pages/contacts-egypt-empassys.aspx

Egyptians

• Services portal (including documents, passports, and civil status) for Egyptians abroad:  https://www.mfa.gov.eg/Arabic/ConsularServices/Pages/ServicesListing.aspx

Foreigners

• Electronic Visa Online (eVisa) service
  • Provided in collaboration with the Egyptian ministry of interior affairs
  • Allows citizens from certain countries (list of countries can be found here) to apply and pay online for entry visa to Egypt
  • Online portal can be found at this link: https://visa2egypt.gov.eg
• Normal visa application: https://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/ConsularServices/Pages/VisaApplication.aspx
• Egyptian country profile with general information: https://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/InsideEgypt/Pages/CountryProfile.aspx
• Tourism in Egypt (information and important links): https://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/InsideEgypt/Pages/Tourism.aspx

Source: Al-Ahram (English)