Egypt passport Libya
Do Egyptians need a visa for Libya?
You need a visa.
Libya
Tripoli · Libyan dinar (LYD) · Arabic
Photo: Luca Galuzzi / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5
You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it, and applying takes time — start well before you book anything you cannot change.
- Status
- Visa required
- Stay permitted
- Set by the officer on entry
- Government fee
- Not published
- Typical decision
- Several days to a week
Apply on the official Libya government site
This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there, and there is no service in between.
Checked 18 October 2026 — read the fees and rules on evisa.gov.ly
Before you fly
- Changing planes: a passport from Egypt needs a visa even to stay airside in United Kingdom, unless you hold an exempting document. Transit rules legislation.gov.uk · read
What Libya asks for
- Copy of your passport
- Personal photo
- A declaration that you will have at least 1,000 Libyan dinars on arrival