The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

Who needs a visa for Egypt?

Northern Africa · Cairo

Photo: Ricardo Liberato / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Of 198 nationalities, 9 enter Egypt with no paperwork at all. The rest: 115 can get a visa at the border and 74 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Egypt government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Egypt's own immigration service or its embassy.

How long your passport must be valid for Egypt: see passport validity by country.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 9

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 5

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa on arrival 115

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

Visa required 69

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

Guides for Egypt

About Egypt

Region
Northern Africa
Capital
Cairo
Population
118,365,995 2025 · 13th of 197
Size
1,002,450 km² 29th largest of 199
Density
118 per km²
Language
Arabic
Currency
Egyptian pound EGP
Borders
Israel Libya Palestine Sudan

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.