Egypt: Travel visa rules tightened
Issue 297
- 26 Mar 2015
| 1 minute read
A tightening of visa rules is scheduled from 15 May to give intelligence services more time to assess visitors to Egypt. Individual travellers will have to apply for a visa at their local consulate, rather than picking one up on entry. Reuters quoted Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Badr Abdelatty as saying: “The system remains unchanged for tourist groups, which can obtain visas at airports, but individuals have to get a prior visa from embassies.”
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