Egypt visa latest
Nov 9, 2015, 11:22 am
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Egypt visa latest
What's the latest on Egypt visa on arrival? For Canadian. There was word of it being scrapped but uk embassy is saying it's still VoA. Office travel says visa isn't VoA. Anyone have firsthand experience know how?
Nov 13, 2015, 2:05 pm
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i'm a US citizen, arrived 11/1 and purchased VoA. I assume Canada is the same these days but not sure. If you're arriving to Cairo just make sure you pay for your visa at the bank windows you'll see just prior to going over to the customs line...we waited a while in customs only to find out we had to go back and buy them.
Nov 14, 2015, 6:50 am
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Cash only - $25 and they prefer it to be in USD rather than EGP. Not sure how they feel about Canadian dollars but our tour guides asked us (too late, we were already in country) to pay in USD if we had them. General sense of insecurity in the EGP it seems like with inflation.
Nov 14, 2015, 9:20 am
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The booths will take almost any currency as a lot of them are currency exchangers too. It is easier to pay in either USD, £, and € as the rates for those are set, but they will exchange with no problem also.
Last edited by industry_killer; Nov 17, 2015 at 7:14 pm