Egypt Visa Cost Calculator

Most leisure travellers need only Egypt's single-entry tourist visa — the $25 baseline everything else is measured against. The multi-entry tier buys repetition rather than duration: $38 covers repeated entries into Egypt within the visa's validity window. Business visas cost 2.5× base ($63) because they clear a different review path: expect to attach an invitation letter from your Egypt host company.

If Egypt is merely between you and somewhere else, the transit visa at $8 prices the shortest lawful stay on the books. Most eligible passports clear Egypt on a visa-free or online authorisation paid by card at application — the calculator's total is unchanged, and there is no border cash step to plan for.

Paperwork comes before payment: passport with 6+ months' validity, a recent photo, Egypt accommodation confirmations, and bank statements. Even the simplest route wants the core kit in digital form: Egypt's online portal takes the same documents a consulate would, as scans instead of paper. The $25 base fee is payable by card on Egypt's portal, or in EGP equivalent where the application is made in person.

Some Egypt missions add a biometric appointment; if yours does, book it the day you file, because appointment queues usually outlast processing queues. Apply as soon as flights are provable — Egypt issues decisions against documents, and a complete early file is the cheapest insurance there is.

Check the passport before anything else: under six months' validity or a full page count and Egypt returns the application unprocessed. Photos fail applications quietly: print two spares, keep the digital originals, and use a likeness from the last six months for Egypt's file. Three months of statements demonstrating $50–100 per day is the funds benchmark for Egypt; scrub nothing, redact nothing.

Hotel bookings and the return ticket close the loop; Egypt cross-checks the dates across all of them. Whatever the category, one extra document defines it for Egypt: invitation letter (business) or onward ticket (transit).

The standard Egypt decision typically lands within 5–15 business days, and seasonal backlogs push it to the top of that band. The express lane at Egypt costs half the base fee extra and returns decisions in 1–3 business days. Most Egypt refusals trace to fixable defects: an expiring passport, thin bank statements, or accommodation that stops a night short of the return flight.

A refusal is not terminal: fix the named defect and reapply — Egypt does not penalise a corrected second application. Pre-approved travellers sidestep the biggest queue at Egypt immigration — e-gates and fast lanes reward the online authorisation, and midweek morning landings clear fastest either way.