Egyptian passports ( ar, جواز السفر المصري) are issued to nationals of
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
for the purpose of international travel. Besides serving as a proof of Egyptian citizenship, they facilitate the process of securing assistance from Egyptian consular officials abroad if needed.
Egyptian passports are valid for seven years for adults, and is issued for lesser periods for school or college students, or those who have not finalized their status of the military conscription. Starting in 2008, The Egyptian government introduced newer
machine-readable passport (MRP), in order to comply with international passport standards and requirements with 96.7% conformance to
ICAO
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Document 9303. The newer passports offer better security and state-of-the-art anti forging parameters and have a soft cover.
Passport Features
![Egyptian passport](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Egyptian_passport.jpg)
Egyptian passports are dark green, with the
Egyptian Coats of Arms emblazoned in the centre of the front cover. The word "جواز سفر•PASSPORT" (the former being the Arabic equivalent) is inscribed below the coat of arms, and "جمهورية مصر العربية•ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT" above. The passport contains 52 pages. The passports are opened from their right end and their pages are arranged from right to left.
Issuing Requirements
Egyptian passports are usually issued to Egyptian citizens for a period of seven years. To apply for a passport, either an Egyptian National ID card is required, or a computerized birth certificate for those below the age of 16. Students must furnish evidence of enrollment at the time of application. Some categories of applicants, mainly first-time applicants who are not students or pensioners, are required to pay a guarantee at the time of application. Applicants with a history of frequent travel are exempted from this requirement.
Issuing Authorities
All Egyptian passports are issued from the Ministry of Interior's Travel Documents, Immigration and Nationality Administration (TDINA) bureaus or from an Egyptian Consulate abroad. The new MRP is currently issued in Egypt only and Egyptian embassies and consulates overseas may only receive applications and return passports to applicants, but cannot print machine-readable documents, and can only issue handwritten emergency passports if required. An application for a passport made in
London
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, for example, would be forwarded to the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
for processing. As a result, all Egyptian passports requested at Egyptian diplomatic missions contain issuing authority number "88."
Rarely, is there an issue with outside passports, but commonly for those living abroad. When it happen it is a lengthy issue. If an Egyptian Embassy in America allows for a passport extension there, in order to allow the passport holder to travel back to Egypt and update it for the requested 7 years, they will require security measures from the Consulate in America detailing the short notice extinction. Process can take upwards of a month because of the use of faxes in the consulates in Egypt.
Identity Information Pages
Egyptian Passport Information appears on the hard cover, and includes the data as shown in the following order
* Photo of Passport Holder
* Type
f document, which is "P" for "passport"* Code
f the issuing country, which is "EGY" for "Arab Republic of Egypt"* Passport No.
* Full Name
* Date of Birth
* Place of Birth
* Nationality
* Sex
* Date of Issue
* Date of Expiry
* Issuing Office
* National ID number (in Arabic)
* Profession
* Name of Husband and Nationality (in Arabic)-married females only
* Military Status (in Arabic)-males only
* Address (in Arabic)
* Machine Readable Zone
*
PDF417 barcode (encodes the machine readable code + passport serial number + issuing office number)
* No Signature Is Required
Passport Note
The passports contain a note from the issuing state that is addressed to the authorities of all other states, identifying the bearer as a citizen of that state and requesting that they be allowed to pass and be treated according to international norms. The textual portions of Egyptian passports is printed in both English and Arabic. The note inside of Egyptian passports states, in
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
:
''The Minister of Foreign Affairs requests all whom it may concern to permit the bearer of this Passport to pass, assist and protect him whenever necessary.''
Languages
The textual portions of Egyptian passports were traditionally printed in both
Arabic
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and
French, including both during and after the
United Arab Republic
The United Arab Republic (UAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية المتحدة, al-Jumhūrīyah al-'Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah) was a sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 until 1971. It was initially a political union between Eg ...
union with
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
. Recently,
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
has taken the place of French, which no longer appears on the passport.
Visa free travel
![Visa requirements for Egyptian citizens](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Visa_requirements_for_Egyptian_citizens.png)
Visa requirements for
Egyptian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
. In 2016, Egyptian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 49 countries and territories, ranking the Egyptian passport 88th in the world according to the
Visa Restrictions Index
The Henley Passport Index (abbreviation: HPI) is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom enjoyed by the holders of that country's ordinary passport for its citizens. It started in 2006 as Henley & Partners Visa Restrictio ...
.
See also
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Visa requirements for Egyptian citizens
Visa requirements for Egyptian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Egypt by the authorities of other states.
On 27 July 2022, Egyptian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 54 countries and territor ...
References
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