The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs announced today, Monday, that Egypt has decided to cancel the advance visas currently applied to Canadian citizens to travel to Egypt, while allowing obtaining a visa upon arrival at Egyptian ports of entry, and reactivating the option to apply and obtain a visa electronically. E-VISA.
The Ministry stated that these measures are scheduled to begin applying as of December 1, 2024 for all Canadian citizens arriving in Egyptian territory.
It comes The decision is within the framework of what was agreed upon during the meeting that brought together Dr. Badr Abdel Aty, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Egyptian Affairs Abroad, with Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly recently on the sidelines of the activities of the United Nations General Assembly session in New York.
In the context of this year’s celebration of the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Egypt and Canada, and the two sides’ agreement on the importance of contributing together to facilitating and facilitating mutual trade and the flow of tourism, as well as working towards facilitating movement and visas for the travel of citizens of the two countries, the decision to cancel prior visas The application applied to Canadian citizens stems from the common interest in developing aspects of cooperation and working towards further facilitation by all means available to the citizens of the two countries, including Egyptian-Canadian citizens, and linking them to their motherland, Egypt, within the framework of the directives of the President of the Republic to give the highest priority to taking into account the interests of Egyptian citizens abroad and eliminating any Obstacles they may face.
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