Well there are two ways of getting a visa into Egypt, either you obtain one from Egyptian Diplomatic and Consular Missions Abroad, or otherwise put off your introduction to Egyptian routine bureaucracy and get them when you land at any of Egypt's ports.

Visas are good for no less than three months only if your passport remains valid for at least that. It is possible to get a multiple entry stamp yet it costs twice as much as that of the single entry visa. All that anyone can get except for diplomats who can only get a maximum of thirty-day initial visitor's visa. If you desire to stay longer or plan to work and live here necessary visa extensions can be taken care of within the country and not abroad.

Holders of the following passports are exempt from visa requirement on visiting Egypt, Nationals of Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the United Arab Emirates. Exemptions are also applicable for holders of the diplomatic passports of Argentina, Bosnia Herzegovina, Italy, Malaysia, Malta, Singapore, Slovakia and Turkey.

Visitors entering Egypt at the overland border post at Taba to visit the Gulf of Aqaba coast and St. Catherine can be exempt from a visa and granted a free residence permit (Sinai Permit) for fourteen days to visit the area.

The formality of foreigners having to register at a local police station within 48 hours was suspended for many nationalities including the US, UK and most European countries, hence its recommended that visitors of other nationalities check with their hotel for assertion on the rules relating to their nationality.

Visa extensions and fine paying are made at an old classical soviet style architecture known as the Mugamma, standing at the South side of Midan Al-Tahrir in down town Cairo. The Mugamma opens at 8:00 am and closes at 3:30 pm except Fridays (closed). A visa application at Mugamma will cost around LE15. Fees for the most common infractions are around LE30, where around LE60 are paid for overstaying a visa.