Embassies and consulates in Egypt

Outside Cairo, missions are found in Alexandria (15), Giza (3), Hurghada (2), Port Said (1), Aswān (1), Sharm el Sheikh (1) and El Gouna (1); most of them are consulates general, consulates and honorary consulates.

Of the 198 passports in the visa data, 9 can enter visa-free, 115 get a visa on arrival, 5 need an e-Visa and 69 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Egypt.

Schengen consulates in Egypt received 226,865 short-stay visa applications in 2025, the 12th highest number of any country, and issued 169,915 visas. 24.2% of applications were refused (worldwide: 14.6%). In 2024 it had been 25.7%: the rate fell by 1.5 points. Applications rose by 8% compared with 2024 (209,438).

Most applications went to France (53,746), Germany (50,714), Italy (21,395) and Spain (20,802).

Among the states with at least 500 applications, the lowest refusal rate was Romania’s (4.4%) and the highest Sweden’s (50.9%). The sharpest rise since 2024 was at the consulates of Croatia (+7.4 points), the largest fall at those of Malta (−19.1 points).

Bulgaria and Romania began issuing Schengen visas on 31 March 2024, so their 2024 figures cover part of the year. The numbers include every nationality applying in Egypt.

In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025) the United States issued 43,597 nonimmigrant visas to citizens of Egypt, the 35th highest number of the 206 nationalities listed. Visitor visas (B1/B2) made up 83%, work and treaty visas 4% and diplomatic and official visas 3%. That is 43% fewer than in fiscal year 2024 (75,846).

From October 2025 to February 2026, citizens of Egypt received 11,223, 50% fewer than in the same months a year earlier.

For visitor visas (B1/B2) the State Department reports an adjusted refusal rate of 47.6% for citizens of Egypt in fiscal year 2025 (fiscal year 2024: 39.8%).

Egypt itself has 164 missions abroad, in 125 countries. Its largest networks are in Sudan (5), Iraq (4), Italy (4), the United States (4) and Australia (3).

Where the embassies are

Most embassies, 91 of 94, are in the capital, Cairo. Italy has the most missions in Egypt, 6, followed by France (4), Libya (4), Russia (3) and Switzerland (2).

Travel advice for Egypt

Foreign ministries’ advice on travel to Egypt: the US State Department rates Egypt at Level 2, exercise increased caution (updated 14 July 2025), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office advises against all travel to parts of Egypt (updated 27 October 2026) and the German Foreign Office has a partial travel warning (Teilreisewarnung) for parts of Egypt (updated 13 October 2026). The advice is aimed at each government’s own nationals.