Visa requirements for Egyptian citizens

Egyptian citizens need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Egypt and 22 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

102 countries ask holders of the Egyptian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Egypt without one: Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia and 97 others.

The reverse holds for 26 countries: holders of the Egyptian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Egypt (Benin, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti and 21 others).

97 countries ask holders of the Egyptian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 58 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Egypt.

39 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Egypt, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Egypt, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Turkey (9) and Israel (9).

The United States refused 48% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Egypt in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 136 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 60 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Egypt refused 24% of short-stay visa applications in 2025 (all Schengen consulates worldwide: 15%). Among the 74 countries where they received at least 10,000 applications, that is the 30th highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Egyptian passport

By continent, the Egyptian passport is visa-free in 7 countries in Africa, 6 countries in Asia, 4 countries in the Americas and 2 countries in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Egyptian citizens are allowed in Barbados (90 days), Benin (90 days), the Gambia (90 days), Hong Kong (90 days), Haiti (90 days) and Kiribati (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Egyptian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau and 21 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Egyptian citizens enter Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan and 46 others. Ivory Coast and Saint Kitts and Nevis ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Egypt’s neighbours

Palestine admits Egyptian citizens without a visa. For the other neighbours, the rules are: Libya (visa required), Sudan (visa required) and Israel (e-Visa).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Israeli passport ranks 50th (141 destinations), the Libyan passport ranks 184th (41 destinations), the Sudanese passport ranks 186th (40 destinations) and the Palestinian passport ranks 192nd (36 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the 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.