Introductions - Please introduce yourself.

[queenie40something]

Hi Colleen and Brian

How lovely to hear from you. Are you in the internet cafe in Delta. If so say hi to Ameno from Alison and Paul.

[garylockwood]

Hi ya Brian, Hi Colleen. WOW !!! It must be a fantastic feeling to sit there thinking it's finally happened and you are there. How is it? Living there I mean. How easy was it to go to El Tur and get Visas? We are hoping to come out there in a few weeks to visit all the schools and then decide where we are going to live and rent for one year before we make the long term move. Congratulations on the move, I hope you are very happy there. Our very best wishes, Gary and Sue

[queenie40something]

Hi Gary - I have been to El Tor and got my 6m multi entry visa and 12 month residency visa which is renewable. It is about an hours drive from Sharm. My taxi driver charged me £15 return and she knows where it is. This helped as she has done this herself efore so knew the ropes.
It is really easy and you just need to take your passport. Make sure that you get your visitors visa when you land in Sharm though otherwise you wont be able to leave Sharm. They check your passport at the check point when you leave Sharm.

Regards

Alison

[Peter Mitry]

My name is Peter Mitry, but judging by some of the names on here you all seem vaguely familiar!

I am Nick Pendrell's business partner and will shortly be moving from the Costa del Sol, where I have lived with my wife Pamela for 11 years, to sunny downtown Hurghada.

This seems to be the place where a significant part of the world's population is planning to move to and Nick and I judge want to give you all a little nudge to make the process easier!

See you in Bull's on the 24th!

[garylockwood]

Originally Posted by queenie40something

Hi Gary - I have been to El Tor and got my 6m multi entry visa and 12 month residency visa which is renewable. It is about an hours drive from Sharm. My taxi driver charged me £15 return and she knows where it is. This helped as she has done this herself efore so knew the ropes.
It is really easy and you just need to take your passport. Make sure that you get your visitors visa when you land in Sharm though otherwise you wont be able to leave Sharm. They check your passport at the check point when you leave Sharm.

Regards

Alison

Many many thanks for the info Alison. It sounds easy. We are coming out to Sharm in May to book schools and an apartment ready for a move in summer. Do you have a mobile number for your taxi driver? We have several numbers but the guys are often in Cairo when we land and end up haggling with the airport taxi drivers, ( a real pleasure ) Stay lucky, Gary

[queenie40something]

Hi Gary your welcome - it is really easy. If you have a lawyer he should arrange for someone to meet you at the passport office etc. This will make life sooo much easier as they do not really speak any English. You can get it all done in London but will cost alot more. I have sent you a pm with her email address.

Regards

Alison

[deborah warren]

Hi everyone, at the moment myself and my husband are living in weston super mare, we are going over to hurghada in june to find our new home! we are both very excited about our new life. Rick will be looking for a job in the diving industry when we move permanently, does anyone have any idea what sort of wage a divemaster is likely to earn? cant seem to find this info anywhere, coming with us will be our little jack russell, good job she likes the sun!!

Regards,

Deb.

[garylockwood]

Hi ya Deb how are you? We are hoping to be in Sharm in September for the start of the new school term. We are making plans to go for one year to see if we like it and the kids like living there. We have a dog at home in the UK and have made several enquiries about taking him but have come up against brick walls, especially about bringing him back into the UK if we decide to return. How are you getting your dog there and who are you flying with? Do you have a pet passport? Sorry for all the questions. Best wishes, Gary

[deborah warren]

Hi Gary, we are good thanks, about our dog she is coming over from the uk with us, because its egypt they are not in the pet passport scheme so she would have to go into quarrantine if we come back. She has been micro chipped and will have her rabies jab and needs a letter from the vet saying shes healthy, needs export documents (get in touch with DEFRA) dont think she needs an import document for egypt, will have to check! As for airline some let small pets go as carry on luggage (i will try for that) dont want her in the hold on her own egypt air do this i know but dont know cost, have seen web sites that will arrange everything but they are expensive and you can sort things out for yourself for a lot less. Hope this helps.

[edthedruid]

Myself and my partner Deb are currently buying a two bedroom apartment in the Mubarek 7 area of Hurghada.Its on the Egyptian Experience complex.Very nice,totally finished,which is more than i can say for the rest of the area LOL.I,m hoping upon hope that when we return it will look less like a building site LOL.

I,m not planning to be an expat just yet,however my partner Deb is a Canadian living in England so that kinda makes her one although not living in Egypt LOL.

We're planning to spend our retirement partly in Hurghada,partly in England and partly in Canada.

Rgds everybody from Ed