Help with moving to Egypt

[micki moo]

Hi, I can assure you I would not give out any details I still havent worked it out myself yet!!!! But thanks for the advice.

I just read on of your old threads about moving to egypt I sat here crying with laughter. I lived in Turkey for about 5 years and it roughly the same sort of thing. Thanks for putting a smile on my face

Originally Posted by MaidenScotland

Micki, I would strongly advice you not to give anyone that contacts you through here information about your banking arrangements.
Your money is your business and there are plenty in this country who would like to get their hands on it.

[New Gal]

I understand what you mean but a word of caution. Forums have a lot of people on them, only a tiny fraction of them are genuine or helpful. Be very, VERY careful. No I am not buying, just renting. Only 27, recent graduate etc etc...lol

[speedwing]

Hi Micki, forums are a great help for practical information from people in the same situation and who have already done it, but at the end of the day we will all have an indivdual experience of moving, my move is only 3 weeks away! watch this space!!!!!!

[micki moo]

I wish you all the luck with the move, i hope it goes smoothly. Keep in touch and let me know how it went. Are you shipping anything out or just taking what you can get in a case??

Originally Posted by speedwing

Hi Micki, forums are a great help for practical information from people in the same situation and who have already done it, but at the end of the day we will all have an indivdual experience of moving, my move is only 3 weeks away! watch this space!!!!!!

[micki moo]

Yeah I had noticed, 2 people that answered to me have now been banned - Oh dear. Can I ask have you applied for your residents permit yet? I need to get one for me and my daughter but not to sure if she has to be there or if I can do it for her in Cairo?

Originally Posted by New Gal

I understand what you mean but a word of caution. Forums have a lot of people on them, only a tiny fraction of them are genuine or helpful. Be very, VERY careful. No I am not buying, just renting. Only 27, recent graduate etc etc...lol

[MaidenScotland]

You can apply for residency once you are in Egypt.

The people who have been banned.... We try to keep people on this forum and more so people on the Egypt forum as safe as possible from being scammed. When we ban someone please remember we can see more than you can about the profiler/member
Stay safe
Maiden

[micki moo]

I know and am very grateful that people are looking out for others.

I know I can apply once I am there but need to come over before I move perm, didnt want to keep dragging my daughter back and forth so didnt know if she had to be with me when i get her visa, so many conflicting versions on the internet. Can u help?

Originally Posted by MaidenScotland

You can apply for residency once you are in Egypt.

The people who have been banned.... We try to keep people on this forum and more so people on the Egypt forum as safe as possible from being scammed. When we ban someone please remember we can see more than you can about the profiler/member
Stay safe
Maiden

[MaidenScotland]

I cant see why you would want residency until you have settled here permanently, personally I would wait until you are here for the duration.
I would imagine you would have to bring your daughter with you if you were applying for residency for her.
Egyptians love paperwork and everything you bring will have to be photocopied several times.
You can do your photocopying here.. it is very cheap as is visa photos.
When applying for anything here take every bit of information you have with you, doesn't matter if they don't need it, nothing worse than sitting all day to be told you need a certain paper.

[micki moo]

Yes have experience of egyptian paperwork, what a delight that day was.

The school I want to enroll her in she has to have residency before she can sit the entry exam, I would ideally have liked to have the visa sorted before I move out there, I cant move out until I know she passed the entry exam, we would then have to look at a completly different area within Egypt as this is the only international school in Hurgarda. . Yes I know what you are thinking - god there must be an easier way, trust me there is not!!!!! I suppose I was trying to speed the process up - what was I thinking its egypt ha ha ha

In an ideal world, we move, stay in cairo get the visa, go down to Hurgarda sit the exam, pass, find a property to rent whilst we look to buy and everyone is happy - I just made it sound so simple.

Originally Posted by MaidenScotland

I cant see why you would want residency until you have settled here permanently, personally I would wait until you are here for the duration.
I would imagine you would have to bring your daughter with you if you were applying for residency for her.
Egyptians love paperwork and everything you bring will have to be photocopied several times.
You can do your photocopying here.. it is very cheap as is visa photos.
When applying for anything here take every bit of information you have with you, doesn't matter if they don't need it, nothing worse than sitting all day to be told you need a certain paper.

[MaidenScotland]

Just found this

Resident permits can only be applied for in Cairo, Mogama'a El Tahrir, El Tahrir Square, Immigration Department, Ministry of Interior.

Not sure if they would have a department on the red sea coast.

If you have to come to Cairo you can stay quite cheaply in the small hotels dotted around downtown. The mogama'a is a nightmare chaos reigns, try and get there first thing in the morning, take every scrap of paper you have with you..take a pen... take small notes as they never have change... take cartons of juice.....take photos... the best place to have your photos taken are the small studios dotted around the various embassies as they take the correct size... there is one near the British Embassy and the American embassy and all within walking distance of the mogama'a Take something to read and finally take plenty of patience,
Best of luck with your move x