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a friend of mine went to the Mogamma over the weekend. She needed to renew her visa to renew the licence on her car. She last left Egypt in June 2012 but has extended her visa since her return. She was told that recent rule changes mean that she must leave the country and then return. After that she can get the standard 4 week visa at the airport, then a 6 month extension and then 2 additional 2 month extensions ONLY before having to leave again. A total of 11 months stay maximum. A senior officer advised her, off the record, to head to Hurghada and try there as they were usually ‘behind’ Cairo in implementing updates and she might have a window of opportuntiy. She drove down this morning. I will update you on how she gets on but… Has anyone else heard of this or anything similar? Incidentally, my friend is a long time expat in Egypt and does own property here. As always… Grrrrrrr!!!!
a friend of mine went to the Mogamma over the weekend. She needed to renew her visa to renew the licence on her car. She last left Egypt in June 2012 but has extended her visa since her return. She was told that recent rule changes mean that she must leave the country and then return. After that she can get the standard 4 week visa at the airport, then a 6 month extension and then 2 additional 2 month extensions ONLY before having to leave again. A total of 11 months stay maximum. A senior officer advised her, off the record, to head to Hurghada and try there as they were usually ‘behind’ Cairo in implementing updates and she might have a window of opportuntiy. She drove down this morning. I will update you on how she gets on but… Has anyone else heard of this or anything similar? Incidentally, my friend is a long time expat in Egypt and does own property here. As always… Grrrrrrr!!!!