How to Get your Visa at the Airport!
The first thing to do here is to get your entry visa.
If it`s included in your package, please contact the representative of your travel agency, who is waiting for his guests with a sign at the entrance of the arrival hall.
If you don´t have the visa included in your holiday price, or you travel without a booking, you can purchase it at approved bank counters within the airport arrival hall, so long as you have a valid passport or identity card.
Both, passport and identity card must still have at least 6 months validity at the time of arrival. If you travel with an Id-card, a passport photo still needs to be brought along (not mandatory biometric, but current recording). Then you get a special card to which the visa is glued and the passport photo is attached . Additionally you need to enter your personal information on this card.
It is recommended to have a pen in your hand luggage as often entry cards will be distributed on the plane. On this card you need to fill the flight number, departure airport (3 -letter code, such as DUS, MUC, STR, FRA etc). Name / first name, place of birth, address in Egypt during the stay (like "Hilton Long Beach", Hurghada) and reason for the trip (usually for tourism / tourism purposes). If you have not received a card, you can also get one at the airport.
The visa fee is 25 USD (the price in £/€ is depending on the exchange rate).
Some tour operators try to collect a so-called "mandatory service fee" in the amount of 30 EUR, which is payable locally and includes handling, visa fees and airport covers. This is absolute nonsense and just money making: there is no handling, visa and airport taxe. Ignore them (whatever they may or may not say) and go straight to the bank counter in the main arrival hall. Look to the right and you'll see kiosk's marked 'bank'.
Present your passport at the counter, or your identity card with a separate passport photo, and the visa fees (25USD or equivalent in £/€).
This has to be cash as they don't accept bank cards. Any change is likely to be given in EGP, so be shure to have the right amount.
We hope that everything works out well and you can start your holiday relaxed.
See you soon in Hurghada!