An Egyptian passport is issued to the nationals of Egypt by the Ministry of Interior’s Travel Documents, Immigration & Nationality Administration or TDINA bureaus. However, even the Egyptian consulate located in other countries have the right to issue these passports.

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Read this article to know how to apply for an Egyptian passport in simple steps.

What is the eligibility criteria to apply for an Egyptian passport?

1. Essentially, the applicant has to be a citizen of Egypt to apply for an Egyptian passport
2. Secondly, when you are either 18 years old or more than that then, you will have to apply for an adult passport
3. Thirdly if you happen to be less than 18 years old, you will have to apply for an Egyptian passport in the child passport category

List of the documents to be submitted when applying for an adult passport:

1. Birth certificate
2. Identity proof
3. 2 identical recent colour photographs
4. Marriage certificate (applicable to a few applicants only)
5. Fee receipt

Documents required to be submitted for a child passport:

1. Birth certificate
2. Proof of identification
3. 2 identical recent colour photographs
4. Parental consent
5. Parent’s marriage certificate
6. Parent’s identification proof
7. Fee receipt

Procedure to apply for an Egyptian passport:

1. The applicant is required to collect the passport application form from the passport office in – person
2. Once you have the form, fill it carefully as the details entered in this form will be later entered in the passport application form
3. The next step would be to attach the original documents
4. One can have a look at the list of documents which have been given in this article
5. Moreover, you should make sure of the fact that the form is submitted in – person only at the passport office
6. When the question is about the passport fee or the processing fee, then the applicant can pay it in cash or opt for the payment of the fee using a debit or a credit card
7. Once all the formalities have been completed, the applicants will receive an acknowledgement
8. In the acknowledgement, you will undoubtedly find the passport application number
9. The applicant would next be required to schedule an appointment with the authorities in – charge of issuing the passport
10. This appointment is scheduled to provide the authorities bio – metric details
11. Photograph / signature / finger prints together come up as the bio – metric details

Fee for an Egyptian passport:

One will have to pay about 991. 09 Egyptian pounds to get a passport.

Validity of the passport:

An Egyptian passport will be valid for about 7 years.

Egyptian passport application processing time:

After the Egyptian passport application form has been successfully submitted, the applicant would most probably receive the Egyptian passport in 20 working days. Another point that has to be kept in the mind is that the applicants will have to apply for a passport as well as collect the application form in – person.

For further clarifications or information, click on the following links to be directed to the official website –

http://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/Pages/default.aspx (OR) http://www.moiegypt.gov.eg/english/departments%20sites/immegration/ (OR) http://www.moiegypt.gov.eg/english/ (OR) http://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/Pages/default.aspx (OR) http://www.mfa.gov.eg/english/embassies/egyptian_consulate_london/pages/egyptianpassports,id%E2%80%99segyptiantraveldocuments.aspx

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