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Sinai Only - without a visa is it possible?
Upon arrival at the Sinai Peninsula, tourists can not put a visa and, accordingly, do not pay $ 25. On the immigration card, tourists must write: SINAI ONLY. The passport will be stamped with the same text: SINAI ONLY. This stamp gives the right to stay only on the territory of the Sinai Peninsula. If tourists arrive at one airport on the Sinai Peninsula and depart from another, you need to pay a fee of $ 25 at the airport on departure.
It's true? Who did it? How was it? Were there any problems?
It's true? Who did it? How was it? Were there any problems?
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Good afternoon. The Sinai stamp is put, but there are several nuances:
1) "Sinai Only" (Only Sinai) means that you are allowed to stay in Egypt only in the Sinai Peninsula and only for two weeks. This is the free Sinai visa. In practice, even when leaving by bus outside of Sharm (for example, on an excursion to the Ras Muhamed nature reserve - 10 km from the city), problems may arise. There are border posts outside the city, and when you cross them, your passports will be checked. Sea trips are not prohibited.
2) The process of obtaining a visa is quite complicated (they refuse, take time, send from office to office). Although there were many cases when they put it silently and with the words welcome to Egypt (this stamp is easier for older people than for young people, and even more so for girls traveling alone).
But then again, it's all about luck. Most tourists enter with this stamp without any problems.
1) "Sinai Only" (Only Sinai) means that you are allowed to stay in Egypt only in the Sinai Peninsula and only for two weeks. This is the free Sinai visa. In practice, even when leaving by bus outside of Sharm (for example, on an excursion to the Ras Muhamed nature reserve - 10 km from the city), problems may arise. There are border posts outside the city, and when you cross them, your passports will be checked. Sea trips are not prohibited.
2) The process of obtaining a visa is quite complicated (they refuse, take time, send from office to office). Although there were many cases when they put it silently and with the words welcome to Egypt (this stamp is easier for older people than for young people, and even more so for girls traveling alone).
But then again, it's all about luck. Most tourists enter with this stamp without any problems.
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answered 10 years ago
svetlana_luckytravel add the third item:
3) The Sinai stamp is valid from Sharm to Taba, you can go to Israel with it.
3) The Sinai stamp is valid from Sharm to Taba, you can go to Israel with it.
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answered 10 years ago
Svetlana, your point 2 is not true. Have you yourself observed who is stamped, and who is sent to the offices? Or "heard?"
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answered 10 years ago
Matveika, if you flew to the Sinai Peninsula, let's say to Sharm, and depart from the mainland of Egypt, so you need a visa to get there. And then it's better to buy it right at the Sharm airport. If I understood your question correctly.
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answered 10 years ago
The process of obtaining a Sinai stamp is absolutely not complicated. It's just that there are nationalities who require a visa on arrival. Those who can get a visa at the airport get a stamp without any problems. Do not confuse the difficulty in obtaining a stamp with the intimidation of hotel guides (there are cases when the guide at the airport says that a visa is required and it is difficult to get a stamp)
Departure on a stamp is possible from 2 airports Sharm and Taba. And if you fly back from any other airport, then in order to get to this airport you need a visa upon arrival.
Departure on a stamp is possible from 2 airports Sharm and Taba. And if you fly back from any other airport, then in order to get to this airport you need a visa upon arrival.
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answered 10 years ago
hedo7 as far as I understand, the 2nd point for svetlana_luckytravel is getting a visa in Sharm itself, if you entered with a Sinai stamp. For example, they wanted to go to Cairo, but you have Sinai ONLY.
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answered 10 years ago
svetlana_luckytravel, fully and correctly answered the question.
Her second point relates to obtaining a visa for individual nationalities, not a stamp. The stamp is placed without looking by 70% of our compatriots.
Her second point relates to obtaining a visa for individual nationalities, not a stamp. The stamp is placed without looking by 70% of our compatriots.
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answered 10 years ago
Thank you! I'll clarify - I want to save on a visa. I'm going to fly in and sit in a hotel without excursions (we've been everywhere and seen everything), we just want to snorkel near the shore. What problems can a married couple over 40 from Ukraine have when applying for "Sinai Only" in Sharm or Taba?
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answered 10 years ago
Thank you for giving me hope! :) They are still discussing here: http://www.turpravda.com/eg/sharm_el_sheyh/question-46955.html
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answered 10 years ago
To orbittours.ru - what kind of nationality are those who have problems with obtaining such a visa?
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answered 10 years ago
Svetlana, I'm sorry. I misunderstood your answer. Matveika, what are you worried about, if you are not going anywhere from Sharm, put a stamp on arrival and that's it. If you will be in Sharm for no more than 15 days.
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answered 10 years ago
One more time for everyone. Since 2012 I have been driving Sinai ONLY. In 2012, I had to argue to put it on. In 2013-2014, no one soars a visa. The meeting guides themselves ask if you will go to Cairo, Luxor. If not, "Shinai ONLY". No problem receiving.
Valid from Sharm to Taba for 15 days. With it you can go on an excursion to Israel.
It looks like this:
Valid from Sharm to Taba for 15 days. With it you can go on an excursion to Israel.
It looks like this:
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answered 10 years ago
Matveika, after your clarification - I absolutely agree with zaeugene - there will be NO problems)
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answered 10 years ago
THANK YOU SO MUCH for the comprehensive answers and attention! To zaeugene - special thanks! And for the stamp photo too! :)
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answered 10 years ago
Some nationalities (for example, Azerbaijan) can even limit a monthly visa to one week. They have a right.
There was a case when a young man from Russia with a young wife (born in Kazakhstan) received a visa limit of 10 days, although the tour was bought from him for 2 weeks. He had to go to the airport after 10 days and extend the remaining 4 days. Do not forget that there are so-called black and gray lists. Who hit the black deployed. Who did not like the border guards can get into the "gray" list and receive restrictions.
Now they do not adhere to such strict visa rules. But still there are countries for which a visa is required.
There was a case when a young man from Russia with a young wife (born in Kazakhstan) received a visa limit of 10 days, although the tour was bought from him for 2 weeks. He had to go to the airport after 10 days and extend the remaining 4 days. Do not forget that there are so-called black and gray lists. Who hit the black deployed. Who did not like the border guards can get into the "gray" list and receive restrictions.
Now they do not adhere to such strict visa rules. But still there are countries for which a visa is required.
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answered 10 years ago
If you are coming to Egypt with a tour, then the problems in obtaining a stamp are minimal. But if without a tour, then Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia (I don’t have a complete list) must have a visa issued in advance. Sometimes you're lucky and people can "slip through". But if they check, they can either deploy it or blacklist it. In Minsk, I would never have been put on a regular flight to Sharm if I had not had a resident visa. How much I fly, they ask so much. At the office of Turkish Airlines, they don’t even sell tickets anymore, without warning that without a visa issued in advance in Moscow, they won’t be put on a plane.
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answered 10 years ago