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Is it true that if you book a tour for 15 days / 14 nights, you can no longer go without a visa (sinai only)?
Is it true that if you book a tour for 15 days / 14 nights, you can no longer go without a visa (sinai only)?
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We arrive on January 9 in the evening and depart on January 23 in the morning.
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answered 7 years ago
Found on the forums: the visa is valid for a maximum of 15 days. "On arrival: if required, a tourist visa is issued for a max stay of 15 days (free of charge) to those holding normal passports entering Egypt via South Sinai". On the 16th day, everything depends on the mood of the "customs". A fine has been established for an overdue visa (in 2014 it was 157 LE). Excursion to Israel interrupts the validity of the visa. It is not recommended to plan excursions deep into Egypt - Alexandria, Cairo, Luxor, Aswan or walks along the Nile with a free Sinai stamp.
You seem to get exactly 15 days.
You seem to get exactly 15 days.
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answered 7 years ago
Yes, they write a lot about some innovations since March 2017. That the period was reduced from 15 to 14 days ... basically, tour operators pour it into their ears ... although many eyewitnesses say that nothing has changed. Who to believe and where is the truth?
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answered 7 years ago
Yes, I found it on Turpravda in another forum and about 14 days:
summerholiday2017 you probably have a tour from tpg they have an ad on their website
"Please note the changes in the affixing of the SINAI ONLY stamp, which came into force on 03/06/2017!
The SINAI ONLY stamp gives the right to stay only on the territory of the Sinai Peninsula for up to 14 days (13 nights on the tour), not 15 days, as before. In case of violation of the rules of the visa regime, tourists must pay a fine. The fine will be 1053 Egyptian pounds.
We strongly recommend that tourists who plan to stay in Egypt for 14 days or more purchase a visa on arrival."
You can, of course, go to Israel for 1 day for 65 dollars, but if you weren’t going anywhere, it’s cheaper to buy a visa.
Hang on the forums, ask around the people who leave fresh reviews - they will tell you for sure!
summerholiday2017 you probably have a tour from tpg they have an ad on their website
"Please note the changes in the affixing of the SINAI ONLY stamp, which came into force on 03/06/2017!
The SINAI ONLY stamp gives the right to stay only on the territory of the Sinai Peninsula for up to 14 days (13 nights on the tour), not 15 days, as before. In case of violation of the rules of the visa regime, tourists must pay a fine. The fine will be 1053 Egyptian pounds.
We strongly recommend that tourists who plan to stay in Egypt for 14 days or more purchase a visa on arrival."
You can, of course, go to Israel for 1 day for 65 dollars, but if you weren’t going anywhere, it’s cheaper to buy a visa.
Hang on the forums, ask around the people who leave fresh reviews - they will tell you for sure!
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answered 7 years ago
If you are not going to Israel or the continent from the Sinai Peninsula, nothing has changed, you do not need a visa for up to 15 days.
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answered 7 years ago
MP_3_2011 you copied my answer to yesterday's question https://www.turpravda.ua/eg/question-66702.html
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answered 7 years ago
On the website of the Egyptian Embassy in Russia there is a link to the Russian-language site information and reference portal for tourists from the Embassy of Egypt egypt ru
"Travellers arriving in South Sinai by air can obtain a visa for a maximum stay of 14 days upon arrival, directly on the spot and free of charge. To obtain such a visa, you must remain in South Sinai until the end of the trip. Departure to any other area of Egypt for owners of such visas are prohibited. And the official response of the British Consul General in Egypt
nationals traveling to Sharm el Sheikh, Dahab, Nuweiba and Taba resorts for up to 15 days receive a free entry permission stamp upon arrival. If you intend to travel out of these areas or stay longer than 15 days, you must get a visa.....
You will not normally be allowed to leave without paying a fine if your visa is out of date by more than 14 days
"Travellers arriving in South Sinai by air can obtain a visa for a maximum stay of 14 days upon arrival, directly on the spot and free of charge. To obtain such a visa, you must remain in South Sinai until the end of the trip. Departure to any other area of Egypt for owners of such visas are prohibited. And the official response of the British Consul General in Egypt
nationals traveling to Sharm el Sheikh, Dahab, Nuweiba and Taba resorts for up to 15 days receive a free entry permission stamp upon arrival. If you intend to travel out of these areas or stay longer than 15 days, you must get a visa.....
You will not normally be allowed to leave without paying a fine if your visa is out of date by more than 14 days
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answered 7 years ago
partnercol. The Egyptians have never fined anyone, so don't worry. People flew for 16 and 17 nights without a visa, there were no problems.
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answered 7 years ago
People generally don’t care, but as soon as they fly in, they immediately run to complain.
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answered 7 years ago
Violence against Russian tourists has recently increased in Egypt ...
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answered 7 years ago
In accordance with Egyptian law, the fine for staying in Egypt after the expiration of the visa is $17 (paid on departure). At the same time, persons who have overstayed their visas are not entitled to fly on charter flights from the airports of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh. They can leave the country only on a regular flight from Cairo airport.
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answered 7 years ago
That is, in fact, there are two options: either nothing will happen and we will fly away normally, or there will be a fine of 17 dollars, which is also less than a visa, which is 25 dollars. Is this based on the post above mine?
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answered 7 years ago
In general, there should be a clear law or rule .... the link is not to a Russian site or a UK site ... for more than a dozen years Sinai has been visa-free for 15 days, and then someone decided to play with this 1 day and there are so many conversations. We noticed that tour operators and their travel agents are inflating more such information, I think in our case and in the cases of people who have a tour on 15/14, call the hotline of the embassy in their country (Egyptian embassy) and dot it. In reality, after all, "the rules of entry have changed, they write .... well, give a link to the one who changed and how it is regulated." We accidentally heard this, it’s not a pity for money, but out of ignorance we would not want to get stuck.
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answered 7 years ago
partnercol, Option one - nothing will happen. But your business is over. If money is superfluous, buy visas. And in the post above, we are talking about an expired visa, and not about an expired Sinai stamp, which has nothing to do with your question at all. A visa is given for at least a month, and if someone leaves later, there may be problems that are mainly solved by paying a fine.
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answered 7 years ago
partnercol you will have to add a ticket to Cairo and from Cairo to Kyiv or Odessa and with a transfer to a fine of $ 17, because there are no direct flights
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answered 7 years ago
Vika284, stop talking nonsense, you heard a ringing, but you don’t know where it is.
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answered 7 years ago
Vika284, I understand correctly that if the tour is for 14 nights (and as a rule this is the case most often), it means that there are 15 days. Does this mean a visa is needed? It is said *up to* 15 days, it seems. So, to enter in *up to 15 days* you need a tour to be 13 nights?
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answered 7 years ago
Go to the websites of the tpg operator, there is this information, find on google the website of the answers of the British Consul General, or call the Egyptian Embassy in Ukraine and consult
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answered 7 years ago
Traffic rules prohibit crossing the road at a red light. But you are a free citizen, you live in a free country, you can do it. And here there are two options: either the car will knock you down, or it won't. Your choice.
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answered 7 years ago
partnercol: "there should be a clear law".
And what is written on the official website of the embassy of ARE is not enough for you?
Then someone's insinuations and reflections on the topic "will it carry over or not?"
And what is written on the official website of the embassy of ARE is not enough for you?
Then someone's insinuations and reflections on the topic "will it carry over or not?"
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answered 7 years ago
Elenka08 correctly, to understand, you need to call the Egyptian Embassy in Ukraine. Now several MOTs recommend buying a visa when selling a 14-day tour to Sharm. So TO know the exact information, you can ask your travel agency to write a TO request according to which document the changes occurred
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answered 7 years ago
partnercol, just scroll down the questions on Sharm, there have already been many such questions, people then unsubscribed that they did not pay any fines for staying with a Sinai stamp for 15-17 days. Otherwise, especially "smart" ones will write such crap to you now.
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answered 7 years ago
mindguru, give a link to at least one comment of a tourist who was forced to pay a fine for delaying the Sinai stamp by 1-3 days.
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answered 7 years ago
LindaLinda we answer correctly according to the laws of another country, but we weren’t carried away and fined, but if there are tourists who are not so lucky and they simply don’t know this site or don’t like to write reviews at all.
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answered 7 years ago
LindaLinda, my mother has been to Egypt twice and both times brought a piece of coral. The first time, no one really checked anything at the airport. The second time they dug up the bag, but by some miracle they did not open the pocket, in which there was a piece of coral. So both times there was nothing. That is, now in all forums I have to advise the people: "Bring corals from Egypt, no one fines"? So what? What if someone gets lucky and gets fined? And the fine there is quite decent, by the way.
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answered 7 years ago
Vika284, pour further from empty to empty.
partnercol, I’ll tell you personally: we fly for 15-17 days, we don’t buy a visa. The penultimate time flew in May, there were 17 days, there were no problems.
partnercol, I’ll tell you personally: we fly for 15-17 days, we don’t buy a visa. The penultimate time flew in May, there were 17 days, there were no problems.
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answered 7 years ago
mindguru, no need to mix flies with cutlets. You still x .. compare with your finger.
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answered 7 years ago
I also really *love* the ideas from the series we *climbed over the fence and there was nothing for it, we parked the devils like it also swept through, let's do it like that*, well, if it doesn’t blow over, so well ... no one will forced
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