Digital Nomad & Residency · Egypt
Egypt digital nomad visa: requirements (2026)
Egypt shaded by its digital nomad & residency status
Digital nomad visa in Egypt: via other route.
As of 2026 Egypt offers no specific digital-nomad or remote-work visa. Remote workers typically enter on a 30-day tourist e-visa (valid 3 months, extendable in-country) and, for longer stays, must obtain an ordinary residence permit under Law No. 89/1960 or qualify for investor (property/bank-deposit) residency. There is no work-income-based 'remote work' pathway, so the realistic routes are tourist-extension or investment-based residency.
Key points
Egypt has not enacted a digital-nomad or remote-work visa; remote workers rely on standard tourist entry plus residence-permit renewals, not a purpose-built remote-work category.
Nationals of eligible countries can obtain an electronic tourist visa via the official portal visa2egypt.gov.eg, allowing up to 30 days' stay and valid for 3 months; single-entry USD 25 / multiple-entry USD 60.
Under Law No. 89 of 1960, foreigners apply to the Passports, Immigration & Nationality Administration for residence permits (commonly 1, 3 or 5 years) after entering on a tourist or other visa; renewal is required to remain beyond the initial stay.
Minister of Interior Decree No. 977 of 2023 grants renewable 'non-touristic' residency to property owners: 3 years for property worth at least USD 100,000 and 5 years for at least USD 200,000; bank-deposit options also exist. PM Decree 3326/2023 requires proof of foreign-currency conversion via an authorized bank.
The General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) administers investment-linked incorporation and licensing, the channel through which investor-residency and citizenship-by-investment claims are processed.
Reports of a proposed long-validity (5-year) multiple-entry tourist visa have circulated, but no official enacted regulation or launch date has been confirmed on government portals; treat as not-yet-in-force.
Timeline - major decisions & events
Egypt's Real Estate Registration and Notarisation Authority (Technical Publication 8) required foreigners to fund property purchases with foreign currency transferred from overseas, tying the FX-payment property route, a key residency pathway for remote workers, to the country's dollar-shortage drive.
Ahram Online ↗The House of Representatives removed prior caps that limited foreign ownership of desert land, allowing foreigners to fully own land for investment projects, broadening the property-based footing on which residency can be claimed.
Egypt State Information Service ↗A Prime Ministerial decree gave undocumented foreign residents a grace period to legalize their stay (later extended to June 2024) on payment of US$1,000 in hard currency, and required residency-application fees to be paid in foreign currency through licensed banks.
Library of Congress ↗Egypt introduced a US$700 five-year, multiple-entry visa allowing stays of up to 180 days per visit for citizens of 180 countries, the closest practical long-stay option for remote workers absent a dedicated digital nomad visa.
Ahram Online ↗The House of Representatives passed amendments easing terms for foreigners to acquire Egyptian citizenship through investment, reinforcing the investment-to-citizenship track that sits above the residency framework.
Library of Congress ↗Egypt added and clarified investment routes to citizenship, including bank deposits, real estate, business investment, and a non-refundable contribution, explicitly aimed at attracting hard currency amid an FX crunch.
Al Arabiya ↗Egypt enacted a framework empowering the Prime Minister to grant citizenship to foreign investors via property purchase, business investment, deposit, or donation, the legal foundation of the current investment-migration system.
Library of Congress ↗Amending the 1960 aliens law, this measure let foreigners who deposit at least EGP 7 million (or FX equivalent) in a state bank apply for a renewable residency permit, establishing the money-for-residency model later expanded for remote and wealthy migrants.
Library of Congress ↗Egypt's foundational immigration statute set the categories of foreign residency (temporary, ordinary, and special) and the permit system that every later remote-worker and investor pathway still operates within.
UN ESCWA Migration Policies in the Arab Region ↗Egypt - other topics
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