The Egyptian Embassy in Moscow, headed by Ambassador Mahmoud Hamil Ahmed Eldib, is located in the very center of the capital in Khamovniki. The embassy maintains contact with the press, carries out cultural exchange events.
A brief history of relationships
During the friendship between the USSR and Egypt, since 1943, dozens of large industrial facilities were built, the most famous of which is the Aswan Dam.
Significant support was provided by military personnel, equipment, and arms supplies to increase the country's defense capabilities. Many Egyptian specialists at that time studied in the Soviet Union in engineering, military, and medical specialties.
With the rise to power of Anwar Sadat, relations came to naught, even the USSR ambassador was expelled from Cairo.
But Hosni Mubarak, the next president, made diplomatic efforts to normalize relations. For this purpose, a cooperation program was signed, and in 2009 an agreement on strategic partnership. Now trade relations between Russia and the Egypt are actively developing, the construction of large facilities is planned.
Where is the ARE Embassy in Moscow?
The address of the Egyptian Embassy in Moscow: per. Kropotkinsky, 12.
The mission is located in an old mansion built in 1887 according to the project of S. S. Eibushitsa, near metro stations:
- "Park of Culture";
- Kropotkinskaya.
In order to get an appointment, you need to make an appointment at a convenient time, clarify it immediately before the visit, since opening hours may change.
The Egyptian Embassy in Moscow is closed on Saturdays and Sundays, during the official holidays of Russia and Egypt. On weekdays, reception is from nine hours to three.
The site of the Egyptian Embassy in Moscow www.mfa.gov.eg/english/embassies/Egyptian_Embassy_Russia is currently not functioning.
Here you can find the phones and the schedule of the embassy: https://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy8552/.
Where to stay at the consulate?
Very often, people to resolve issues at the Egyptian embassy in Moscow travel from remote corners of the country, and citizens of other republics that do not have Egyptian diplomatic missions: Belarus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, also come.
Near the embassy there are dozens of hotels, budget hostels, rooms in which you can book places in advance using Internet resources.
Consular issues
To resolve issues of residence, marriage, visa, legalization of documents, citizens turn to the Consular Section of the Egyptian Embassy in Moscow.
It is located in the same building as the embassy, the entrance to it is located on the other side.
Visa to Egypt
Most often apply to the Egyptian Embassy in Moscow for a visa.
A tourist visa to Egypt is issued at the airport of arrival, and currently costs $ 25. There is also a special permit, which is issued free of charge to those arriving in Sharm-l-Sheikh, but it gives the right to stay only on the Sinai Peninsula.
But there are many situations when you need to get a visa in advance, and for many it’s just calmer to fly with the confidence that there will be no problems at the border.
A citizen can stay in the country for 1 month on a tourist visa, if he plans to stay longer, then after one month plus two weeks he must come to Gauzat, where he will be extended for another month for free.
For further stay in the country, you need to fill out a questionnaire, attach copies of your passport, photo, present a lease agreement for an apartment rented for living, or copies of personal property documents. The next option to extend a residence permit is determined by the Egyptian authorities. At the Egyptian Embassy in Moscow, you can get a tourist visa for three months at once. It will cost more, since it will be necessary to pay a consular fee.
A residence visa is given to property owners worth more than $ 50,000, and this should cost so much one object, not several, as well as the wives of the Egyptians. It is issued for a period of one year to five years. She does not give the right to work.
Tourist police regularly conduct raids in search of illegal workers, usually in hotels, they are sent to prison, they are there until someone buys them tickets for which they are deported. Violators of the visa regime, whose husbands are Egyptians, are allowed to go home.
To obtain a work visa giving the right to work in the territory of the ARE, first you need to obtain consent from the Ministry of Labor at the request of the inviting organization, and then apply for it at the Consular Section.
Citizens of Belarus who do not have an Egyptian representative in their country must apply for a tourist visa before flying to Moscow.
A visa is issued to children studying in international schools, university students, here you can get a bride’s visa, which gives the right to marry in Egypt.
It is convenient to apply for a visa at the Egyptian Embassy in Moscow to the wives of the Egyptians (it’s free for them), married in Russia, and also flying out with a child who has only a Russian birth certificate for children.
Citizens who apply for permission to enter the country are interviewed, pay the consular fee in case of a positive decision.
Many Russian citizens who want to relax in Egyptian resorts on the Red Sea, independently purchase transfer tickets in Istanbul, book hotels, get a visa upon arrival, apply for it in advance at the Egyptian Embassy in Moscow.
Legalization of documents
To legalize documents in the consular department, you must first perform their notarized translation into the Egyptian language, and notarize the signature of the State Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, the consular department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Then the documents are submitted to the consular department of the Egyptian embassy in Moscow.
There is no simplified scheme of legalization with the help of the apostille, since the representatives of the ARE did not sign the Hague Convention.
These documents include:
- birth, marriage and divorce certificates;
- phytocertificates;
- certificates of origin for export to Egypt;
- powers of attorney to resolve real estate issues, representing interests in court;
- doctor's certificates confirming his qualifications and others.
The Egyptians living in Russia turn to the residence of the Egyptian Embassy in Moscow to resolve vital issues. The work of the embassy is of great importance for the Russian diaspora.