Do I need to buy an Egypt visa on arrival at Sharm El Sheikh Airport, and where do I get the visa sticker?

A recent report puts the airport visa sticker price at US$30. At passport control, hand over your passport, migration card, and visa sticker together so the entry stamp is placed on the visa rather than issued as a Sinai-only entry.

At passport control, the officer checks whether you have a visa sticker. Without one, you are entering under the Sinai Only arrangement, provided you do not plan to leave Sinai.

For a holiday in Sharm El Sheikh without trips outside the Sinai Peninsula, travelers use the free Sinai Only stamp rather than buying a full Egyptian visa.

Avoid buying a sticker from people approaching arrivals: get the visa sticker at the bank counter instead. Travelers report the official price as US$25.

After buying the visa sticker, it is placed in your passport and you proceed to passport control. No separate immigration-office visit is indicated for the initial arrival process.

For travel outside Sinai, purchase the visa before passport control: the airport bank sells the sticker, which you then show to the immigration officer.

If you need a full Egyptian visa, there is no need to use a guide or intermediary: travelers report that you can buy the sticker yourself at the bank before immigration.