• Foreign investors as well as their wives and children.
• Egyptian citizens who waived their Egyptian nationality due to acquiring another nationality as well as their children.
• Sons & daughters of:
  
   
  • Egyptian mothers/fathers who have been granted Egyptian nationality & adults whose mothers - granted aSpecial Regular / Five Year Residence - are their guardian because of the death of their fathers.
    
     
• Those who are over 60 years of age who had resided in Egypt for (10) years and have a source of income in Egypt.
• Foreigners who have been granted 5 Year Residence Permit according to international conventions.
• Wives and widows of Egyptian husbands.
• Wives of foreigners who are granted Regular Residence Permits.
• Wives and children of foreigners who are granted 5 Year Residence Permits in the abovementioned cases.
• The 5 Year Residence Permit costs L.E. 203.10. from

Egyptian Nationality for Foreign Wives

• Marriage contract issued by the Egyptian authorities.
• The birth certificates of the husband and his father.
• Four photos of the wife.
• A photocopy of the wife's foreign passport, and her birth certificate if she was born in Egypt.

• L.E. 50.40 as a development fee.
• L.E. 6.40 for nationality certificate fee. from

Temporary Non-Tourist Residency

1. Employees of governmental administrations, public sector, municipalities & enterprises sector companies as well as their wives & children.
2. Students enrolled at universities & schools according to their enrollment certificates.
3. Parents of students who acquire this residence for the purpose of study.
4. Foreigners coming to Egypt for voluntary work on their own expense.
5. Sons & daughters above the age of adulthood, whose fathers have a residence permit based on work license issued by the Ministry of Manpower & Employment.
6. Parents of an investor granted a 5 Year Residence Permit, would be granted Non-Tourist Residence Permit on the bail of their sons/daughters’ residence & upon a letter of recommendation from the Investment Administration.
7. Foreign divorced women who were married to Egyptians when children are under their custody.
8. Husbands & children of foreign women granted Temporary Residence Permit in their personal status.
9. Those who have personal bank account of minimum $ 50.000 or an equivalent sum in any other currency deposited at an accredited bank in the A.R.E. The deposit must be kept in the bank for a year. This residence permit is renewable and extends to their wives & children for a maximum period of one year.
10. Owners of real estates - whose ownership is established by contracts registered in the Public Notary - are granted this residence which extends to cover their wives & children, provided that the value of the estate is not less than $ 50.000 to be transacted through an Egyptian bank.
11. Relatives of Egyptians till the second degree.
12. Those who are over 50 years of age who had a permanent residence in Egypt for (5) years and who have a source of income or financially supported by relatives till the fourth degree.  from

BUYING PROPERTY or SETTING UP A BUSINESS

Egypt is full of potential for entrepreneurs. 

No matter what anyone tells you (and you will find some government employees who will not know this!) FOREIGNERS  ARE  ALLOWED  (and encouraged) TO OPEN & OWN 100% of their own business.  You DO NOT have to have an Egyptian business partner.

Here are some guidelines that may seem obvious but quite a few people have lost their money because they neglected these.

1.  Don't do anything you would not do at home....like signing something you cannot read!

2.  Research your idea thoroughly with more than one person.

3.  Employ an Egyptian who has completed the process for others before you to help you with the paperwork.  The paperwork is EVERYTHING here and must be complied with (the government are trying to simplify it but slowly!).  I would never have got through it without the experienced person I employed for that specific job.  If you want to get through the paperwork in less than a year (I am not joking!) the person you hire to help you with this should be on the job full-time, in my opinion a lawyer could not spend the necessary time going from gvt. office to gvt. office - currently it needs a person who can focus on just doing the paperwork and not sharing his time doing any other work.

4.  Check out the references and credentials of everyone you employ such as lawyers, accountants, advisors, builders, craftsmen, suppliers etc.

5.  Make sure the paperwork checks out, that it is in your name, that it is genuine, that you can read it, that it is properly stamped by the required Government Departments and courts.

6.  All the regulations we have in Europe re. licences, fire, safety and handicapped regulations apply in Egypt and the paperwork/inspections governing these have to be complied with here.

7.  If your instinct says something is not quite right MAKE SURE you act immediately and go get advice somewhere.