expatriates
Remittances from Egyptian expatriates rise 8.5% in 9 months
Business
June 9, 2021
Remittances from Egyptian expatriates rise 8.5% in 9 months
Remittances from Egyptian expatriate workers from July to March of fiscal year 2020/2021 rose 8.5 percent, from US$1.8 billion to…
Immigration Ministry launches ‘Speak Arabic’ app for expatriate children
Egypt
May 26, 2021
Immigration Ministry launches ‘Speak Arabic’ app for expatriate children
As part of its ongoing “Speak Arabic” initiative, an application to teach expatriate Egyptian children Arabic has been released by…
Immigration Ministry, Tourism Ministry coordinate to help stranded Egyptians
Egypt
December 29, 2020
Immigration Ministry, Tourism Ministry coordinate to help stranded Egyptians
The Assistant Minister of Immigration Mazen Fahmy met with the head of the Tourism Companies and Tourist Guides Sector Magdy…
NEA kicks off parliamentary elections with online voting portal for Egyptian expats
Egypt
October 19, 2020
NEA kicks off parliamentary elections with online voting portal for Egyptian expats
Egypt’s National Elections Authority, headed by Judge Lashin Ibrahim, Vice President of the Court of Cassation, released on Monday, via…
Egyptian expats to be able to renew national IDs through diplomatic missions
Egypt
September 7, 2020
Egyptian expats to be able to renew national IDs through diplomatic missions
Egyptian expatriates will be able to apply to renew their national IDs at diplomatic and consular missions abroad, the Assistant…
Kuwait-Egypt FMs discuss foreign relations and the return of Kuwaiti-Egyptian flights
Egypt
August 3, 2020
Kuwait-Egypt FMs discuss foreign relations and the return of Kuwaiti-Egyptian flights
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Sunday held a telephone conversation with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Muhammad Al-Sabah,…
Minister announces steps for Egyptian expats to participate in senate elections
Egypt
July 22, 2020
Minister announces steps for Egyptian expats to participate in senate elections
Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs Minister Nabila Makram on Wednesday announced the steps that expatriates can take to participate in…
Lebanon’s plea to skeptical expats: Come visit, bring cash
Middle East
July 1, 2020
Lebanon’s plea to skeptical expats: Come visit, bring cash
BEIRUT (AP) — With Beirut’s airport partially reopening from a three-month virus shutdown, the government is hoping thousands of Lebanese…
Egyptian returnees must enter 14-day quarantine: Cabinet spokesperson
Egypt
April 1, 2020
Egyptian returnees must enter 14-day quarantine: Cabinet spokesperson
Egyptian expatriates wishing to return must sign an avowal stating that upon arrival back to Egypt they will be quarantined…
Returning Egyptians stranded in Spain and Italy now ‘very difficult’: Minister
Egypt
March 30, 2020
Returning Egyptians stranded in Spain and Italy now ‘very difficult’: Minister
Immigration Minister Nabila Makram said that though her ministry has received numerous requests from Egyptians left stranded in Italy and…