Instructions

For Extending Expired Egyptian Passport

The Consulate General of the Arab Republic of Egypt in San Francisco extends its compliments and presents the instructions to extend an expired Egyptian Passport:

1. The maximum validity of the Egyptian passport is 7 years from the date of issue and it cannot be extend after that, but a new passport must be issued.

2. The consulate extends only the passport issued for a period less than 7 years for different reasons such as:

q Not declaring the final status of military service.

q Students enrolled at schools or collages.

q Upon the request of the Egyptian ministry of interior affairs for different reasons.

3. The consulate study each case and contacts the Egyptian ministry of interior and the Egyptian Cultural office in Washington D.C. if necessary.

4. No fees are required for extending the expiration date up to 7 years from date of issue, after that we follow the same procedure to issue a new passport.

5. For mail, please enclose self-addressed prepaid express mail or prepaid certified mail envelope to send the old and new passports back (For FEDEX, AIRBORNE, DHL, UPS please send cashier checks payable to the selected company from the above mentioned companies. or complete the sender section stating the account number and the name of the account holder The consulate does not accept any account numbers or credit cards or personnel checks for the payment to these companies).