If it says work not permitted and was easy to get then I would bet you that you have a annual tourist visa. Or maybe it is different in Sharm? You are the only person in Egypt I know that got a residents visa if you are not here working.

Attached (inshallah) is a copy of an annual tourist visa.

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Hi Kerry - mine does state WORK IS NOT PERMITTED in English and this is in the rubber stamp and not handwritten. For the multi entry I made sure that they wrote number of visits various and this is in English.

Ref Allison - she married an Egyptian so this probably helped and yes she had to go and have an aids test. She will tell you all about this when / if you meet her and then you can post comments in your thread.

It would also be useful if you could obtain a letter / ref from your current employer stating how long you had worked for them and your qualifications all translated into Arabic. Zeiad would probably be able to do this for you.

There is this thread on working in Egypt http://www.totallyproperty.com/egypt...look-here.html

Well I got a residence visa with work prohibited even if my husband is an Egyptian... But still I am working and now buying a car on loan from bank
Starts to be funny.

Ive been doing a search for public notaries for when I have to get the PoA signed and was wondering how much everyone else who has gone through this process has been charged?

My local (and only) public notary is 12miles away in Sicup and wants to charge me £70+VAT for the privaliedge of watching me sign the PoA and then counter signing it.

I live in the Bexleyheath/Dartford, Kent area so if anyone can shed some light on this Id be most grateful!

If the foreign office charges £20 and the Egyptian embassy cahrges £27 why is the PN so bloody expensive?!

Also, does it need to be Apostilled?
Ive been told it doesnt by one PN and another has told me it does?!?!?!

Hi a couple of members have done this in the UK see the Sierra thread http://www.totallyproperty.com/egypt...updates-9.html

Cheers Queenie but it it doesnt say what the PN actually did.
Ive been quoted by my local PN £50 to countersign and official seal the PoA but another is insisting that I need to have it countersigned, official sealed and then apostilled which is,........

Wait for it,........




£150!

Ive emailed Zaied, Ian and Stu&Chelle so hopefully I can find out exactly what is needed on the PoA as Ive an apointment with the £50 PN on Thursday and then its straight up to the FCO at The Mall and then onto the Egyptian Embassy to get everything verified on Friday.

Do you know if I need to have my visa's done at the same time in the Egyptian embassy?
Im not in a position to travel yet due to work commitments so am not sure if the visas are needed to show that I can enter Egypt when Zaied takes the PoA to the courts?!?!!?

Hi - from memory Im sure Iain, Stuandchelle got their visas as well from the Embassy.

Hi,

I found my Notary Public in Thomsons Directory, She witnessed the POA, stamped the form and charged £20.

I dont know if the Notary Public is diffent in Scotland than England.

Rgds

Tommy