What the Egypt visa rules mean for Bahrain travellers
Bahrain passport holders need an eVisa to enter Egypt. You apply online, upload a passport scan and a photo, pay the fee and receive the visa by email. Apply at least one to two weeks before your trip and print the approval — some airlines and border officers ask to see it on paper.
The main option is the Tourism eVisa — Single Entry, which costs 30 USD. Egypt also offers Tourism eVisa — Multiple entries — see the visa options above.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Egypt applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: Egypt's e-Visa portal says your passport must be valid for at least 6 months from the date of arrival.
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 1 blank page.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: WHO's country list says Egypt requires proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 9 months or over arriving from a country with risk of yellow fever transmission, or who transited for more than 12 hours thro…
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Egypt. The UK Foreign Office advises checking before you travel that you have appropriate travel insurance for local treatment or unexpected med…
Egypt entry rules compared
Egypt lets 3 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 44, issues eVisas to 78 and requires an embassy visa from 73. Bahrain citizens are treated the same way as China, India, Iraq, Japan and Kuwait. Overall the Bahrain passport ranks #103 in the world with 50 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Bahrain passport you can also visit 5 countries in the region without a visa, including Botswana, Morocco, Mauritius, Tunisia and Zambia.
In the other direction, Egypt citizens need evisa to visit Bahrain.