Indeed, every year more than 45K Egyptian nationals apply for a UK visa from Egypt. Perhaps, usually, more than 80% of Egyptians apply for the visit visa (aka London tourist visa!) from Egypt. Empirically, the UK visa refusal rate from Egypt is approx 20%. Therefore, 8 out of 10 applications by Egyptian citizens are usually successful!

UK Visa Fees from Egypt 2020

In fact, the UK visa fees from Egyptian nationals is different for different types of applications. Although, Egyptian nationals applying for a UK visa need to pay the online application charges in US Dollars; however, most of the applicants like to know an approximate equivalent in Egyptian Pound (E£). Therefore, the following sections of the post provide the details of the latest UK visa fee from Egypt in 2019: Price in Egyptian Pound (E£) and US Dollars. Please note the application charges are usually revised once every year. Therefore, the charges in GBP remain the same during the year. However, due to exchange rate fluctuations, the UK Visa Fees in Egyptian Pound may vary during the year. The exchanges rate used for computing application charges is E£16 to a US$.

UK standard visitor visa fee from Egypt

Apparently, Egyptian nationals can apply for 6 months, 2, 5 and 10 years standard visitor visa. Perhaps, the most common and popular application for tourism, family and business visits is for 6 months standard visitor visa. In fact, usually, a fresh applicant applies for the 6 months multi-entry visa for tourism or family visit. Accordingly, the 6 months tourist or visitor visa fees from Egypt is E£1,984 ($124). Moreover, at times applicants also refer the UK 6 months visa as England or London visit visa from Egypt. Indeed, a repeat visitor can also apply for a long-term visitor visa for tourism and family purpose. Accordingly, the UK tourist visa fees from Egypt for 2, 5 and 10 years visa application are E£7,573, E£13,728 and E£17,243, respectively. Moreover, the UK visa price for infants under 5 and children under 18 are same as that for adults.

Furthermore, the additional charges for priority service from Egypt are E£4,576 ($286) . Therefore the priority visitor visa fees from Egypt for 6 months, 2, 5 and 10 years applications are E£6,560, E£12,149, E£18,304 and E£21,819, respectively.

UK Visa Processing Time from Egypt

Apparently, the UK non-settlement visa processing time from Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt, is usually 10-15 working days – or 1 week with priority service. However, the UK spouse settlement visa timelines are normally 60 working days – or 6 weeks with the priority service.

Delays

Perhaps, at times a fraction of the applications from Egypt might experience delays in processing. Apparently, there could be a number of different reasons for delays in UK visa processing.

What if the UK visa application gets refused from Egypt?

Empirically, the UK visa refusal rate from Egypt is moderately low i.e. less than 20%. Therefore, more than 8 out of 10 applications are usually successful! Nevertheless, after a refusal decision, an applicant can either reapply or challenge a refusal decision by filing an appeal, administrative review or judicial review. Please note: there is no right of appeal against the refusal of visitor visa. However, an Egyptian passport holder has the option of either re-applying or filing an immigration judicial review against the refusal.