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Work Permit and Residency

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The Business Support Office welcomes you all to AUC.

The following are the steps to obtain a work permit and residency in Egypt.

  1. You need to fill out the work permit data form here.
  2. Send a scanned copy of your passport and last education certificate to [email protected].
  3. The Business Support Office sends all the above documents to the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Manpower to secure governmental approvals. This process takes from three to six months.
  4. Until the approvals are received and to make your stay legal in Egypt, faculty members will take the HIV test and the Business Support Office will issue a temporary work permit and residency that will be valid for six months and can be renewed for another six months (if eligible) in case there’s a delay in governmental approvals.
  5. After arrival to Egypt, we will need the applicant to stay in Egypt for at least a month as our staff will need to work on the application with the original passport.
  6. During this time, the Business Support Office will receive approvals and will issue the work permit and residency that ends in September every year. It will be renewed yearly at the same time.
  7. As per the new regulations at the Ministry of Manpower, we've been instructed that AUC is no longer fully exempted from the recruitment laws' fees for new faculty, staff and Scholars without Stipend (SwS) work permit applications. For members who are already in Egypt, the new fees will be applicable, but for outsider applicants who haven't arrived yet to Egypt, the Business Support Office will request to exempt them in the hope of getting approvals from the ministry at least two months before their arrival date to Egypt.
  8. Two Months before arrival to Egypt, we must have a copy of the applicant’s passport and the last education certificate to start the governmental process for him/her for the requested exemption form, extra work permit fees of EGP 15000 (if the applicant is already in Egypt).  We will prepare the governmental approvals from the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Manpower. We need to have the expected arrival date to Egypt to include it in the required paperwork. The first-year work permit fees are EGP 5200, the HIV test fees are EGP 380 and the residency visa is EGP 2090.
  9. If the applicant is already in Egypt, the new fees will be applicable in addition to the first-year work permit fees.
  10. If the applicant receives the work permit, he can also apply for a residency visa for his wife and dependents (the work permit is for the applicant only).
  11. Previously, the cost for the first-year work permit used to be EGP 5200 as governmental fees for the new work permit for all non-Egyptians. The fees have increased to include EGP 15000 as recruitment governmental fees, in addition to the first-year fee of EGP 5200. This is in addition to the HIV test at EGP 385, and the residency visa renewal fees of EGP 2090 as well.
  12. Since SWS and fellows pay on their own in person, this amount may be difficult for them to pay. So, we kindly need your assistance in sending all documents at least two or three months before their arrival to start their governmental paperwork.
  13. Faculty members will receive the HIV test scheduled in July and August. The Business Support Office will update faculty members with a confirmed schedule beforehand. They have to choose their appointment to have the HIV test at the AUC clinic. The Ministry of Health laboratory staff will be there to do the test for them.
  14. In this case, members are kindly requested to confirm a suitable time for them, bearing in mind that they need to go early in the morning (9:30 am). The Business Support Office will arrange for one of their staff, who will be there at the AUC clinic while the HIV tests are done, and after the work permit is issued, to accompany the faculty members to renew their residency at the Immigration authorities.
  15. As the faculty/staff member submits his/her original passport for the HIV test, he/she will need to stay in Egypt until the work permit process is finalized so as not to redo the test.
  16. If you need any further assistance, send an e-mail to [email protected].