egypt-evisa.org doesn’t look like a scam. That’s the point. It looks like the Egyptian government’s portal — close enough that travelers searching “Egypt eVisa” click through, fill in their passport details, and pay $96 for a form that costs $30 at visa2egypt.gov.eg, Egypt’s actual Ministry of Interior portal.

Six weeks ago, that $30 was $25. Egypt raised its eVisa fee by $5 on April 27, 2026 — a quiet update that most travel guides and Reddit threads haven’t caught up to. That lag is exactly what scam sites need. A traveler who reads three guides saying $25, then lands on a fake portal charging $96, has no obvious price anchor to flag that something’s wrong. Even a careful planner is flying blind.

Egypt’s Interior Ministry went further than a vague online-safety warning. In 2018, they issued a formal advisory naming ‘GCL Internet Services’ — an American operation — as running a fake eVisa portal at double the then-official price. Egypt Independent covered the ministry’s statement in April 2018, which directed all applicants to the official portal and named the fake site specifically. CairoScene documented the outcome: travelers who unknowingly purchased fraudulent visas found out their documents were invalid at the Egyptian border. Not during planning. Not at check-in. At the border, after the flight.

Fall is Egypt’s best travel season. October and November bring cooler temperatures, thinner crowds, and the kind of light on the pyramids that makes the trip make sense. The Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza (the world’s largest archaeological museum, 20 years in the making) is drawing travelers who’ve waited for the right moment. That right moment is now, and summer is when they start booking. Scam sites track this. Search traffic for Egypt eVisas spikes in June and July, when the fall planning window opens. The ad placements are calibrated for that intent.

Quick Facts — Egypt eVisa 2026

Detail	Info
Official cost	$30 single entry; $65 multiple entry (updated April 27, 2026)
Official portal	visa2egypt.gov.eg
Who needs it	Most foreign nationals, including US, UK, and most EU citizens traveling for tourism
Stay allowed	Up to 30 days (single entry)
Processing time	Usually 24–72 hours; apply at least a week before travel
Application window	Up to 3 months before arrival
What scam sites charge	$96 (egypt-evisa.org); roughly 4x official fee (egyptvisas.org)
Scam markup per person	$66+ above the actual single-entry fee
Official government domain	visa2egypt.gov.eg — ends in .gov.eg
Interior Ministry warning	2018: Formally named GCL Internet Services for operating a fake eVisa portal

In one sentence: Egypt’s eVisa is $30 at visa2egypt.gov.eg — the fee increased from $25 on April 27, 2026, creating a confusion window that scam sites like egypt-evisa.org and egyptvisas.org exploit to charge $96+ for the same 30-day authorization.

What Is the Egypt eVisa?

Egypt’s eVisa is an electronic travel authorization issued by Egypt’s Ministry of Interior through the official portal at visa2egypt.gov.eg. It covers most foreign nationals, including US, UK, and most EU passport holders, traveling for tourism. The application is entirely online: no embassy appointment, no queue at arrival.

The single-entry eVisa allows a 30-day stay. The multiple-entry version, at $65, allows multiple visits within a three-month window, with the same 30-day maximum per stay. For most first-time Egypt trips — Giza, Luxor, a Red Sea extension — the $30 single entry covers the trip.

What changed on April 27, 2026: the single-entry fee went from $25 to $30. The multiple-entry went from $60 to $65. Modest increases. But they haven’t propagated through the ecosystem of travel blogs, forum answers, and comparison sites. Search “Egypt eVisa cost” right now and most results still quote $25. That accurate-until-recently number is the gap scam sites operate in.

The Price Confusion Is the Scam’s Real Fuel

Most visa scam operations work because travelers don’t know what the government charges. Egypt’s April fee change made that problem worse.

Before April 27, a traveler who encountered egypt-evisa.org charging $96 and happened to know the official price was $25 had a nearly 4x discrepancy as a signal. Now the official price is $30, but most guides haven’t updated. A traveler who’s done reasonable research sees “$25” everywhere, encounters a site charging $96, and can’t be sure whether Egypt raised fees significantly or whether this site adds something the government doesn’t. The uncertainty is the opening.

egypt-evisa.org operates on exactly this. The site mimics the visual design of the official Egyptian portal and charges $96 for a 30-day single-entry authorization that costs $30 at visa2egypt.gov.eg. Scamadviser flags secondary concerns — new domain registration, privacy-protected ownership, and a low Tranco traffic rank — though it currently rates the site as likely safe overall. egyptvisas.org takes a different approach: Scamadviser flags it with a low trust score, and Trustpilot reviews describe a structure where the company collects the government fee plus a substantial “handling fee” on top — totaling roughly four times what the Ministry of Interior charges directly. The service-fee framing is designed to make the markup look routine.

It isn’t. Egypt’s official portal charges one flat fee: $30. No handling costs, no expediting tiers, no service charges. Any site adding line items is inventing them.

Egypt’s Interior Ministry Warning

Egypt’s security apparatus went public about this — specifically, not vaguely.

In 2018, the Interior Ministry issued a formal advisory naming ‘GCL Internet Services,’ identifying it as an American operation running a fake eVisa portal at double the then-official $25 fee. Egypt Independent’s April 2018 report on the ministry statement directed all applicants to visa2egypt.gov.eg and warned explicitly against third-party platforms. That advisory established the pattern — fake government-adjacent portals, inflated prices, documents that don’t exist in the official system. The mechanics haven’t changed. The ministry’s message was clear on the consequence: travelers who obtained visas through unauthorized portals could face denial of entry at the Egyptian border.

CairoScene’s investigation documented that outcome. Travelers who unknowingly purchased fraudulent visa documents — visas that looked legitimate but didn’t exist in Egypt’s official system — discovered the problem at the border after already arriving in Egypt. That’s the worst-case point of failure: flights taken, hotels prepaid, and an entry denial that no amount of follow-up with the fake site fixes on the spot.

How to Apply for the Egypt eVisa

The only portal that issues a valid Egypt eVisa is visa2egypt.gov.eg. The domain ends in .gov.eg — Egypt’s government domain extension, equivalent to .gov in the US. No legitimate Egypt eVisa portal exists outside it.

The application:

1. Go to visa2egypt.gov.eg. Type it directly into your browser. Confirm the domain in your address bar ends in .gov.eg — not .com, .org, .net, or anything else.
2. Create an account with a valid email address.
3. Enter your passport details: full name exactly as it appears on your passport, passport number, nationality, date of birth, and expiry date. Include your middle name if it’s in your passport — name mismatches cause rejections.
4. Upload a passport-style photo and the biographical data page of your passport.
5. Enter your travel information: intended arrival date and purpose of visit (tourism).
6. Pay $30 for single entry or $65 for multiple entry. No service fees, processing fees, or add-ons. That’s the complete cost.
7. Submit and wait. Processing typically takes 24–72 hours. Save the approval document in your email, downloaded to your phone, and a printed copy for connectivity dead zones.

Apply at least a week before travel. Two weeks is a more comfortable buffer — processing can extend during high-volume periods, and the eVisa must be valid on your arrival date.

What Does the Egypt eVisa Cost?

Egypt’s eVisa costs $30 USD for a single-entry tourist authorization, paid directly through the official portal at visa2egypt.gov.eg. The multiple-entry version costs $65 USD. Both fees were updated on April 27, 2026 — a $5 increase from the previous $25/$60 structure. These are flat government fees with no service charges. Any website charging more than $30 for a single-entry Egypt eVisa is not the Egyptian government.

Why Fall Makes This Urgent

October and November are when Egypt clicks. The temperature drops from punishing to manageable. Tour groups thin. The Nile looks the way it does in every photograph — wide, reflective, unhurried.

The Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza changed the math for a lot of people who’d been waiting. A $1 billion facility housing the full contents of Tutankhamun’s tomb, opened after two decades of construction — that’s the kind of anchor that turns “someday” into a flight search. Travelers planning that trip book in June and July for October travel.

That’s exactly when Egypt eVisa search traffic peaks. Scam sites know this and buy search ads targeted to those keywords. The traveler who just committed to a Nile cruise deposit and starts looking up entry requirements is in execution mode, not evaluation mode. They click the top result. They fill in the form. They pay without checking the domain.

Knowing the official portal address before you’re in that mode costs nothing. visa2egypt.gov.eg. $30. .gov.eg domain. That’s the entire mental checklist.

The Scam Sites by Name

Three operations appear in formal warnings or across documented traveler reports:

• egypt-evisa.org — Mimics the visual design of Egypt’s official portal. Not affiliated with the Egyptian government. Scamadviser notes secondary concerns — new domain, privacy-protected ownership, low traffic rank — though it currently rates the site as likely safe. Charges $96 for a 30-day single-entry authorization that costs $30 at visa2egypt.gov.eg.

• egyptvisas.org — Not a government site. Scamadviser flags it as untrustworthy. Trustpilot reviews describe a structure of collecting the government fee plus a substantial “handling” charge, totaling well above 4x the official cost. Reviewers report non-responses to inquiries and delays that extend far past the 24–72 hour official processing window.

• GCL Internet Services — Formally named in Egypt’s Interior Ministry advisory. Identified as an American operation charging double the official eVisa price. Per the ministry’s warning and CairoScene’s reporting, travelers who used this service risked entry denial at the Egyptian border.

What connects them: government-adjacent domain names, prices that don’t match what Egypt’s Ministry of Interior charges, and documents that may not exist in the official system when an airline or border agent checks.

The Wider Pattern

Egypt isn’t an isolated case. The wider eVisa scam ecosystem targets every destination where a government charges a direct, modest fee for electronic authorization. Fake portals buy search placements that rank above official government sites, charge 3–4x the government fee, and rely on travelers not checking the address bar.

Turkey’s eVisa scam uses identical mechanics — fake portals charging $180–$193 for a $50 eVisa. Kenya’s eTA faces the same infrastructure. For travelers planning multi-country itineraries that cross Egypt into Kenya or East Africa, each country’s entry system has its own set of fake portals optimized for the same search terms.

The pattern doesn’t change. The destination does.

If You Already Used a Third-Party Site

Apply again at visa2egypt.gov.eg before travel. A valid Egypt eVisa needs to exist in the Ministry of Interior’s system — a document from a fake portal won’t hold up at Egyptian border control or at an airline’s check-in desk. Yes, you’ll pay $30 again on top of whatever you already paid.

Before your departure, verify your approval document:

• Shows Egypt Ministry of Interior branding and an official reference number
• Lists your name exactly as it appears on your passport — character for character
• Includes your correct travel dates and visa type
• Arrived from an official visa2egypt.gov.eg email address

Any name discrepancy between the document and your passport is a problem. Address it before you’re at the airport.

If you paid and received nothing: dispute the charge with your card issuer. These operations have no functional customer service channel. Your bank’s dispute process is the practical recovery.

The data exposure is worth noting too. The Egypt eVisa form requires your full name, passport number, date of birth, and travel dates. If that went through an unauthorized third-party server, monitor your identity documentation accordingly.

The Bottom Line

Egypt’s eVisa is $30 — not $25 — as of April 27, 2026. The official portal is visa2egypt.gov.eg, a .gov.eg domain. Egypt’s government domain extension is .gov.eg. Everything else is noise.

The April fee increase created exactly the kind of information gap that scam sites exploit: outdated guides citing $25, a confused traveler with no clear price anchor, and a fake portal charging $96 sitting at the top of paid search results. Egypt’s Interior Ministry formally named one of those operations. CairoScene documented travelers being turned away at the border. The consequences are concrete.

The Pyramids of Giza have been standing for 4,500 years. The Grand Egyptian Museum just finished its 20-year build. Don’t lose the trip to a $30 form you accidentally paid $96 for.

Type visa2egypt.gov.eg directly. Check the domain. Skip the sponsored results.

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Official Egypt eVisa portal: visa2egypt.gov.eg. Egypt Interior Ministry 2018 warning coverage: Egypt Independent. CairoScene fraudulent visa reporting: cairoscene.com. Fee increase confirmed April 27, 2026 — verify current requirements before travel.