«From Home» How do you prove your continued marriage to a foreigner?

The Ministry of Interior offers many electronic services, which may save the applicant a lot of time and effort, as well as making it easier to obtain the service with ease.

These services also contribute to reducing overcrowding in the facilities of the Ministry of Interior, and reducing the chances of transmitting the Corona virus infection.

These services can be obtained simply from any computer or mobile phone with a few simple clicks, without leaving home.

Among the agencies of the Ministry of Interior that provide services to citizens and foreigners is the General Directorate of Passports, Immigration and Nationality.

Among the most prominent electronic services that the Department of Immigration and Nationality provides to citizens through its website is the service “Approval of the continuation of an Egyptian marriage to a foreigner for two years in order to obtain Egyptian citizenship.”

The Ministry of Interior provides electronic services provided by the Department of Immigration and Nationality to citizens through the following electronic address:

https://enationality.moi.gov.eg/

At first, you must create an account on the site, by clicking on the “Login | Create a new account” window, at the top left of the main page, and then add the email and password, and then enter the correct personal data; To benefit from the services provided.

The full official service name for a request to approve the continuation of an Egyptian marriage to a foreigner for two years

An acknowledgment submitted by the Egyptian husband personally for the continuation and establishment of the marital relationship between him and his foreign wife after the expiry date of two years from submitting an application to declare her desire to acquire Egyptian nationality.

The declaration shall be submitted to the General Directorate of Passports or our consulate abroad.

Guidelines for requesting approval of the continuation of an Egyptian marriage to a foreigner for two years

This declaration is submitted by the Egyptian husband in person who is married to a foreigner, and this wife has previously declared her desire to acquire Egyptian nationality. This declaration shall be submitted after a period of two years from the date of the wife’s submission of a request to declare her desire to acquire Egyptian nationality.

This acknowledgment shall be submitted to the Nationality Department at the General Directorate of Passports, Immigration and Nationality, or to one of the Egyptian consulates abroad.

The application submitted through the website shall not be considered until after the person concerned attends the department with the original documents and payment of the fees and stamps prescribed on the application.

Fees are not refunded after submitting an application through the site for any reason.

Documents required to obtain an application for acknowledgment of the continuation of an Egyptian marriage to a foreigner for two years

The only document is the husband's valid national ID card or his valid Egyptian passport.

The exact timing for ending the service of approving the continuation of an Egyptian marriage to a foreigner for two years

Thirty days from submitting the declaration.

The receipt evidencing receipt of service papers confirming the continuation of an Egyptian marriage to a foreigner for two years

Stamp receipt.

Fees for requesting approval of the continuation of an Egyptian marriage to a foreigner for two years

stamp duty.

Electronic service fees for requesting approval of the continuation of an Egyptian marriage to a foreigner for two years, 20 pounds.

The Passports, Immigration and Nationality Department provides its services to citizens and foreigners

The General Department of Passports, Immigration and Nationality is one of the agencies of the Ministry of Interior that performs its services for citizens and foreigners.

The (Passports and Nationality Department) was established by a ministerial decree issued on April 9, 1939, and the name was changed in 1953 to (the Department of Immigration, Passports and Nationality), then it was changed again to (the Department of Travel Documents, Immigration and Nationality) by Republican Decree No. 1842 of 1971, then to the Department of Passports and Immigration And nationality by Presidential Decree No. 191 of 2001 dated June 18, 2001, and then Ministerial Decree No. 557 of 2018 regarding the amendment of the title to (General Administration of Passports, Immigration and Nationality).

Before the July Revolution of 1952, the administration included the main center in the Qasr Al-Ainy area, and a limited number of branches in Alexandria, Port Said, Suez, Ismailia and Aswan, in addition to its offices in the legitimate ports of the country. Then it was transferred to its current headquarters in the Governmental Authorities Complex in Tahrir Square.

On November 30, 1962, Ministerial Resolution No. 108 of 1962 was issued, including the organizational structure of it, similar to the rest of the departments and departments of the Ministry. Then, amendments and additions to this organizational structure followed the establishment of new departments necessitated by the steady increase in the volume of work.

A long list of the services of the Nationality Department, including acquiring, receiving, and naturalizing foreign nationals

The Nationality Department is concerned with all work related to nationality matters, through which applications are accepted for the foreign wife of an Egyptian to acquire the nationality of her Egyptian husband; According to Article 7 of the Nationality Law No. 26 of 1975.

Requests for foreigners, sons of an Egyptian mother, to acquire the nationality of their Egyptian mother are also accepted in accordance with Article 3 of Law No. 154 of 2004, and with regard to the naturalization of Egyptians with foreign nationalities, requests for permission to acquire foreign nationalities are accepted, whether with or without retaining the Egyptian nationality, and accepting requests to return the nationality The Egyptian woman who lost it by acquiring a foreign nationality, and requests for the Egyptian woman to recover her foreign nationality, which she lost by entering into the nationality of her foreign husband.

In the area of ​​proof of nationality, the department issues requests for Egyptians who hold foreign nationalities and wish to prove nationality according to their Egyptian origins in accordance with the law. It also responds to all inquiries from all parties regarding the nationality of Egyptians and foreigners residing in the country.

With regard to the state's current tendency to develop, reconstruct and attract investment in the Sinai Peninsula, the department is responsible for supplying Egyptians wishing to own real estate and lands with evidence that they do not hold a foreign nationality in addition to the Egyptian nationality.

The specializations of the Immigration Department are related to the work related to the immigration of Egyptians to foreign countries

The Immigration Department is concerned with all work related to the emigration of Egyptians to foreign countries in accordance with Law No. 111 of 1989, whereby the conditions of Egyptians residing in countries that accept immigration are legalized, whether they are individual or accompanied by an immigrant family, and therefore the immigrant or his brother can obtain a notification for recruitment stating his position on immigration.

The immigrant’s request is also accepted to notify the General Authority for Insurance to obtain his insurance entitlements, and the requests of the immigrant or his brother are accepted by notifying the Organization and Administration to obtain a travel permit.

The Immigration Department also stamps the immigrant's passport, indicating the continuation of his immigration, as well as marking the immigrant on the passport form, indicating the continuation of his immigration, and all parties that the immigrant wishes to be notified of his immigration position have been notified.