Visa to Egypt and passport control
I will be visiting the USA this July for 3 weeks. I am a Lebanese woman (I have a Lebanese passport only) married to an Egyptian citizen and living in Egypt. I was granted a US visitor visa for 5 years.
Per Egyptian laws, I don't need an Egyptian visa. All I have to do when I return to Egypt is to show passport control my marriage certificate in order to enter. My concern is when I am departing the USA, will the US passport control allow my departure based on my marriage certificate too? What do you advise I should do if the marriage certificate was not enough as a document for departure?
Best Answer
Wikipedia agrees that no visa is required for Lebanese wives of Egyptians with proof of marriage.
Visa exemption also applies to sons and daughters born to an Egyptian fathers (except nationals of Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Qatar) having an Egyptian mother and being born after 25 July 2004 (except nationals of Syria, Iraq, Qatar and Yemen)
wives of Egyptian nationals holding proof of marriage. (except nationals of Syria, Iraq, Morocco and Qatar)
The same information appears in Timatic. You may have to bring this to the attention of the check-in clerk, but this is their official database.
[ADDED: Excerpt from Timatic link filled in for Egypt destination and Lebanon passport]
Egypt - Destination Visa
Visa required.
The following are exempt from holding a visa: Nationals of Lebanon with a normal passport and who are older than 50 years or younger than 16 years for a maximum stay of 3 months.
Wives of Egyptian nationals.
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