General Chit Chat

[M Butler]

Originally Posted by danny

The ruling is that you have to get a scheduled flight if you have been in the country for more than 3 months, you will only have been in Egypt for 2 months, it appears that Globespan are scheduled so either way you should be OK.

Thanks for the info. I thought I should be OK but I was not quite sure. I wonder what the reasoning is behind this ruling?????

Margaret

[lyndsay552]

Originally Posted by M Butler

Sounds like fun. We may well come in next Sunday. What time does it start?

Margaret

It starts at about 9pm but best to get in for about 8.30

We won again last night

[Lsab]

Originally Posted by lyndsay552

We won again last night

Do we have any proof of that?

[lyndsay552]

Originally Posted by Lsab

Do we have any proof of that?

Yes, my thick head all day!!!!!

[paddywin]

hi there..name's paddy, hope you are all in good form, i stumbled across this site and am so glad i did, it is great to see that so many others have purchased in hurghada, for a while there i thought we were the only english speaking people to do so lol...have been all over egypt but fell in love with hurghada and have been there a number of times ,we recently purchased a villa there(well just over a year ago), its not complete yet as we bought directly from the builder and so we have to finish ourselves...unfortunately work commitments have kept us at home in ireland this past year but we are flying out on the 27th of december for 4 weeks, doing a bit of travelling around and spending the last 10 days in hurghada, have arranged to meet a cpl of builders to price finishing and hope to have it complete by the end of april....would be nice to chat to others about purchasing experiences in egypt cause i have to say i had a great laugh and it was all so easy....thanks for listening...hope to hear back

[wellheld]

Originally Posted by lyndsay552

It starts at about 9pm but best to get in for about 8.30

We won again last night

That was 6 in a row I think, but you did have 9 on your team!!!!!!!!!. That was a long night, I left at 5, last ones left at 7 I believe. How do you lot go to work??????? I slept most of monday, I usually do, must be getting old.
Helen

[wellheld]

Originally Posted by danny

The ruling is that you have to get a scheduled flight if you have been in the country for more than 3 months, you will only have been in Egypt for 2 months, it appears that Globespan are scheduled so either way you should be OK.

In Luxor it is 30 days so I tried to get info from the Egyptian Consulate whether it was the same in Hurghada, but the answer was vague. Some people still say it's 30 days here, this was discussed in flghts thread I think. One person was turned away but got compensation from airline, they should not have sold ticket. Someone else suggested alternative and cheap scheduled routes eg via Brussels or Amsterdam.

[danny]

Originally Posted by wellheld

In Luxor it is 30 days so I tried to get info from the Egyptian Consulate whether it was the same in Hurghada, but the answer was vague. Some people still say it's 30 days here, this was discussed in flghts thread I think. One person was turned away but got compensation from airline, they should not have sold ticket. Someone else suggested alternative and cheap scheduled routes eg via Brussels or Amsterdam.

I think the confusion is over the type of visa you have,
if you purchase your visa at the airport on entry it covers you for 30 days, if you purchase a multi entry visa from the consulate in the UK you can come and go as you please throughout the 6 months it covers but your maximum stay is 3 months at any one time during the 6 months, if you have a 12 month touristic visa you can come and go as you please but if you stay for longer than 3 months you must use a scheduled flight to exit the country. The person who was turned back had stayed over 3 months and was trying to get back via a charter flight (although only a few days over,she was over). My niece has just gone back to the UK after spending 3 months with me using a charter flight and had no issues at the airport at all.

[wellheld]

Originally Posted by danny

I think the confusion is over the type of visa you have,
if you purchase your visa at the airport on entry it covers you for 30 days, if you purchase a multi entry visa from the consulate in the UK you can come and go as you please throughout the 6 months it covers but your maximum stay is 3 months at any one time during the 6 months, if you have a 12 month touristic visa you can come and go as you please but if you stay for longer than 3 months you must use a scheduled flight to exit the country. The person who was turned back had stayed over 3 months and was trying to get back via a charter flight (although only a few days over,she was over). My niece has just gone back to the UK after spending 3 months with me using a charter flight and had no issues at the airport at all.

Thank-you for that, you've clarified a lot of issues there. So for me, I have a tourist 12 month visa purchased in Hurghada last week, before I fly back to UK in December I will buy a multi entry visa/ stamp whetever it is here,that will be valid for 6 months, I can then leave on a charter flight after being here 88 days.Is that right. And I can come and go as I please for 6 months as long as I obey the above?
Can one of the moderators please move this to flights thread, It's REALLY REALLY HELPFUL. Thanks

[wellheld]

Originally Posted by paddywin

hi there..name's paddy, hope you are all in good form, i stumbled across this site and am so glad i did, it is great to see that so many others have purchased in hurghada, for a while there i thought we were the only english speaking people to do so lol...have been all over egypt but fell in love with hurghada and have been there a number of times ,we recently purchased a villa there(well just over a year ago), its not complete yet as we bought directly from the builder and so we have to finish ourselves...unfortunately work commitments have kept us at home in ireland this past year but we are flying out on the 27th of december for 4 weeks, doing a bit of travelling around and spending the last 10 days in hurghada, have arranged to meet a cpl of builders to price finishing and hope to have it complete by the end of april....would be nice to chat to others about purchasing experiences in egypt cause i have to say i had a great laugh and it was all so easy....thanks for listening...hope to hear back

Hi Paddy and welcome, this is a great place to swap info as you have found, hope to see you and? in Jan at PJ's (Irish Bar).