Document checklist
Tunisia → Egypt: Foreigners' Work Permit (ترخيص عمل الأجانب)
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Required documents
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Foreign worker status card (Form 2)
RequiredForm 2, the foreign worker's status card, completed as part of the application.
Source: Ministry of Labour (Egypt), Foreigners' Work Permit (ترخيص عمل الأجانب)
Passport
RequiredYour original passport, with copies, submitted with the application.
Source: Ministry of Labour (Egypt), Foreigners' Work Permit (ترخيص عمل الأجانب)
Personal photos (4x6 cm)
Required6 personal photos, sized 4x6 cm.
Source: Ministry of Labour (Egypt), Foreigners' Work Permit (ترخيص عمل الأجانب)
Work permit application (Form 1)
RequiredForm 1 ("licences, first-time or renewal work permit application"), stamped by the sponsoring company in the space provided.
Source: Ministry of Labour (Egypt), Foreigners' Work Permit (ترخيص عمل الأجانب)
Other
Certificate confirming you're free of HIV
RequiredA certificate from Ministry of Health laboratories or an approved government hospital, stamped with the Republic's seal, confirming you don't have HIV. You're exempt if you're married to an Egyptian (or are their child), if you're a foreign resident who hasn't left the country in the last 10 years, or if you left only to perform Hajj.
Source: Ministry of Labour (Egypt), Foreigners' Work Permit (ترخيص عمل الأجانب)
Certified work experience certificate
RequiredA certificate of at least 3 years' experience in the same field, approved by the foreign ministry of your home country (or the country you worked in), authenticated by an Egyptian embassy abroad or the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and translated into Arabic.
Source: Ministry of Labour (Egypt), Foreigners' Work Permit (ترخيص عمل الأجانب)
Declaration about any previous work permit
RequiredA signed declaration stating whether you have previously applied for a work permit. If you held one before, proof that it was returned/surrendered.
Source: Ministry of Labour (Egypt), Foreigners' Work Permit (ترخيص عمل الأجانب)
Marriage certificate and children's birth certificates
If you're married to an Egyptian citizen (or they're married to you), a copy of the marriage certificate and any children's birth certificates, with the originals shown, plus a declaration that the marriage is ongoing.
Source: Ministry of Labour (Egypt), Foreigners' Work Permit (ترخيص عمل الأجانب)
Professional syndicate approval
For occupations that require it, for example the Acting and Musical Professions Syndicate, the Engineers' Syndicate, or the Doctors' Syndicate, approval from the relevant Egyptian professional syndicate.
Source: Ministry of Labour (Egypt), Foreigners' Work Permit (ترخيص عمل الأجانب)
Why applications on this route get refused
Security approval not yet received
A foreign national cannot enter Egypt for work, or complete the licence, until the Passports and Immigration Authority issues security approval; the receipt issued in the meantime only serves as a temporary permit.
How to avoid it: Apply well in advance and keep the interim receipt (Form 4) until the security approval and full permit card are issued.
Not completing procedures within 60 days of entry
When bringing in a foreign worker from abroad, the company representative must submit the worker's original passport to the Foreign Labour Licensing department within 60 days of entering the country; missing this deadline can void the request.
How to avoid it: Track the 60-day window from entry and submit the original passport to the licensing office well before it expires.
Experience certificate doesn't meet the requirements
The experience certificate must show at least 3 years in the same field and be properly authenticated and translated into Arabic; a certificate that doesn't meet these conditions doesn't satisfy the requirement.
How to avoid it: Get the certificate authenticated by the Egyptian embassy or Ministry of Foreign Affairs and professionally translated before applying.
Sources
- Ministry of Labour (Egypt), Foreigners' Work Permit (ترخيص عمل الأجانب) · checked 24 Sept 2026
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