Egyptian-American Marriage: Understanding the Legal Process

When I first thought about writing this article, I decided to help those Egyptians who plan to marry or got married already with non-Egyptians in Egypt, especially Americans, and go through headaches suffering from being lost in the circle of papers and applications.

I also wrote this article because I didn't find similar articles talking about same subject that provide trusted information online, and whenever you search or ask someone for help you find nothing make you rest your soul and mind.

What I am sure about Foreigners Marriage is it's not easy to do it, specially after the political situations in the Middle East. The first step by logic is to visit the marriage office at the Egyptian Ministry of Justice, and there you will discover that the marriage office can't help you to get married from American citizen unless you have an approve of the marriage from U.S. Embassy at Egypt, and also another resident type different from the tourist resident on the passport. and you will be shocked if you visit the US Embassy and listen to what they say, they will tell you that the U.S. government does not have legal authority to approve or object to the marriage of American citizens, and you can read about this at the U.S. Embassy website by the title " Marriage In Egypt ", so.. now I think you understand what I mean!.. and its not logic at all that they as you at the marriage Office for a different type of resident on your partner passport, because simply how you can get it?

You will find yourself in the middle of the gap between the U.S. Embassy and the marriage office at the Egyptian Ministry of Justice.

The way out of this

There is two ways out of this situation, the 1st is to hire a lawyer to deal with this problem at the Family Court and help your self to get marriage papers. And this will take like 3 months minimum and the cost will depend on how much your lawyer ask and can get from your pocket. Some of lawyers will ask from 2.000 up to 8.000 Egyptian pounds, and if you have a friend who is working as a lawyer it will be the best choice, because he can save lots of money from yours, and it will cost you around 350 Egyptian pounds only.