Egypt

Non-touristic residence by property or deposit (Decree 977/2023). Buy real estate or park money in an Egyptian bank and get a renewable residence permit sized to how much you put in: $50,000 for a year, $100,000 for three, $200,000 for five.

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Non-touristic residence by property or deposit (Decree 977/2023)

A renewable non-touristic residence permit (1, 3, or 5 years depending on the sum) covering the investor, spouse and children, with the right to live, bank and access public and private healthcare and education in Egypt.

Who qualifies

A one-year renewable residence permit is granted to a foreigner who owns registered property worth at least $50,000, or holds a $50,000 bank deposit; three years at $100,000; five years at $200,000 in property (Green Contract registered) or an equivalent deposit.
Minister of Interior Decree No. 977 of 2023, non-touristic residence for property owners and depositors
The property must be registered in the land registry (Green Contract); a bank-deposit alternative is available at the same thresholds for the one- and three-year tiers.
General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), residence by investment guidance

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Savings you could move or invest?

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Investment: About $50,000.
Time: 6–10 weeks once the property purchase or deposit is complete and GAFI security clearance is granted.
Cost: The investment itself ($50,000–200,000) plus government fees and legal costs of roughly $2,000–5,000.
The hard part: Getting the property properly registered with a Green Contract, and passing the security clearance GAFI requires before issuing the permit.

Dollar figures are converted from the local currency at the rate the program’s research used; the official figure is in the local currency.

Citizens by 2038.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

2027
First residence permit
1 year, renewable for 1 year at a time.
2037
Apply for citizenship
With a language test.
2038
Citizenship

Language: Proficiency in Arabic; no set level or test is published.
Time away: Ten consecutive years of habitual, legal residence in Egypt immediately before applying. The grant is a discretionary decision of the Interior Minister.
Two passports: Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.

One, three or five years depending on the sum ($50,000, $100,000, $200,000), renewed while the property or deposit is held; the years are legal residence, but citizenship needs ten consecutive years of real residence and Arabic, and is discretionary.
The ten-year rule and Arabic requirement are from an English translation and a legal commentary on Law 26/1975, not the Official Gazette.
Egypt has no ordinary permanent residence these programs lead to; the property and deposit permits are renewed for as long as the asset is held.
Dual citizenship: the investor-citizenship route explicitly lets people keep their old nationality; the 1975 law does not ask ordinary naturalisers to renounce either, but I found no official page that says so outright.
No official decision time for ordinary naturalisation.
How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.

The law behind these dates

Ahram Online — Explainer: Egypt's new residency regulations for foreigners (Decree 977/2023) · checked 2026-09-24
Law No. 26 of 1975 on Egyptian Nationality, legislative committee report and explanatory memo (ten consecutive years; Arabic) · checked 2026-09-25
Investment Migration Council — Egypt's citizenship-by-investment program (6–9 months; original nationality kept) · checked 2026-09-25

Living there.

Time you must spend there: No fixed minimum stay to keep the permit, but the underlying property or deposit must be maintained.
Tax: Residence alone does not automatically make you an Egyptian tax resident; that turns on actually living there 183+ days a year, at which point worldwide income can be taxed.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Start today.

Start with GAFI, Egypt's investment and residence authority.Open gafi.gov.eg ↗
Round up the papers.
- Proof of the funds to invest: about $50,000, and where they came from
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health cover for the move

Or let us run it.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.Standard first year: $1,200. Everyone renews at $399.One membership, the whole family. Accounts and activation included.

17 steps, from the first paper to the passport. You do 4 of them: send what we ask for, sign, and show up. We run the rest, and keep every permit renewed on time. Accounts and activation are included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Accounts depend on provider availability. Government, record and approved third-party charges are extra.

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