Egypt - Apply for a Divorce

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Procedure

One can apply for a divorce through appointments only.

Apply In-Person

1. To apply for a divorce, the applicant must approach the Egyptian Consulate URL and obtain all necessary documents for the divorce.
2. Submit your application along with all other requirements to The Egyptian Consulate.
3. Once the notice of the granting of the divorce is received, the parties may bring the endorsement of the divorce to the office where the marriage was registered.
4. Amicable divorce, both parties agree to divorce, go together to the registrar, sign and give their fingerprints, it’s effective immediately, Husband cannot take his wife back without her consent, wife cannot remarry anyone else (other than original husband) for 3 months OR until she gives birth if she’s pregnant, after that she’s free to remarry whomever she pleases that is the Egyptian Muslim law.
5. Divorce in Absentia, where the husband unilaterally divorces the wife.
6. Divorce can be revoked also unilaterally in this case without the wife’s consent within the three months waiting period (unless it’s this couple’s third consecutive divorce).
7. if your husband went on his own to divorce this turns to be a divorce in absentia and if he can change his mind without the consent of the wife this will be done within 3 months (in some jurisdictions it is 4 months and 10 days, and if the wife is pregnant it is until she gives birth).
8. Forced divorces, where a woman lets go of all her rights in return for a divorce by a judge. Doesn’t take much time or money.
9. The judge’s ruling is final and cannot be appealed in any way.
10. Court divorce at the request of the wife due to damages (financial, physical, emotional …etc.), complicated, takes a long time. Husband can appeal and it can be quite lengthy (Years long).
11. So in brief, wife cannot unilaterally divorce and it’s quite difficult.
12. For Christian divorce it is even more complex and difficult since it can be sometimes impossible even if both parties agree to divorce.
13. In all cases even if you are Christian but he is Muslim (or Christian with a different sect), Muslim law will apply in that case.
14. The wife here is usually – by law – the winner in divorce.
15. Husband has to pay deferred dowry, (unless she waives his rights if she’s the one who insisted on divorce), child support, housing (if his ex has children with him. Wives usually don’t pay anything to the husband even if she has more money than the man.
    

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Required Documents

• Original & valid Egyptian National ID or Passport.
• 5 personal photos each (white background).
• Original Egyptian Birth Certificates (or a certified copy), in case one of the couple is non-Egyptian, please legalize and translate your Birth Certificate from your respective Country’s Embassy/Consulate.
• Original marriage certificates.
• Divorce Certificates (in case it is a second/third marriage).
• 2 witnesses with original and valid Egyptian National ID or Passport.
  

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Interior affairs
Address El Sheikh Rihan St.Cairo , Postal Code 11641
Phone no. 27948300 - 27959111 - 27952300
Fax 27960682
E-mail [email protected]

The Egyptian Consulate General in Kuwait
Address: 58 Street, ElRoda, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Fax: 009652527728
Tel: 009652570132 / 009652548800
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact Info link

The Consulate General of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Los Angeles
Address & Mailing Address
6300 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 1890, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Contacts
Email [email protected]
Facebook Page : Egyptian Consulate LA
Tel: (323) 933.9700 – (323) 933.9757 – (323) 933.1401
Fax: (323) 933.9725
Contact Info link

Eligibility

• Divorce applicants have to be both Egyptians, or at least one of them.
• Male applicants must be 18 years or older, 16 or older for females.
  

Fees

Fees are 205 USD or 3224.77 Egyptian Pound.

Validity

The divorce certificate is valid for lifetime.

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

The process takes up to 6-8 weeks.

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Instructions

• The Egyptian consulate will not process any divorce process without the presence of the spouse, if the spouse resides in Egypt, the husband may authorize someone to divorce the spouse on his behalf, by giving him a Power of Attorney.
• The Consulate only legalizes Divorce Court Orders authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo.
  

Required Information

• Marriage certificate
• identification Documents like identity card.
• Date of marriage
• Religion
• Office were marriage was registered.
  

Need for the Document

Dissolution of marriage or divorce is the termination of marital union between married couple.

Information which might help

• The divorcing husband can reinstate his wife during the waiting period (about three months before divorce is final).
• If the waiting period is over, the divorcing husband cannot reinstate his wife without a new marriage contract and a new dowry
• If the husband divorces his wife for the second time, he can reinstate her again as a wife under the previous condition.
• If the husband divorces his wife for the third time, he cannot reinstate her unless she weds another man and then gets divorced or widowed
• If your husband is Muslim, the Muslim law applies visa vase for Christians also.
• If your husband is of a different religions and/or sects, Muslim law will apply.
• Until the waiting period is over it is not the final period for the two parties, the marriage remain in existence the man can take back his his wife .But after the waiting period is over,
• if the did if the husband did not take back the wife, it becomes automatically final divorce.
• Any wife who decide to marry before the expiration of the waiting time and decide to get married to someone else during the waiting period is illegal polygamy punishable by prison.
• According to Sharia law in Egypt it would be Haram to talk to other men during the waiting period.
  

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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