Egypt Tests a Smartphone App to Bring Consular Services to Citizens Abroad

19459200 Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty participates in a joint interview at the Foreign Ministry in Athens, Greece, August 6, 2025. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas 19459226 19659013 19459216 By Nadine Tag Reporter 19659017 19659018 19659019 Egyptians living overseas who have actually long queued at embassies to restore files now can utilize a mobile phone application to start consular deals and track their development. 19659021 Egypt’s Foreign Ministry 19459204 stated on Wednesday, 21 October, that it had started checking an app called “Masri Bel Kharig,”or Egyptian Abroad, started, and it lets users begin consular deals and follow each phase till the documents is total. 19659023 The app is readily available through the App Store and Google Play. 19659024 The pilot covers 17 diplomatic and consular objectives, consisting of Prague, Rabat, Manama, Berlin, Doha, Pretoria, Rome, Abu Dhabi and Brussels, together with consulates in Houston, Hamburg, Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Chicago, Marseille, Sydney and Melbourne. 19659026 The cabinet stated more objectives would be included the coming duration. 19659027 The ministry 19459199 19459204 stated more services would follow in the next stage, in addition to an expert system assistant to address concerns and describe treatments. It explained the effort as an action to governmental regulations to enhance services for Egyptians abroad, and as part of a larger push to digitize federal government work. The app is likewise indicated to get in touch with other state digital platforms. 19659030 In August, Egypt 19459199 presented an interactive consular site and guaranteed passport processing in under 2 weeks and birth certificates in 3 to 5 days. 19659032 In June, Egyptians abroad who had actually currently gotten an automatic criminal-record certificate were enabled to demand another online through Digital Egypt. Previously, in July 2025 , the federal government started validating files through Egypt Post and stated it was preparing a pilot electronic authentication platform. 19659036 The ministry has actually likewise opened a main WhatsApp channel for consular concerns, in addition to the hotlines run by objectives abroad. 19659037 In September, the ministry 19459204 revealed it would send out civil-status committees to nations with big Egyptian neighborhoods to provide and restore nationwide ID cards. 19659039