Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has directed Egyptian diplomatic missions to hold daily meetings to monitor the status of citizens residing in the region following recent regional developments, the ministry said on Tuesday.
During a meeting with ministry leadership and the consular sector, Abdelatty instructed officials to facilitate emergency entry visas to Saudi Arabia via land ports for Egyptians in Gulf countries. He expressed appreciation for the ongoing coordination with Saudi authorities in this regard.
The minister ordered that all consular transactions be streamlined, with heads of diplomatic and consular missions required to directly supervise service delivery and monitor citizen satisfaction.
The ministry has reduced the time required to issue machine-readable passports to approximately five days. According to figures reviewed during the meeting, the ministry issued 3,082 passports for citizens abroad over a 10-day period. This brings the total number of passports issued since the start of the year to approximately 14,700.
In coordination with the Ministry of Interior, more than 7,000 birth certificates for children of Egyptians abroad were issued over the past six months. The ministry stated that it has increased human resources and organised shifts to ensure the rapid delivery of these vital documents.
For domestic services, the ministry announced a plan to expand authentication offices. Mobile authentication units are setto begin operations at several institutions, including the British University in Egypt, Cairo University, Ain Shams University, and Helwan University, to reduce pressure on existing offices.
