Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly followed up, in a meeting held this evening at the government headquarters in the New Administrative Capital, on the status of the project to develop the integrated information system of the Central Passports Authority, the management and control of ports of entry, and the issuance of electronic visas.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology; Ahmed Kouchouk, Minister of Finance; Sherif Fathy, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities; Dr. Sameh El-Hefny, Minister of Civil Aviation; Eng. Raafat Hindy, Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technology for Technological Infrastructure and Digital Transformation; Maj. Gen. Ashraf Elewa, Chairman of the Board of the Egyptian Company for Tracking Services and Information Technology (ETIT); Ambassador Haddad El-Gohary, Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs; and officials of the relevant ministries and authorities.
At the start of the meeting, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology explained that the project aims to shift the tourist visa system from paper forms to digital issuance based on a QR code, ease congestion at airports, improve the working environment at ports of entry, enhance security, improve real-time data collection and link it to decision-making centers, raise the efficiency of tourism services, strengthen Egypt's global competitiveness, and enable decision-makers to access and analyze data instantly to support information-based policies and procedures.
During the meeting, Eng. Raafat Hindy reviewed the status of the project to develop the information system of the Central Passports Authority, the management and control of ports of entry, and the issuance of electronic visas.
The Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technology for Technological Infrastructure and Digital Transformation explained that the scope of the project covers 42 air, land and sea ports, 40 residency offices, and 165 consulates and embassies, reviewing in this context the project's current operational status. He also presented the proposal for the project's first phase and its details, as well as the subsequent phases, according to the official page of the Egyptian Cabinet on Facebook.
