Visa Costs

Turkey:
October, 2005
60 USD

Purchased at the border where there train from Bucharest to Istanbul crosses into Turkey. No photos required, no paperwork to fill out. Just buy the visa stamp before going over to the passport office. Strangely, visa stamp said "45USD" on it but I don't think I got over charged because the officer looked up "Canada" on some plastised sheet.

Syria:
November, 2005
80 TRY (New Turkish Lira) for Syrian visa
57.50 TRY (New Turkish Lira) for Canadian Letter of Recommendation
5 TRY (New Turkish Lira) for typewriter services.

Received visa at the Syrian Consulate in Istanbul. Had to get a letter of recommendation from the Canadian consulate which took just a few minutes without an appointment. Syrian consulate wanted two passport photos. Had to type out the Syrian visa application form, typewriter around corner from Syrian Consulate. Was able to pick up visa same day at 3pm, no hassles crossing Turkey-Syria border a week later.

Jordan:
December 5, 2005
10 Jordanian Dollars

Purchased visa at the Syrian/Jordanian border while crossing on the Hejaz from Damascus to Amman. Needed to pay in Jordanian dollars, US currency was not accepted. However, there was a Western Union exchange booth about a 5 minute walk from the border station and the train waited while I exchanged money. No questions nor paperwork to fill out, just 10 JD and you get the stamp in the passport.

December 13, 2005
5 Jordanian Dinars

Had to pay a departure tax in Aqaba before boarding the fast ferry to Nuweiba. Tax was paid in Jordanian Dinars.

Egypt:
December 13, 2005
97 Egyptian Pounds

Purchased visa on arrival in Nuweiba at ferry terminal. Can either pay in Egyptian Pounds or US dollars. In US dollars, the fee was 15$, which is about 1.50$US cheaper then paying in Egyptian pounds. There is a currency exchance center at the ferry terminal for exchanging money. (I changed my Jordanian currency to Egyptian, the purchased the visa).

Sudan:
December 29, 2005
100 US Dollars

Purchased visa at Sudanese Embassy in Cairo. Required Letter of Recommendation from Canadian Embassy (50$CDN). After filling out forms and paying, visa was ready in around 2 hours.

33 US Dollars
Registration fee that had to be paid upon arrival in Wadi Halfa at the police registration building.
2300 Sudanese Dinars
Cost of permit to visit the pyramids of Meroe, purchased in Atbara.

Ethiopia:
January 4, 2006
30 US Dollars

Purchased visa at the Ethiopian Embassy in Cairo. A one month visa cost 20$ US, while a 3 month visa cost 30$ US. Note that the start date of the visa is the date it is issued. One passport photo was required. I had to fill out a basic visa application form, then waited about 1 hour while they processed it. Nothing else was required.

Kenya:
February 13, 2006
438 Ethiopian BIR ($50US)

Purchased at Kenyan embassy in Addis Ababa. Took 24 hours, passport was available for pick up the following day. No questions, one form and a passport photo.

Tanzania:
February 28, 2006
$50 US

Purchased at Tanzanian consulate in Nairobi. Visa was ready the same day. One form and two passport photos were required.

Mozambique:
April 23, 2006
40$ US

Purchased at Mozambican consulate on Zanzibar. Required photo that only showed "one ear" (ie: side profile). Visa is apparently good for 90 days from date of issue.

Also had to pay 2.50$US on entry into the country at local border crossing.

Kenny