Argeen Border Land port | Customs and Immigration

EGYPT TO SUDAN
Sudan side closed at 10pm when we reached customs so we slept in the tent at the border (safe) and continued the next day they start working only at 1pm due to electricity cuts they said

Egypt EXIT (all prices in EGP):
300 car exit tax
105 person exit tax
150 car inspection
15 exit stamp
102 customs CDP stamp
30 (they asked 290... we fought) return plates copies and folders
75 gate pass
= 777 EGP => 41 USD

Sudan ENTRY (all price in SDG):
5200 for passport stamp
900 (they wanted 4'500 first) local car insurance 1 month
47'000... carnet stamp
6500 ministry of transport + county
= 64'800 SDG => 123 USD

On Sudan side it's hard if you don't speak Arabic, if you can find a man named Ali Kuku he will help you for a small fee. I didn't trust the other fixers but he is a good and honest man.

We didn't have a good time at this border crossing it's long and exhausting and the building of passport control has the strongest smell of pee you could imagine so come with plenty of rest and well fed. Come with a full tank it's a long drive to the first city and few petrol station working.

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Directions Sudan - Egypt

Sudan side
Arrived at 9.00 open at 12.00
1.) 1500 SP copy CDP & Passport no recipe, start arguing with him he tear the copies and gives me the money back.
2.) 5200 SP pp for the stamp in the passports. After talking to the chief we got the two children for free. recipe
3.)1100 SP pp local government fee north states. recipe
4.) 5000SP for a fixer taking your cdp to the police and customs for the stamp. We talk so long an waiting in the Customs office so they did it after one our without the fixer.

Egypt side start at 15.00
1.) 140EP for 4 of us health fee with recipe
2.) 720EP gate pass for a truck and 4 person with recipe
3.)130EP for copy need for the number plates
4.) 1845EP for number places depending on your vehicle ……with recipe
5.) 305 EP for the cdp stamp recipe
6.)200EP when going out for fireworks papers don’t know with recipe
7.) 70EP gate out pass

It is a big border post, they say (24/7) lots of trucks and busses. We did not use a fixer, but it can be quite annoying and frustrating. Officer are always friendly but you can not negotiate. The Bank was closed do to holidays, but you can get EP at the Sudan side for a bad rate. 22.00 we got out yeah!

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Argeen Land Port crossing from Sudan to Egypt ( west side of Nile from Dongola)
SUDAN EXIT :-

Passport Stamp 50 Sudanese pound pp
Carnet Stamp 203 Sudanese pound
Ministry of Departure 50 Sudanese pound pp
Ministry of Departure 150 Sudanese pound for the car ( Landrover)

All charges above receipted

Fixers can assist which we don’t normally use however it made it an easier process as no English is spoken. It took 3 hours with the fixer . Paid 350 Sudanese pound but we think it was worth it , it would have been a much longer process without him.

Car searched thoroughly before departure to Egyptian side

Be patient it all takes time closed between 12 noon to 1 pm ( call to pray)

EGYPT ENTRY:-

Following documents checked on arrival

Passports
Carnet
Insurance certificate
Drivers License
Visa( we already got at the Consulate in Khartoum)
Yellow fever certificate
Fill out a couple of forms

Banks at the border change US & Euro to Egyptian dollar ( they do not except or change any Sudanese pounds here) Also limited hours opening.

They will photocopy what they need
Paid 945 Egyptian pounds for various stamps, customs etc
220 Egyptian pounds for the Egyptian number plates ( this process took some time lots of paperwork and backward & forwards to various offices)
180 Egyptian pounds for car insurance
150 Egyptian pounds to exit / car search

Car very thoroughly checked
The whole process took about 5 hours
Lots of confusion,frustration and quite tiresome but we eventually enter Egypt.

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