If you need immediate emergency assistance, please contact the Egyptian police, tourist police, or emergency ambulance services listed below.

Immediate Assistance (Egyptian Equivalent of 9-1-1)
— Egyptian Police Hotline: 122
— Egyptian Tourist Police: 126
— Egyptian Ambulance Service Hotline: 123

For information on emergency assistance from the Embassy, please use the U.S. Citizen Services Navigator.

In an emergency event involving a U.S. citizen during and after business hours, please contact the American Citizen Services (ACS) unit via the main U.S. Embassy Cairo switchboard: (20-2) 2797-3300.

This number is for emergency situations only. Emergency events include:

• Arrests
• Hospitalizations
• Welfare and Whereabouts requests
• Deaths
• Child Custody cases
• Repatriations
• Lost/Stolen Passports

If you have a question about non-emergency services for U.S. citizens, please use the U.S. Citizen Services Navigator to contact the ACS unit.