How may days does a transit visa give you to cross ?

Tim

Hi Tim and Ian
Tim, it took us 10 days to get the visa from scratch. We're both travelling on British passports. Ian, costs in Tunisia were high, compared with elsewhere we've been, but still affordable in terms of what you might pay for the same in England. Camping outside Tunis was expensive, but if you cook for yourself, you can keep the costs down. Difficult to refrain from all the lovely pastries, though.
We were issued with a transit visa for 10 days, starting from when we entered the country. Because of money and time constraints, we took 4 days to travel across. On the whole, accommodation costs (only hotels, no campsites in towns along the coast and as 2 lone girls, we elected not to bushcamp) were quite low, but food was a little more expensive. However, the cost of fuel (about a tenth of what it cost in Tunisia) more than made up for that! Libya was fabulous, albeit our journey was quick and only along the coast. We were treated with such kindness by the locals, who were very helpful with directions.
Beware that ALL roadsigns are in Arabic only and you'd do well, when planning your trip, to have an Arabic translation of each town you're planning to pass through or stay in. It's not always easy to work this out from the mileage on the signposts, as they don't always correspond to your maps. We asked one of many kind people to write down the Arabic names and managed that way, although allowing for the idiosyncracies of an individual's handwriting made this a challenge too!
Enjoy
Bel

Hi Matt
A transit visa is really only for getting across a country from one border to another and so isn't normally issued for periods of much longer than 10 days to 2 weeks, depending on the country. If you want to spend 30 days in Libya, you're going to touring and not just in transit, so will need to apply for a tourist visa. Tourist visas are not issued without arrangements made through a tour company (or Libyan resident) for invitations, etc, and yes, you will need a guide, I would think. When I was doing some investigation last year, I was told that a guide wasn't necessary in Tripoli, but it was everywhere else.
Bel

is it not possbile to buy a visum at the border?

er, see subject!

Sam.

It is possible to have the transit visa at the border, but must be at least for pax. The validity is only seven days and You have one month time from the date of issuance and the entrance.
You must arrange all the matter in advance with a local agency that will collect You at the border Actually as south borders are closed only the coastal road from rasejdir to sollum is possible.
This is the standard and regular procedure in use from now years.
Budrinna

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Budrinna Co.

To clarify, you cannot just turn up at the border and buy a visa, even in Budrinna's post (above):

"You must arrange all the matter in advance with a local agency "

I hope this is clear!

Sam.