Umrah Visa Additional Fees

Umrah Visa Additional Fees by the Saudi Government

Umrah is the Islam’s Non- obligatory pillar and the minor Pilgrimage which every Muslim desire to do once in his life. Many of the people were affluent enough to do it every year but some of them rarely manage to perform the holy trip. Recently in 2016 in the month of August, the Saudi government had announced an increment in the Umrah visa fee from the starting of the Islamic year 1437 which has been implemented.

This increases the pilgrimage anxiety among the pilgrims because many of them hardly afford to make a trip on the sacred land. In many countries, the gambler agents are active who have been overcharging SR 2,000 from pilgrims even in the cases where they are not required to make this payment.

To avoid being a prey of such wagering, we can upgrade you about how you can make it certain whether you have to pay or not or how much you have to pay. You can also check online if they need to pay SR 2,000 to stamp Umrah Visa.

The scheme introduced by the Saudi government regarding Umrah visa fee of SR 2,000 is that you are not supposed to pay the extra fees money you are performing one Umrah in one Hijri Year. During the time period of one year, if one is planning to do Umrah more than once, then the pilgrim has to pay an additional amount of SR 2,000. However, if you are planning to do Umrah in the next new month like Muharram that is the first month of the Islamic year, then one does not have to pay the additional settled amount. Rumors about the waiving of the Umrah visa fees are also circling in the industry.

If you want to check online about the paying procedure or either you have to pay or not or how much you have to pay, then we will make it easy for you by our this article. An online site that you can approach 24/7 is launched by the Saudi government and Saudi Ministry of Hajj with which you can easily check if you are required to pay SR 2,000 Umrah visa additional fee at any point in time. Along with the additional Umrah visa fee, a fee of finger prints is taken by the pilgrims that are 5 dollars. According to new Hajj policy, some of the countries’ pilgrims have to give their finger prints that would be intended to perform Umrah and will be collected by Etimad that is Saudi authorized body. The validity of finger prints is three month and if you don’t take the chance to go to the holy land, then after three months you have to again give finger prints and of course will be charged again.

The app that will make you able to check your status in regards to paying can be downloaded by your android mobile phone by app store for Umrah services. A step by step procedure how to check your paying of Umrah visa fee is here endeavored to you by the site if British Haj Travel Ltd so that you can easily check what you want to know regarding your trip fee.

First of all, open the link of Hajj services available at the site of Ministry of Hajj and many other religious sites working for the Umrah trips.

For checking it, you have to enter your passport number, enter your nationality and enter the image code in the required blocks.

Once you have submitted the data correctly, then just enter the submit button for the procession of information.

After submission, a new screen will appear, where you can see if you need to make payment of additional fee of SR 2,000 as Umrah visa fee. If you have to pay then it shows to pay but if not, then a sentence will appear written saying “not requires making payment for Umrah visa.”

The new revised schedule of paying was then given by the Saudi government on 2nd October 2016 stating that the Umrah visa for the first time to perform Umrah is free however, if one intends to perform Umrah for the second time in the same year, then he or she has to pay an additional amount of SR 2,000. Multiple entry individuals require paying SR 3000 for visa validity for 6 months, SR 5000 visa validity for 1year and SR 8000 for visa validity for 2 years.

Source: travelforumrah.co.uk