Tardy processing for visa is not an affordable option during hajj days. Hajj is massive gathering as compare to Umrah because millions of people approached for this sacrosanct adulation. According to Saudi Foreign Embassy in 3,161,573 people perform hajj and it’s one of the most successful pilgrims. About 400,000 are from which are local Saudis. For this amount they don’t need to process visa but for 2761573 they need to process visa. Saudi government ensure to establish an e-system lunching to speed up visa processing as during Hajj sluggish processing cause many issuesAn international leveled electronic network will be ascertained as a Hajj and Umrah applications reception platform. This electronic network process for any kind of duplicity, application hoax and after clearing all listed check it will ensure issuance of visa to the applicant, said by Minister of Hajj, Bandar bin Hajar. This network will be linked directly to the ministries if domestic and Foreign Affairs of the other government depart to ensure applicant reputation and other statics. This new system will check hajj and Umrah transcribes and evaluate concerned regulations from companies and their fulfillments. The system will check the requirement according to latest services updates from ministry’s supervision.
A visa applicant would apply through a foreign agent that is affiliated of connected to a Saudi Hajj. The foreign agent provides all required information of the applicant through electronic network and link the application to the group of services for which the agents is asking for. The agent then pays for the deal services ‘hajj package 2013’ like to the approved Saudi company via bank transfer.
Internal Ministry then will be provided the data for pilgrims, and further issuance of each entry number will provide by the authoritative management. Those entry numbers will be passed to Foreign affairs who will issue the visa 48 after it receives the pilgrim’s information via Saudi internal Mistier authority. The agent outside of the country needed to appear at Saudi embassy to have the visa issued at applicant’s passport.
After the pilgrim has arrived in the Kingdom, the Ministry of Hajj will ensure that all services paid for are provided through field committees. These committees would detect company violations and submit reports to the Legal Affairs Department that will investigate the violations and issue the required penalties.
When pilgrim arrive in country, the Ministry of Hajj will inspect paid services records, company violation, and report to the Legal Affair Department if have any. In other scenario all information will be checked and processed though electronic channel and instantly forward to the concern person. This update published by British Hajj Travel using Arab News website reference.
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