Saudi Arabia will accommodate 10,000 additional Indian Hajj pilgrims this year, increasing India's total quota to 175,025, according to the Ministry of Minority Affairs. The decision follows a request ...

Hajj 2025: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has agreed to accommodate 10,000 Indian pilgrims after the Union government engaged with the Kingdom over the reported slashing of the private Hajj pilgrim ...

Saudi Arabia has announced the expected dates and new rules for Hajj 2025. The annual pilgrimage to Mecca is always during the 12th and final month of the Islamic calendar and this year it is ...

Hajj 2025: Saudi Arabia has dealt a third major blow in the past two weeks. First, it temporarily imposed a visa ban on 14 countries including India to avoid disruption during Umrah and Hajj.

With the Hajj pilgrimage around the corner, Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended the issuance of certain visas to citizens of 14 countries, including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The ban on ...

The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia has said that people wishing to perform Hajj will be allowed to do so only if they book through the relevant Saudi platforms. The ministry also said ...

Saudi Arabia has clarified Hajj visa and permit rules for visitors, citizens and residents. In preparation for this year’s Hajj season, 1446 AH, the Ministry of Interior announced several arrangements ...

Muslim pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on June 18, 2024, at the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Muslim pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of ...

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior, in partnership with the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), has launched a unified digital platform for Hajj permits, known as ...

Diplomatic visas, residency permits, and Hajj-specific visas remain unaffected by this suspension. As reported earlier, Saudi Arabia has announced a temporary suspension of certain visa categories ...

The Saudi Ministry of Hajj has reopened the Nusuk site, allowing 10,000 more Indian pilgrims to register for the 2025 Hajj. This follows India's intervention to prevent the cancellation of some ...