A special visa given to Muslims for the Umrah pilgrimage to Makkah will no longer be free, following a decision that ends a 100-year-old tradition in Saudi Arabia. A new Umrah system, operated by ...

Umrah Packages Could Reach Up To Dh8,000 As Ramadan Approaches . UAE residents planning to perform Umrah during the cooler ...

New Delhi: The Saudi Arabian government has made significant changes to Umrah visa regulations. Under this change, the validity period of the visa has been reduced from three months to one month.

Unlike Hajj, Umrah is a minor pilgrimage and is not obligatory to perform. Muslims can take up this holy trip at any time of the year. Most of them wait for the peak seasons like Ramadan and after ...

(RNS) — I was disappointed to not experience my children’s reaction to seeing the Kaaba for the first time, but made my peace. After leaving Medina, where we’d spent a few days before going to Mecca, ...

In a significant move aligned with Saudi Vision 2030, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that individuals holding any type of visa can now perform Umrah while in Saudi Arabia. The update ...

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has introduced amendments to Umrah visa regulations, Al Arabiya reported, citing sources. Moving forward, visas will be automatically cancelled 30 days after ...