Hajj Visa will be Ready in Two Weeks: Religious Affairs Ministry
6 July 2018 11:22 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Religious Affairs Ministry recorded over 29,000 visa documents for prospective hajj pilgrims had been issued.
“A total of 29,000 visas have been issued, equal to 75 flight groups,” said the ministry’s chief of document and hajj equipment department Nasrullah Jassam today, July 6, in Jakarta.
Nasrullah stated the visa that had been issued were belong to prospective Hajj pilgrims who would depart in the early period. The ministry maintained the coordination with the Saudi Arabian Embassy to ensure the visa issuance.
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As many as 8,000 visas were issued per day on average thus far. Nasrullah expected all visas will be completely ready in the next two weeks.
According to him, regional religious affairs had submitted 170,652 passports for regular hajj to Directorate General of Hajj and Umrah and 161,700 of them had been verified for visa issuance.
The visa for hajj remains a vital issue for prospective pilgrims who are ready to depart to Mecca this year considering it is a requirement document aside from passport.
The first group of all hajj embarkations will start to depart on July 17, 2018. “We are working on it and optimistic the visa will be ready on target so there will be no visa delays,” said Nasrullah.
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