Umrah Visa price for 2018-2019. With Hajj now complete the Saudi government usually takes a month to clean the city and prepare for the start of the Umrah season.The Umrah visa period is now open.See below.Umrah Visa Fee 2000SAR after first Umrah Now I receive A LOT of emails asking about the rules regarding the Umrah visas for those who have been already once and whether they have to … [Read more...]
Cost of Umrah Visa Fees for 2017 / 2018 Are Out
The cost for Umrah 2018 has not been released yet, it will be available AFTER Hajj around September 2018! For up to date details check this post belowSaudi changed their cost of Umrah visa fee 2017/2018 for those who have been for Umrah already in the previous Hijri 1438 year.If you have been for Umrah from October 2017 to July 2018 you will now have to pay 2,000SAR per person … [Read more...]
Here is How To Issue an Umrah Visa When Living Abroad – The Expat Guide to Umrah Visa
This past week I came back from performing Umrah and one of the most frequent questions I received was how can you issue an Umrah visa when living abroad. I managed to issue an Umrah visa from Doha when the border is closed.Actually, it was very easy! Keep on reading. This comes up as a question in general for people who are living abroad and want to perform Umrah but find it hard to issue … [Read more...]
Umrah Visa Opening for 2017/2018 plus 20% discount for all MuslimTravelGirl’s readers
And the time has come once again to become very excited about Umrah visa opening for 2017/2018 plus for you, I have 20% discount on your next Umrah visa.As my sources of knowledge told me yesterday, Saudi Arabia should be opening the Umrah visa again on the 1st of October 2017. Nothing is set in stone when it comes to Saudi authorities so it might be +/- few days. This is when you can start … [Read more...]
Tips on how to read and understand your Umrah visa
Recently they had been few cases brought to my attention about people being refused entry to Saudi because ground staff miss-interpreted the validity of their visas. This has also happened even with people reading their visa and assuming they will have 30 days in the country or getting confused on when their visa expires.Since I always try to make sure we get the most up to date and accurate … [Read more...]
Umrah visa fee Removed for Once Per Year Umrah
I am so excited to announce that the Umrah visa fee is removed! via GIPHY I guess the hotel's limited bookings and pressure from all the stakeholders (cough- tour operators) have done the trick.I just feel super sorry for those who actually paid the fee in November. However, I was always optimistic that this will not stick around.Here is the thing, … [Read more...]
New Umrah fees Changes and UK Umrah Visa Opening Date
So for the past few weeks I have been getting 10 emails a day with regards to the new Umrah fees and the opening of the Umrah season. There are so many speculations out there that it's crazy.We know a few things for sure. Saudi needs the money (see falling oil prices) and one way to find that money is to raise the fees on all their visas. Not only Umrah but other visitor and business visas. … [Read more...]
Umrah 2016 Best Options for you with the new regulations in place
Umrah Visas are open! YayThis is great news and honestly now I just want to book my flights and go.I wrote a post about the new regulations for Umrah visa 2016 after I received several emails from people asking me about the visa changes. Now it's good news as you can still book your DIY Umrah and save some cash. The bad news is that this needs to be with non-refundable hotels and … [Read more...]
