Umrah Visas Issuance for Current Season Concluded

Riyadh, 30 September 07

Saudi diplomatic missions abroad have concluded issuing visas to Umrah (Minor Hajj) performers of various nationalities for the current year 1428 H. season, Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for Consular Affairs Ibrahim Alkhrashi said.

He added that by last Thursday, the Foreign Ministry concluded issuing Umrah visas for the current year 1428 H. He stated that visas were given to more than 2,951,145 Umrah performers explaining that this number exceeded the number of Umrah visas issued last year 1427 H. by 2%.