Ukukhishwa Kwe-Umrah Visa Kuvulwa Kabusha Phakathi Nesizini Yangemva KweHajj

UMnyango WezeHajj kanye ne-Umrah waseSaudi Arabia usuqalile ukukhipha i-visa ye-Umrah phakathi nesizini yangemva kweHajj, ngokusho kweSaudi Press Agency ngoLwesine, Juni 20.

Ukukhishwa kwama-visa e-Umrah kuvulwa kabusha ngemuva kokuphela kohambo lweHajj lwaminyaka yonke.

Phambilini, inkonzo yayeka ukukhipha ama-visa e-Umrah eNusuk inyanga eyodwa kusukela ngomhla zingama-23 kuNhlaba.

I-Nusuk isebenza njengenkundla yomoya ye-Ministry of Hajj kanye ne-Umrah yesitolo esisodwa sokuhlela nokubhukha izihambeli ze-Hajj kanye ne-Umrah.

Isiza siqala kabusha ukukhishwa kwe-visa kusuka ku-Dhul Hijjah 15, noma Juni 21 ngokuya ngekhalenda likaGregory.

Ukwenza lula ulwazi lokufika kwama-pilgrim

Ngokombiko wezindaba zeSaudi Press Agency, ukukhishwa kwe -visa ye-Umrah kwavulwa kabusha ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukufika kwabahambi base-Umrah nokwenza ulwazi lwabo lube lula futhi olungenazo izinkinga.

“[This initiative] ithuthukisa ulwazi lwenkonzo futhi isungula izinhlelo zobuchwepheshe nezomkhakha ukuze zisize abahambi nabacula i-Umrah kanye nokwenza amasiko abo,” kusho umbiko wabezindaba.

“UMnyango usebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuze uzibophezele ekusebenziseni iziqondiso zobuholi obukhaliphile, ubhekelele abahambeli abaningi kanye nabaculi be-Umrah, futhi uhlinzeke ngezinsizakalo ezihlangabezana nezidingo nezifiso zabo.”

Izinguquko kumthetho omusha we-visa ye-Umrah

Isizini entsha ye-Umrah ngo-2024 izoqondana nokuqala konyaka omusha wamaSulumane ngo-Muharram 1 1446.

Abahambi be-Umrah bangaqala ukufika eSaudi Arabia kusukela ngoJulayi 19.

Ngo-Ephreli 2024, kwabikwa ukuthi iziphathimandla zaseSaudi zenze izinguquko emthethweni wazo we-visa yase-Umrah.

Ngaphansi komthetho omdala we-visa ye-Umrah, ukuba semthethweni kwe-visa ye-Umrah kwaqala lapho kungena eSaudi Arabia.

Ngaphansi kweziqondiso ezintsha ze-visa ye-Umrah, okwamanje, i-visa ye-Umrah isebenza izinyanga ezintathu noma izinsuku ezingama-90 kusukela enyangeni yayo yokukhishwa.

I-visa yezokuvakasha ejwayelekile yaseSaudi nayo inesikhathi esisemthethweni sezinsuku ezingama-90.

Kodwa-ke, ngokungafani ne-visa yesivakashi yaseSaudi evumela ukungena okuningi, i-visa ye-Umrah ivumela kuphela ukungena okukodwa eSaudi Arabia.

Abahambi be-Umrah kumele bakhumbule ukuthi i-visa ye-Umrah ayibavumeli ukuthi bafune umsebenzi noma benze imisebenzi engahlobene nohambo lokuya e-Umrah.

UMnyango WezeHajj kanye ne-Umrah unxuse futhi wakhumbuza abahambi ukuthi babheke ukusetshenziswa okufanele kwe-visa ye-Umrah futhi bahambe eSaudi Arabia ngaphambi kokuphelelwa yisikhathi.

“Ukuphetha uhambo lwakho olungokomoya lwe-Umrah ngokusuka ngesikhathi ngaphambi kokuba i-visa yakho iphelelwe yisikhathi yinto engenakuqhathaniswa,” kuphawula uMnyango WezeHajj ne-Umrah.

Imikhawulo ye-visa ye-Hajj

Ngokufanayo, ama-visa e-Hajj kumele asetshenziselwe kuphela ukusebenza kwe-Hajj ngo-2024, njengoba kwamenyezelwa yiziphathimandla zaseSaudi ngoMeyi 2024.

Kufanele isetshenziswe kuphela njengemvume yokungena futhi ayivumelekile emsebenzini, ukuba uhlale, noma uhambe ngaphandle kwamadolobha angcwele aqokiwe.

Izivakashi ezephula imikhawulo ye-visa ye-Hajj zingase ziholele ekuvinjweni kohambo lwe-Hajj ekwenzeni i-Hajj nokudingiswa.

Njengamanje, amaSulumane azo zonke izizwe, ngaphandle kwalawo ayizakhamizi zamazwe e-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—i-Bahrain, i-Kuwait, i-Oman, i-Qatar, i-Saudi Arabia ne-United Arab Emirates—kudingeka afake isicelo se-visa ye-Hajj.

Futhi ngoMeyi 2024, uMnyango Wezangaphakathi waseSaudi Arabia wamemezela izinhlawulo eziqinile kubantu abangena eMecca; imizi engcwele iMina, i-Arafat, neMuzdalifah; noma izindawo zokuhamba njengesiteshi sesitimela sase-Haramain; ngaphandle kwemvume yeHajj.

Abaphula umthetho bazohlawuliswa u-SAR 10,000.

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