Stay updated with the latest 2025 Umrah visa updates in Saudi Arabia. Ensure a safe and organized pilgrimage with the new ...

Muslims visit the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca on June 8, 2025, at the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. (Photo by AFP) Umrah has long carried deep spiritual meaning for Muslims ...

The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque launched the digital platform ...

Saudi authorities now require Umrah pilgrims to have confirmed hotel bookings and arranged transport when applying for visas, a rule intended to better manage pilgrim movement and prevent fraudulent ...

In an effort to improve the Umrah experience, Saudi Arabia now requires pilgrims applying for an Umrah visa to provide confirmed hotel bookings via the Nusuk Masar platform. “To improve service ...

After Hajj success, kingdom speeds up digital pilgrimage services through Nusuk Dubai: Saudi Arabia has issued more than 190,000 Umrah visas to international pilgrims since the start of the new Umrah ...

Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that downloads of its Nusuk app, the kingdom’s official digital platform serving pilgrims, have exceeded 30 million users more than ...

Pilgrims planning to perform Umrah in 2025 must secure confirmed hotel bookings and verified local transport before applying for a visa. The new regulations aim to make pilgrim movement flexible, ...