Saturday, June 20, 2009

Visa Umrah

The Star Wednesday April 11, 2007

Minister: Saudi probe into tour agency reason for umrah visa delay

PUTRAJAYA: A local tour agency was found to have allowed other firms to use its umrah code licence issued by the Saudi Arabian Government to offer umrah packages.
This has caused a delay in the issuance of visas by the Saudi Arabian Embassy, which was probing the matter.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Abdullah Md Zain said in a statement that Saudi authorities discovered that the tour agent collected a fee of RM180 a person from the other companies.
They became suspicious when there were 5,797 umrah visa applications from one of the companies, he said.
“They doubted the company’s ability to provide a good service to so many clients.
“The embassy is also worried that the clients will not receive good treatment and proper accommodation in Mecca, hence investigations were carried out on the company,” he said.
To date, Abdullah said, 25 local tour agents had been given licences to offer umrah packages and Malaysia was assured that there would be “no further delay in the issuance of umrah visas”.
Recent reports had said that over 1,000 Malaysians planning to perform the umrah were unable to leave since March 28 because of “some last minute new rules.”
Abdullah said the embassy had since approved the 5,000-odd visa applications from the company and suspended the tour agency’s licence “until the problem was sorted out”.


Masalah jemaah "tergendala" untuk menunaikan umrah bukan baru. Petikan berita dari The Star,Rabu 11 April 2007 membuktikan masalah ini berlarutan dari dulu lagi.Sama samalah kita berdoa agar kita semua di beri keizinan untuk mengunjungi kedua dua Kota Suci itu

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