Terms & Conditions

• Deposit of $4000.00 is due with complete application by July 5th, 2013. Balance payment is required by July 25th, 2013.
• If you are departing from any city of USA, please ask about the additional cost of connecting flight to Washington. If you travel by Saudi Airlines from Washington DC, add $150 in the package price.
• Limited transportation will be available from Aziziah to Haram.
• Each pilgrim should deposit a cash/check of US $325.00 (Three hundred and twenty five US dollars) payable to METRO INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, for MUALAM FEE so we can purchase your draft in Saudi Riyals in advance for this purpose.
• The above package prices do not include Qurbani fee ($125.00) and the above mentioned Mualam fee ($325.00)
• Pilgrims traveling via Pakistan should add $750.00 for PIA flight from New York to Jeddah.

REQUIREMENTS FOR HAJJ VISA

1. The applicant must have a passport with a validity of at least six (6) months and acceptable both for entry to Saudi Arabia and entry to the next destination; the passport should have at least two empty visa pages adjacent to each other.
2. Each applicant must submit 4 recent passport size color photographs with a white background. The photographs must be a full-face view in which the visa applicant is facing the camera directly. Side or angled views are NOT accepted. The applicant must submit a completed application form filled in with black ink pen or printed; the form must be signed and stamped by the authorized travel agency.
3. The Mahram should write his complete information on the application forms of his spouse and children or any relative with whom he is traveling. He should also provide copies of marriage or birth certificates; if these documents were not issued in English or Arabic, he should then provide copies translated and notarized by a certified translation office.
4. All ladies are required to travel for Hajj with a Mahram. Proof of kinship must be submitted with the application form. Any lady over the age of forty-five (45) may travel without a Mahram with an organized group, provided she submits a letter of no objection from her husband, son or brother authorizing her to travel for Hajj with the named group. This letter should be notarized.
5. The applicant must be in possession of a non-refundable roundtrip ticket with confirmed reservations.
6. The applicant must submit proof of vaccination for meningitis and ACYW135. For infants and children up to fifteen (15) years of age, a vaccination report is required for polio as well as meningitis and polio. Children over fifteen (15) years of age should present the same vaccinations requested for adults. Non-citizens that are resident in the USA should submit a copy of their green card (USA). Passport authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reserve the right to return (at his or her own expense) any pilgrim who has provided wrong or false information about their residence in the USA. No applicant under the legal age of eighteen (18) will be granted a Hajj visa if not accompanied by his family.
7. If the applicant has converted to Islam, an Islamic certificate must be presented; this needs to be notarized by an Islamic Center.

General Hajj Travel Guidelines for All Countries

1. Travelers must carry vaccination certificates with them for inspection by the Saudi Authority at port of entry.
2. No food products are allowed into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
3. The last day to enter King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah for the purpose of Hajj is 4th Zil-Hajj of each year.
4. Upon arrival, pilgrims shall hand their passports to the custody of the "United Agents Office" representatives to enable the latter to complete all travel formalities to Makkah and Medinah.
5. In the event that pilgrims lose their passport, they should immediately report the loss to the same office appointed to take care of them during Hajj. Applicants must obtain a report from the office of the United Agents in which the loss of passport is mentioned.
6. All pilgrims must leave the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after Hajj no later than the 10th of Muharram of each year. The rules and regulations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia forbid any pilgrims from staying in the country after the completion of Hajj.

Additional Hajj Travel Notes

1. Visitors should not overstay the time granted on the visa.
2. Visitors to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia must abide by the country's Islamic laws and regulations and respect its society's values and traditions.
3. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's laws against drug trafficking are strictly enforced. Violators are subject to severe punishment, which may include the death penalty.
4. Sectarian, political or religious gatherings are forbidden.