JEDDAH – Saudi Arabia will block computer system of Umrah service companies and establishments in case any of their pilgrims overstayed their visas, according to the amendments made in the regulations for Umrah pilgrims and visitors to the Prophet’s Mosque.
The weekly session of the Council of Ministers, chaired on Monday by Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz, deputy premier and minister of defense, instructed the ministries of interior and Haj to carry out this directive.
In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency following the session, Minister of Culture and Information Abdulaziz Khoja said that the Cabinet approved the new regulations in this regard after reviewing the minutes prepared by the ministerial committee entrusted to carry out studies on how to address the difficulties faced while implementing the Umrah regulations and the executive bylaw pertaining to it.
The Cabinet stressed that the Ministry of Interior will take penal action contained in Article 60 of the residency law against the Umrah companies and establishments which engage in trading Umrah visa or promoting any fake programs so as to bring in people into the Kingdom for purpose other than Umrah performance.
The amendments have been made in the regulations to extend services for Umrah pilgrims and visitors to the Prophet’s Mosque, endorsed by an earlier Cabinet session held nearly 15 years ago.
After reviewing a report presented by the minister of economy and planning, and the recommendation of the standing committee at the Supreme Economic Council, the Cabinet approved the general goals of the Kingdom’s 10th Development Plan that was endorsed by the Shoura Council on June 23. Khoja said the plan contains 24 general goals, of which the most important one is to preserve the Islamic values and teachings, strengthen national unity and consolidate the Kingdom’s identity.
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