Haj 2026 policy change | passport last name| 20-25days package|Men women seprate| food facility hajj

0:00 Within a week we will start taking Haj applications for 2026. Our portal will open. I would like to request all those Hajjis who are going to go in 2026 and wish to do so, that they should fill in their application on time so that they do not face any problem in the future. The government of Saudi Arabia has set many timelines very strictly which need to be followed because when millions of pilgrims from all over the world go to Saudi Arabia to visit Mecca and

0:46 Medina, there is a constraint of space there. Everything has to be done religiously there. So, there is no exemption in this. So, we would like to say that from our Indian side, we will fully follow the rules and I would like to tell all the pilgrims and tour operators very strictly that the timeline that has been set will have to be maintained. I have also told the Haj Committee of India that the entire payment which has to be deposited in the timeline needs to be completed before the final timeline by the Saudi Arabian government. There are some points I want to tell you through.

1:33 I have been given a lot of suggestions regarding the accommodations. Men and Women We are considering the request that has come for separate accommodation for men and women. Similarly, we will do it as per our convenience and the Saudi Arabian government has also made a request on the same lines. For our Hajis who are above 65 years of age, a companion has to go for their care, it is mandatory, it is necessary and has to be followed. We are thinking in two ways, this time the Hajj which is of 40 and 45 days, is done in the

2:20 same manner. But there can also be a short Hajj because the core Hajj to Mecca takes place for 5 days. That is mandatory. Everybody has to live there at that time, in Kaaba, in Arafat, whatever rules there are in that area, a system for living in Mina has been made. We ca n't change that. But there is an option after core Hajj. So, this time we will open another channel and an option to complete the Hajj process in less time. The whole process will be digital and there is an issue in the passport which is a single name, because of the

3:09 single name, the passport is not processed in Saudi Arabia and there is a problem in that. So we have said this in the meeting today also that along with our Haj application, they also have to ensure that if their name in the passport is a single name then how to correct it by giving affidavit or whatever method is there, it should be done. There are problems with single name and if the passport is not read then the visa will be rejected. So we have requested for this. When we

3:56 advertise, we will mention it in that too and food and drinks are a sensitive issue. In our country India, different tests are conducted in different states. Their food is different from the South Indian taste. And it is different in North India. Of the Eastern. So the food habits and food taste of the South Indians, North Indians, East Indians, West Indians different states, different states of different habits and different tastes. So we will provide the food choice state wise so that the pilgrims can have their own foot of their own choice and their taste.