Mangaluru: Now get your Umrah Visa issued within 24 hours
Mangaluru: Saudi Government on 21 April started issuing hassle free e-visa for Umrah pilgrims that will ensure the Umrah aspirants gets their visas issued within 24 hours against what otherwise would take 10-12 days.
In this convenient process of issuing visa the Saudi Ministry approved travel agents will be able to issue visa in a time period of less than 24 hours after applying with relevant documents and requirements.
In Mangaluru, Suhana Travels located at Falnir is an authorised agent by the Saudi Government to issue such visas.
Speaking to Varthabharati on Friday, Syed Ansar Thangal, Proprietor, Suhana Travels informed that the e-visa process will prove to be very convenient for the Umrah aspirant as visas will be issued within 24 hours of applying.
“Earlier, it used to take 10-12 days to get an Umrah visa approved. After receiving the application we would send it to Embassies in Mumbai or Delhi and after receiving approval from there, it would go for further process. Now the process has been shortened and e-visa will be issued in as less as an hour or maximum within 24 hours” Ansar said.
“What is more important is, it will have no additional cost. The visa will be available at the same cost as earlier. Just that only authorised agents can issue it” he added.
Umrah aspirants can walk up to these authorised agents with their passports, photographs and Mahram proofs and get the visas issued.
However, a repeater charge of 2000 Saudi Riyals will continue to be charged for those applying for Umrah visa within two years of performing their last Umrah, Ansar informed.
“We are very grateful to the Saudi Ministry for coming up such a convenient and hassle free process for issuing Umrah visa. We are also delighted to be one of the authorised agents in the city and look forward to offering this services to our customers to make their pilgrim easy” Ansar added.
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Four of family killed as car jumps divider on highway in Gujarat's Panchmahal
Godhra (Gujarat) (PTI): Four members of a family were killed, and one sustained grievous injuries after their speeding car jumped a divider on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway corridor in Gujarat's Panchmahal district on Monday, police said.
The car driver lost control of the wheels near Kalol. As a result, the four-wheeler jumped the divider and veered off to the other side of the highway, an official from Kalol police station said.
Soon after the accident, some locals rushed to the scene and also alerted the police. Efforts were made to pull out the people trapped in the car.
Four persons died on the spot, while one suffered injuries, the official said.
The deceased were members of a family from Vadodara and were returning from Rajasthan when the tragedy struck, the official said.
They have been identified as Sajid Iqbal Khinji (55), Ilyas Iqbal Khinji (50), Ishaq Iqbal Khinji (48) and Rehan Azgar Khinji (35).
