4 General Travel Tips for UK Residents To Join Umrah

Posted by Muminah Tannous on February 17th, 2020

Umrah is a great spiritual journey and one can join this journey at any time of the year. The goal of this spiritual journey is visiting the Kaaba which is located in Makkah, and Kaaba is also called the house of Allah.

 Four General Travel Tips for UK Residents To Join Umrah.

1. Umrah Visa
2. Travel Bag Pack
3. Airline Flights
4. Tourist e Visa

 Umrah Visa

When travelling to Mecca for Umrah you must have the correct visa. No permission to enter without complete documentation, if one will try to break travel rules of Saudia then he/she may face severe legal consequences. People ought to get always Umrah Package from such travel agency that approved by Hajj and Umrah Ministry.   

Umrah e-Visa means Umrah electronic visa. The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has introduced some new policies for pilgrims, with electronic visa being one of these policies. According to this new rule, Muslims can get an e visa for Umrah in just 24 hours from any corner of the globe.

Getting a visa is so easy and simple, you just need is your computer and then browse the Saudi official website where you will get an option of Umrah e Visa application. Fill out and press the Submit button and you will receive the confirmation email of Umrah e Visa within 2 to 3 days.

Travel Bag Pack

A travel bag is a must for every traveller. If you are going to a city or country, you should know the environment of your destination. Let me briefly tell you that the atmosphere in Saudi Arabia is warm. As a traveller, you should fill your travel bag with these things.

All those things are listed below to fill your bag.

1)    Passport

2)    Airline Ticket

3)    Hotel Booking receipt

4)    Transport Vouchers

5)    Vaccination Record

6)    Health Insurance Certificate

7)    Relationship Certificate (for children and women)

8)    Shahadah Certificate

9)    Slippers and Shoes

10)    Unscented Tissues

11)    Sunscreen or Sunblock (unscented)

12)    Soap (unscented)

13)    Prayer mat

14)    Cotton Scarf or Hijjab (for women)

15)    Simple comfortable clothes (for women)

16)    Brush or Comb

17)    Basic Medicines

18)    Emergency contact information

19)    Mobile phone

20)    Photocopies of all travel documents

Airline Flights

Direct flights mean arriving at a destination without interruption in the middle while indirect flights mean reaching a destination with one or two stopovers. I try to show you the list of the airline departing from the UK to Saudi Arabia.

Some of these flights are listed below

1) Emirates flights

2) Kuwait Airways flights

3) Air Europa flights

4) Turkish Airlines

5) Flights Pegasus Airlines flights

6) Air Algeria flights

7) Lufthansa flights

8) Air India flights

9) Royal Jordanian

10) Gulf Airlines

11) PIA flights Czech

12) Air France flight

13) Iran Air flights

14) Srilanka Air flights

15) KLM Air flights

16) Ethiopian Airlines flight

17) Oman Airlines flight

Tourist visa

Visa validity of tourist visa is one year. Getting a tourist e visa is a very easy process. If one of you want to get a tourist visa then you keep some points in mind for this type of visa.

• A tourist visa is valid for one year.
• You have right of 3 times entries for up to 90 days in this Kingdom
• After spending 3 months, you must leave this country for the next 3 months.
• You can perform Umrah on a tourist visa.
• Its price is around £ 110 to £ 135 in the UK.
• Only 49 countries are allowed to apply for tourist e visa.

If one of UK people wants to perform Umrah this time or next year then you must follow my described travel tips. Conclusion of this entire article is, always do plan before joining any journey whether you are going to another city. Now, I am giving a tip to choose a package if you are planning to perform Umrah in 2021 then I will suggest you ought to wait for a new year and book your journey by Umrah Packages by flights 2021 UK.