Saudi Arabia decides to increase visa fees for Hajj and Umrah

Umrah Package December 2017

Saudi Arabia on Monday decided to raise the value of visa fees, including pilgrims' visas for Hajj and Umrah, as part of an initiative by the Saudi ministries of finance, economy and planning to boost revenues following the fall in oil prices.
Saudi Arabia's cabinet has taken a series of measures in the framework of "non-oil revenue initiatives," including the amendment of visa fees to the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday.
The decline in oil prices, continuing since 2014, has led to a reduction in government revenues. Saudi Arabia recorded a budget deficit of around $ 100 billion last year, which prompted it to seek new ways to increase revenues.
According to the decisions issued yesterday by the Saudi Council of Ministers, the one-time entry fee will be two thousand riyals (5232.3 Moroccan dirhams), provided that the state bears this fee for the first time to perform Hajj or Umrah.
The multiple entry visa will be as follows: Three thousand riyals (7841.9 Moroccan dirhams) for a six month visa, five thousand riyals (13069 Moroccan dirhams) for a one year visa and eight thousand riyals (20,910 Moroccan dirhams) for a two-year visa.
The travel visa will be charged SR 300 (784 Moroccan Dirhams), with a departure fee of SR 50 (130 Moroccan Dirhams) for each person leaving the Kingdom through its seaports.
The decisions included the withdrawal and return visa fee as follows: 200 riyals (523 Moroccan dirhams) for one trip for a maximum of two months and 100 riyals (261 Moroccan dirhams) for each additional month within the validity of the stay.
The exit and return visa fee will be SR 500 (1307 Moroccan Dirham) for a three-month trip and 200 SR (523 Moroccan Dirham) for each additional month within the validity of the stay.
The statement issued by the Saudi Ministerial Council did not mention the value of revenues expected to be collected after these increases.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia approved in April a new economic plan called "Vision 2030" aimed at carrying out extensive reforms in order to transform the Kingdom into a global investment force and end the Kingdom's "addiction" to oil and adopt it as a major engine of the economy.
The Vision 2030 aims to increase non-oil government revenues by 1 trillion riyals by 2030 from the current 163 billion riyals.

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