{"id":1965,"date":"2018-03-04T16:09:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T16:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2018-03-04T16:09:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T16:09:42","slug":"no-umrah-fees-exptriates-living-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/no-umrah-fees-exptriates-living-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"No Umrah Fees for Exptriates living in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were some rumours that there will be a fine of SR 600 for residents of Saudi Arabia exept Makkah region.<\/p>\n<p>Good News is that there is no Fee at all for people living in Saudi Arabia. Be it an Expat or Saudi National.<\/p>\n<p>Minitry of Hajj and Umrah has confirmed that there isn&#8217;t any fees for residents and the news which was viral on Social media was fake.<\/p>\n<p>The reports said that only the foreigners living in Makkah, the Sacred Capital as it is known in Saudi Arabia, would be exempted from paying the Umrah fees.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone  wp-image-1966 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 680 275'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/No-Umrah-Fees-for-Exptriates-living-in-Saudi-Arabia-SaudiExpatriate.com_.jpg\" alt=\"No Umrah Fees for Exptriates living in Saudi Arabia-SaudiExpatriate.com\" width=\"680\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In August 2017, Saudi Arabia imposed a SR 2,000 fee for foreigners going to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah or Haj.<\/p>\n<p>However, the fee is not imposed for those performing them for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Foreigners make up slightly more than one third of Saudi Arabia\u2019s total population of 32.5 million people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were some rumours that there will be a fine of SR 600 for residents of Saudi Arabia exept Makkah region. 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