{"id":66304,"date":"2025-10-08T05:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T05:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deshmediabd.com\/?p=66304"},"modified":"2025-10-08T05:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T05:28:14","slug":"pilgrims-can-register-for-hajj-2026-with-expired-passports-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/?p=66304","title":{"rendered":"Pilgrims can register for Hajj 2026 with expired passports: Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Online Report<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Religious Affairs has announced that aspiring pilgrims will be allowed to register for Hajj 2026 using expired passports, in a bid to simplify the registration process.<\/p>\n<p>In a notice issued on Tuesday by the ministry&#8217;s Hajj-1 branch, it was clarified that this temporary relaxation is intended to assist those who have not yet renewed their passports but intend to perform Hajj in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>However, the ministry stressed that all passport details must be updated in official passport system before the Pilgrim ID (PID) is generated; a necessary step for visa issuance.<\/p>\n<p>Failure to update the passport information in time will result in visa processing being denied.<\/p>\n<p>The registration deadline for Hajj 2026 is set for October 12, in line with the Hajj roadmap provided by Saudi government.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry has urged both individual pilgrims and Hajj agencies to ensure timely passport renewal and system updates to avoid complications during visa processing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Online Report The Ministry of Religious Affairs has announced that aspiring pilgrims will be allowed to register for Hajj 2026 using expired passports, in a bid to simplify the registration process. In a notice issued on Tuesday by the ministry&#8217;s Hajj-1 branch, it was clarified that this temporary relaxation is intended to assist those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-32","category-14"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66306,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66304\/revisions\/66306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}