Overview
- Authorities reaffirmed February 17 as the final date for completing Saudi visa biometrics, with no further extensions planned.
- Pilgrims can submit biometrics via a mobile app or at Saudi Tasheer Centres in six major Pakistani cities, and they must keep the receipt or confirmation.
- Tasheer Centres will operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and new biometric support desks will open in ministry directorates to expand access.
- Saudi Arabia began issuing Hajj visas on February 8 under an accelerated Vision 2030 schedule to improve service readiness.
- Roughly 750,000 pilgrims have registered so far, with about 485 camps allocated and 73 Hajj offices completing initial contracts, while Pakistan reports 119,000 government-scheme and 60,000 private registrants.