Arrival in Madinah/Jeddah

          During the flight pilgrims must fill in the Immigration Forms, which are given by the air crew. These are required by the Saudi authorities once the pilgrims reach the kingdom. The help of fellow passengers or the flight crew can be taken if forms cannot be filled by the pilgrims themselves. Keep this filled up form inside the pilgrim pass so that immigration is cleared quickly after landing at Madinah or Jeddah as the case may be. The pilgrim pass, immigration card and meningitis certificate should be kept with the pilgrim. Ladies and gentlemen will be separated at immigration and, therefore, each person should have the documents and papers in his/her own custody.

         While disembarking at the Madinah airport or Jeddah Haj Terminal, the crew will give an extra food packet. This is for consumption while waiting at the Haj Terminal holding area for the buses that are to transport pilgrims to Makkah or Madinah as the case may be.   It may take 2 hours at the Madinah airport and 4-5 hours at Jeddah Haj Terminal to complete formalities before boarding the bus for onward journey to buildings in Madinah and Makkah respectively. It may take 2 more hours to reach Makkah from Jeddah Haj terminal. 

         After deplaning at Madinah or Jeddah, pilgrims are brought to the waiting hall and from here they are taken in small batches, separately for men and women, to the immigration hall.  In the waiting hall, there are toilets which can be used.  In the immigration hall if the immigration card is filled properly there will be no problem in swift clearance.    

       At the airport itself the Mission staff pastes on pilgrim passes details about the pilgrims, his accommodation cover number etc.