Hajj passport

Special passport for pilgrimage to Mecca

Algerian hajj passport (2008)

Indonesian hajj passport (before 2009)

A Hajj passport was a special passport used only for entry into Saudi Arabia for the purpose of performing hajj (Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and adjacent sites). This passport is no longer used, as Saudi Authorities have required ordinary passports since 2009.^[1]^[2]

Issuing countries

Afghanistan
Algeria
Bahrain
Bangladesh (for Bangladeshi Muslims only)
Brunei
China (for Chinese Muslims only)
Egypt
Eritrea (for Eritrean Muslims only)
India (for Indian Muslims only)
Indonesia (for Indonesian Muslims only)
Iran
Jordan (also issues a temporary Jordanian passport combined with a Hajj passport to Israeli Muslims)
Kuwait
Lebanon (for Lebanese Muslims only)
Libya
Malaysia (for Malaysian Muslims only)
Maldives
Morocco
Pakistan^[3]^[4] (for most Pakistani Muslims, not including Ahmadiyya Muslims)
Palestine (for Arab Muslims only)
Philippines (for Filipino Muslims only)
Qatar
Senegal
Somalia^[5]
Syria
Thailand (for Thai Muslims only; see also Saudi Arabia–Thailand relations)
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates

References

^ Lutfia, Ismira (3 July 2009), "Hajj Pilgrims Must Now Have Regular Passports", Jakarta Globe, archived from the original on 2012-09-14, retrieved 2011-11-14
^ "Q. †1904 Discontinuation Of Temporary Passport For Haj Pilgrims". Indian Ministry of External Affairs. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
^ "F.E. Circular No. 14 of 2004". sbp.org.pk. 2004-09-17. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
^ "Ejaz: Ban to stay on performance of Ummrah for unmarried, jobless persons below age of 40". Paktribune. 2006-06-18. Retrieved 2006-12-01. Ejaz informed that Hajj passport would gradually be turned into machine-readable passport.
^ "Somaliland Passport for Hajj: An Open letter to the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques | SLNN". Archived from the original on 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2015-12-01.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hajj passports.

[1] Saudi government site refers to "Hajj visas:" "..we shall start issuing HAJJ VISAS effective Shawal 11, 1417H. corresponding to February 18, 1997. The last day to issue HAJJ VISAS will be Dhu Al Qada 24, 1417H corresponding to April 2, 1997." It does not refer to "Hajj passports." retrieved Dec. 1, 2006.

Passports

UN member states

A–B	Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi
C	Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China, People's Republic of Hong Kong Macau Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic
D–F	Denmark Faroe Islands Greenland Djibouti Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Finland Åland Islands France
G–K	Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan
L–M	Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar
N–R	Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands, Kingdom of the New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda
S	Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria
T–Z	Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom British Overseas Territories BN(O) Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Other entities

UN observer states	Palestine Vatican City and Holy See
Other sovereign entities	Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Sovereignty disputed	Abkhazia Kosovo Northern Cyprus Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland South Ossetia Taiwan (Republic of China) Transnistria
No recognition	Aboriginal Provisional Government Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Iroquois)

International organizations

Africa	African Union ECOWAS
Americas	Andean Community CARICOM Central America-4
Europe	EFTA European Union laissez-passer
Global	Interpol United Nations

Defunct passports

Dissolved states	British Indian Empire Czechoslovakia East Germany Korean Empire Mandatory Palestine Rhodesia Soviet Union Yugoslavia
Former organizations	League of Nations (Nansen) UNMIK
Sovereignty disputed	Artsakh

Passport types

Document types	Alien's passport 1951 Convention 1954 Convention Animal passport Horse Pet Diplomatic passport Hajj passport Internal passport Laissez-passer and emergency passport Service passport
Data formats	Biometric passport Machine-readable passport
Imitations	Camouflage passport Fake passport World Passport