The Indonesian Consulate General In Jeddah Urges Indonesian Citizens To Obey Saudi Arabia's Hajj Rules

The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia appealed to Indonesian citizens (WNI) who want to fulfill this year's Hajj obey the rules issued by the Saudi Arabian authorities and do not take risks.

Saudi Arabian authorities on Monday announced the latest regulations for the Hajj Season 1446 Hijri or 2025, setting strict sanctions in the form of fines to entry bans for those who violate.

"All Indonesian citizens are advised to comply with the rules and conditions set by the Government of Saudi Arabia in the implementation of the Hajj," said the Indonesian Consulate General in Jeddah in an upload on Instagram social media, as quoted Wednesday, April 30.

As previously reported, the Saudi Arabian Authority issued announcements related to fines to entry bans for those who violate the Hajj permit regulations, ahead of the Hajj season 1446 Hijri or 2026.

The decisive action and severe punishment announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs of Saudi Arabia applies not only to violators of the Hajj permit regulations, but also to those who help in Mecca.

In its announcement Monday, the regulation takes effect from Tuesday to June 10, quoted from Arab News April 30.

Fines of up to 20 thousand Saudi Arabian riyals (Rp89,134,039) will be imposed on people caught committing or trying to perform Hajj without permission, and to holders of all types of visit visas who try to enter or live in Mecca and holy places during the specified period.

Meanwhile, fines of up to 100 thousand Saudi Arabian riyals (Rp445,670,197) will be imposed on anyone who applies for a visit visa for someone who has done or tried to perform Hajj without a permit, or who has entered or lived in the city of Mecca and holy places during the specified period. Fines will double for every person involved.

The same fine will apply to anyone carrying or trying to transport a visit visa holder to Mecca and holy places during the specified period, as well as for those who protect or try to protect the visa holders of visits in any accommodation, including hotels, apartments, private housing, shelters, or residential sites for pilgrims.

This includes hiding their whereabouts or providing assistance that allows them to stay. Fines will double for every individual protected, hidden, or assisted.

Separate sentences will also apply to illegal intruders who try to perform Hajj, whether residents or those who exceed the time limit, and the guilty party will be deported to their country and barred from entering Saudi Arabia for ten years.

The ministry also said related courts would be ordered to confiscate land vehicles used to transport visa holders visiting Mecca and holy places during the specified period, if owned by carriers, facilitators, or accomplices.

Authorities said the measures were part of an effort to intensify efforts to protect pilgrims at the peak of the Hajj season which will take place on June 4-9, quoted from The National.

Previously, the Indonesian Consulate General in Jeddah had conducted socialization regarding types of visas that were allowed and should not be used to perform Hajj.

The Indonesian Consul General in Jeddah Yusron B. Ambary in a press statement in Jakarta last week said his party would alert the Congregation Protection Team in Makkah, Medina and Jeddah, which are on standby 24 hours a night at the peak of the Hajj season, to help pilgrims from Indonesia.

"Let's keep the defamation of Hajj, obey the rules, don't take risks," said the Indonesian Consulate General in Jeddah in a separate upload on social media.