2 Hajj Candidates Detained At AMMA Airport In Medina Due To Umrah Visa And Not Bringing Passports

Bayu Prasetya (wearing batik clothes) from the Solo (SOC) embarkation group 13, was temporarily suspended from Immigration at AMMA Airport, for using a Umrah visa. BETWEEN

JAKARTA - Two Indonesian Hajj candidates were detained at Amir Mohammad bin Abdul Aziz (AMMA) Airport in Medina for using a Umrah visa and not carrying a passport. A number of efforts are needed so that both of them are not deported. The two prospective hajj candidates are Bayu Prasetyo (30) from the Solo (SOC) Group 13 embarkation which uses Umrah and Satiah visas from the Surabaya Embarkation (SUB) Group 9 which does not hold a passport upon arrival at Medina airport. Bayu Prasetyo was stuck at Immigration at AMMA Airport for about four hours at 15.30-19.30 Saudi Arabian Time (WAS) on Sunday. Meanwhile, Sutiah was stuck for about two hours on Saturday, May 27. "There is a difference that should be a Hajj visa but in the passport there is a Umrah visa, so the Saudi Arabian Immigration Department detained Bayu until the Hajj visa was issued," said Head of the 2023 Saudi Arabian PPIH Airport Working Area (Dannyar) Haryanto, at AMAA Airport Medina, quoted from Antara, Monday, May 29. In this case, the Saudi Arabian PPIH immediately coordinated with the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia (KJRI) Jeddah and the government in the country to take care of this Hajj visa belonging to the calhaj from Solo. "Alhamdulillah, the case in the name of Bayu Prasetyo has been issued in collaboration with the Indonesian Consulate General in Jeddah. This should not have happened. The pilgrims who were dispatched should have used a passport and Hajj visa. This is an negligence that should not have happened, hopefully there will be no more incidents like this," said Haryanto. Bayu Prasetyo admitted that he had registered an online bio visa for the departure of the hajj, but there were letters that were wrong and did not match the name listed on the passport. "The Biometrics yesterday have passed, but the front letter position is wrong. So in his biometric system it is wrong," said Bayu when met at AMAA Airport, Medina. Bayu said that he recently returned from Umrah and that he had just received a passport the day before his departure and passport had been collected at the local Regional Office (Kanwil) of the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag). During the detention of Immigration officers at Madinah Airport, Bayu admitted that together with three other congregants from India, China, and Bangladesh, they were in one room that was locked from outside.

Meanwhile, Sutiah was detained for two hours because her passport turned out to be left behind during the immigration process in Surabaya, so that coordination was carried out with airports and airlines as well as with the Indonesian Embassy in Saudi Arabia, to make a Stipulation of the Passport Laksana Travel Letter (SPLP) as a temporary replacement for her passport and original passport. delivered by the next batch.