Sunday 17 / November / 2024
Muscat: With nearly 22,000 people applying online for Haj pilgrimage registration until date, Oman’s Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs (MERA) has extended the registration date to April 27.
The deadline for online registration was supposed to be April 24. However, due to the huge number of applicants, it has been extended for three more days.
The Ministry had announced earlier that Omani pilgrims planning to travel to the holy city of Mecca to perform Haj can register their application at www.hajj.om, which was opened on April 10.
The number of Haj applicants had hit 21,962 people until 11:00 pm, Sunday.
Pilgrims can register in three different ways, including manually by entering the civil identification number, scanning the ID by using a card reader, which uses the PKI encryption system, or by entering the mobile phone number, which too uses the PKI encryption for the purposes of identification.
The Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs also clarified that priority will accorded to not just those who register first, but also depending upon the purpose of Haj.
The Times of Oman had reported earlier that registration does not guarantee a spot to someone as the ministry needs to approve priorities and give an opportunity to those who have not performed Haj before.
