{"id":53648,"date":"2026-05-04T09:26:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=53648"},"modified":"2026-05-04T09:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:27:00","slug":"hajj-pilgrims-can-now-travel-in-saudi-arabia-without-carrying-a-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/hajj-pilgrims-can-now-travel-in-saudi-arabia-without-carrying-a-passport\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajj Pilgrims Can Now Travel in Saudi Arabia Without Carrying a Passport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With crowds and constant movement during Hajj, keeping track of important items and belongings isn\u2019t always simple. Saudi Arabia is reducing one concern for pilgrims. The General Directorate of Passports confirmed that <strong>Hajj pilgrims can now use a digital visitor ID<\/strong> instead of carrying a physical passport while traveling within the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pilgrims can <strong>get the digital ID through the platform called Absher<\/strong>. Once issued, the ID stays on the phone and can be shown whenever needed. The digital version works the same way as a passport for movement inside Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The update removes the need to carry a passport during travel. Pilgrims can move more easily, with less risk of losing documents and fewer things to keep track of during busy days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Saudi Arabia announced <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/mecca-entry-rules-for-hajj-2026-who-can-enter-and-what-changes-from-april-13\/\">Mecca entry rules for Hajj 2026<\/a><\/strong>, outlining who can enter the city and how to obtain a permit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With crowds and constant movement during Hajj, keeping track of important items and belongings isn\u2019t always simple. Saudi Arabia is reducing one concern for pilgrims. The General Directorate of Passports confirmed that Hajj pilgrims can now use a digital visitor ID instead of carrying a physical passport while traveling within the country. Pilgrims can get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":51677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15507,"slug":"ksa","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/ksa\/","api_id":215,"title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia"}}],"cities":[{"id":20596,"slug":"madina","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/ksa\/madina\/","api_id":333,"title":{"rendered":"Madina"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}