The Cost of Non-Compliance: Hajj Permit Penalties

Performing Hajj without a permit in Saudi Arabia can result in significant penalties. 

Here's what you need to know:

Fine: Up to SAR 20,000 (approximately ₦8,539,087.37; check the exchange rate) for individuals caught performing or attempting to perform Hajj without a permit.

Additional Penalties:

Facilitating Hajj without a permit: SAR 100,000 fine for anyone who applies for a visit visa for an individual who has performed or attempted to perform Hajj without a permit. This fine multiplies for each person involved.

Transporting or sheltering visit visa holders: SAR 100,000 fine for anyone who transports or attempts to transport visit visa holders to Makkah and the holy sites during the specified period. 

This also applies to those who shelter or attempt to shelter these individuals.

Other Consequences:

Deportation and ban: Illegal infiltrators attempting to perform Hajj will be deported to their home countries and banned from entering Saudi Arabia for ten years.

Confiscation of vehicles: Relevant courts may order the confiscation of vehicles used to transport visit visa holders to Makkah or the holy sites during the specified period.