Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Assalamu Alaikum.
I hope this message finds you in the best condition of health and Iman. Further to our earlier announcement for the 6th Umrah Program for Medical Stuents, we would like to announce to you the following:
Till this time only 3 IMAs managed to send to us the list of participants. There was no response from other IMAs. Some people had major difficulties in getting Umrah visa. We were surprised to find that Umrah visa is closed during the planned period for our program. This was different from our understanding of the new regulation which allows for Umra during the whole year except during the Hajj season. We tried our best to rectify the matter but without avail. In view of all this situation, we decided to postpone the 6th Umrah program for 2 months (April instead of February).
The new time schedule
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Date |
Program |
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Any time from now until the Deadline Date |
Registration (Now open) |
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15 March 2009 |
Deadline date for Registration or when all seats (50 seats) are reserved (Rule of: First comes, first served). |
|
Wed 22 to Frid 24 April 2009 |
Arrival and Reception.. Umrah performance. Free time in Haram Shareef |
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24 April 2009 |
Last Date of Arrival to Assembly site in Makkah |
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Sat 25 and Sun 26 April 2009 |
Training and cultural program in Makkah. |
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Mon 27 April 2009 |
Travel from Makkah to Medina by bus (500 km) through Hijra Road. |
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Tue 28 and Wed 29 April 2009 |
Training & Cultural Program at Medinah. |
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Thur 30 April and Frid 1 May April 2009 |
Free time in al- Haram Al-Nabawi. Home Departure. |
I hope this gives better chance for all IMAs to nominate their participants and to send us the list in advance of time so that we can serve you conveniently.
Thank you Wassalm.
Dr. Atallah Al-Ruhaily
Chairman of FIMSAC and supervisor of Umrah Program
