Which apps are required for Umrah?
1) Currently, the Nusuk App is the only App required
before and during your stay 🌻 in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2) It is not a requirement to
register Tawakkalna or Muqeem as was previously.
As part of 🌻 its efforts to contain the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Saudi Arabia has launched a set of different
apps to provide 🌻 various health care services to its residents and external visitors,
pilgrims and tourists.
There are 2 Apps required for any travellers 🌻 to Saudi Arabia for
the purposes of Umrah or for tourism, and these are:
1) Tawakkalna
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2) Eatmarna
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What do the 🌻 Apps do?
Tawakkalna:
This App
verifies users’ vaccination and health status, it works as a Vaccination or Health
Passport to provide access 🌻 to any public place in Saudi Arabia which is required to
show, at all times in all places.
Below are explanations 🌻 of the statuses in
Tawakkalna:-
• Immune - If it shows “immune” this means you are vaccinated and
permitted to enter 🌻 any place including the Holy Mosques
• Institutional Quarantine - If
it shows “institutional quarantine” instead of immune that means you 🌻 haven’t registered
your vaccination on a pre-arrival form on the Muqeem Platform or you have not been
vaccinated. (You will 🌻 have to go into quarantine for 5 days and provide 2 negative PCR
tests to come out of this status).
• 🌻 Not Infected – If it shows ‘’Not infected’’ that
means you have come out of ‘’Institutional Quarantine’’ status but still 🌻 not vaccinated
and cannot enter public places including the Holy Mosques.
• Infected – If it shows
‘’Infected’’ that means you 🌻 have tested positive in a PCR test you are required to
isolate yourself for at least 7 days and provide 🌻 a negative PCR test to come out of
this status.
• Non – Immune - If it shows ‘’non – immune’’ 🌻 that means your second dose
of the vaccine is expired and you don’t have a booster dose registered. In this 🌻 case
you cannot enter any public places including the Holy Mosques neither will you be able
to book any slot 🌻 for Umrah or other services in Eatmarna app.
Eatmarna:
Eatmarna
(اعتمرنا) app’s main job is to issue permits/appointments to visit the two 🌻 Holy Mosques
in Makkah and Madinah.
In Makkah at Masjid Al Haram permits are required for all type
of visits such 🌻 as Umrah, Tawaf or 5 times daily prayers in Masjid Al Haram. But in
Madinah at Masjid Al Nabawi permits 🌻 are only required for prayers in Rawdah and for
Prophet PBUH’s Grave visits.
Below are explanations of each service available in
🌻 Eatmarna:-
• Umrah – this permit provides you with your Umrah booking including time
and door entry.
• Praying in the Grand 🌻 Mosque – this allows you to book permit for
prayers inside Masjid Al Haram in Makkah.
• Tawaf – (First floor) 🌻 – this allows you to
book an optional Tawaf but only on first floor.
• Praying in the Noble Rawdah – 🌻 (Men)
from here, men can book their slot to in Riyad Ul Jannah or Rawdah.
• Praying in Noble
Rawdah – 🌻 (Women) – from here, women can book their slot to pray in Riyadh Ul Jannah or
Rawdah.
• Prophet Visit (For 🌻 men Only) – from here men can book to give salaam
(greetings) to the Prophet PBUH’s grave.
How does the app 🌻 work?
1) Eatmarna app is
linked with Tawakkalna so in order to register with Eatmarna one must register in
Tawakkalna (Health 🌻 Passport App) first and you must use the same mobile number used in
Tawakkalna to register with Eatmarna.
In case you 🌻 have registered with an international
number in Tawakkalna you may not able to register in Eatmarna with international number
as 🌻 Eatmarna works always with a local Saudi number only.
2) Therefore, ensure you first
purchase a Saudi SIM you card and 🌻 update your phone number in Tawakkalna and thereafter
register in Eatmarna.
3) Once you have registered/signed up then you will able 🌻 to book
appointments and can check issued appointments/permits from your dashboard, you will
need to keep an internet connection all 🌻 the time as the Grand Mosque’s security require
to see the original permit from the app, as screenshots will not 🌻 be accepted.
