Srinagar, Apr 19: The office of State Haj Committee Friday issued a notice informing that all such aspiring woman pilgrims who could not apply for pilgrimage this year with their ‘Mehrams’ due to non-availability of passport or any other genuine reasons and her male companion (Mehram) had applied and got selected for Haj 2019, that they can apply for inclusion in the cover of her selected Mehram, after fulfilling certain conditions.
The Committee in their notification informed that the conditions include that such woman pilgrims had never proceeded for Haj pilgrimage through Haj Committee, PTO or through any other means earlier. The woman pilgrim desirous to be selected in Mehram category has to fill up the application online, which shall be available on website www.hajcommittee.gov.in.
Furthermore the woman pilgrim should have only machine readable valid international passport, which should be valid at least up to 31 January, 2020. The valid documents including passport copy should be enclosed to prove the relationship of the applicant with the Mehram failing which the application would be summarily rejected. Besides the pilgrims cover should not exceed five applications. The pilgrims whose cover has already five pilgrims need not to apply in such cover.
The hard copy of the online filled application form in original along with the requisite documents should be submitted at the office of J&K State Haj Committee, Bemina by or before 06 May, 2019.
Applications directly sent to Haj Committee of India will not be considered and shall be summarily rejected. However, the applicants from Jammu and Ladakh region can submit their application forms through email on jkstatehaj@gmail.com.
