Hotel BRN and Catering BRN
BRN means Booking Reference Number. In the applicable Nusuk Umrah workflow this agency uses, booking references are attached to the traveller file so the hotel stay and catering-service arrangements can be matched before the visa application proceeds.
These arrangements apply to this agency’s Umrah visa-processing workflow from India. They are not stated as identical rules for every Saudi visa category.
A BRN is a booking or service reference used to identify accommodation or other registered services within the applicable Saudi Umrah processing workflow. An ordinary online hotel confirmation number is not automatically an approved Nusuk Masar accommodation agreement.
Which references are needed can differ by visa category and by the Saudi processing channel. This page explains Hotel BRN and Catering BRN on this agency’s applicable Umrah workflow. It does not make those two references identical for every Saudi visa. First-leg airport transport is separate and is not a Transport BRN.
Keep the reference, the agreement status, the programme link and the service that was actually purchased as four different things. A number can exist before the hotel has approved it. An approved reference is still not the room or the meal.
| Status | Hotel BRN | Catering BRN |
|---|---|---|
| What it identifies | Hotel accommodation reference | Catering service reference |
| Booking reference | Hotel booking or agreement reference | Catering service reference |
| Pending agreement | Awaiting applicable approval | Awaiting applicable confirmation |
| Approved agreement | Hotel agreement approved | Catering arrangement confirmed |
| Programme linkage | Linked to applicable hotel stay | Linked to applicable catering service days |
| Actual service purchased | Hotel room is purchased separately | Actual meals are purchased separately |
For applicable Umrah arrivals, the required first-leg airport transfer must be arranged through an authorised, Nusuk-approved transport provider and coordinated through the applicable Tafweej/Nusuk process.
Examples:
The approved transport arrangement is separate from the Hotel BRN and the Catering BRN. It is not a Transport BRN, and this page does not say a separate Transport BRN must be purchased.
Airport transport charges are quoted separately according to the arrival airport, destination, passenger count and vehicle category. Published vehicle rates, where they apply, stay on the price page.
This is the sequence used on this agency’s Nusuk Masar files. Existing eligible Makkah and Madinah reservations can often be kept when the hotel can verify the booking. Fictitious hotel bookings or artificial BRNs are not treated as legitimate arrangements. Not every hotel is available in the system.
Practical delay ranges are on the Umrah visa processing-time page.
Redacted screenshots will be added when genuine Nusuk Masar captures are supplied. No image is published until passenger names, passport numbers, booking identifiers, hotel credentials, operator account details, financial information and OTPs have been removed. The eight steps above are the guide in the meantime.
A Booking.com or Agoda confirmation number is not automatically a Nusuk BRN. The trading name on the booking site may differ from the hotel’s registered name, and the licence number is often not shown to the traveller. Creating the agreement is also a different step from the hotel approving it.
When you book a hotel through Booking.com, Agoda or another online booking platform, receiving a confirmation number does not necessarily mean the hotel has received your payment. Some reservations are secured only with a credit card. Others offer pay at property or pay at check-in. These arrangements can cause difficulties when obtaining an approved accommodation BRN through Nusuk Masar.
Hotel Booking Confirmed ≠ BRN Approved
A credit-card guarantee, booking confirmation or pay-at-check-in reservation does not automatically qualify as an approved Nusuk accommodation BRN. For this agency’s standard BRN coordination, customers should arrange a fully paid and hotel-confirmed reservation before requesting agreement approval. Individual hotel approval policies and Saudi-system requirements may differ.
A pay-at-check-in reservation can still be discussed. The practical options are:
Premium is not a way to bypass Saudi rules or the hotel’s approval. It does not turn an unpaid reservation into an approved BRN. The hotel still has to approve the agreement that is actually used.
Hotel BRN coordination involves more than entering a reservation number. The hotel must be identified correctly, accommodation details must match, and the relevant agreement must reach the appropriate approval stage before it can be used in the Umrah processing workflow. Omni Trips and Hospitality Services helps pilgrims coordinate these steps through its established travel operations and qualified external-agency arrangements.
Omni Trips and Hospitality Services, Bengaluru. The items below are the identifiers already recorded for this business. A credential that is not listed here has not been added.
Nusuk Masar Agent No. 1006460. This is the Ministry number printed for Omni Trips and Hospitality Services as the Indian external agent. The Saudi operator licence on that contract belongs to Mimar Al-Injazat, not to Omni Trips and Hospitality Services.
1448 AH external-agent contract: 1448000028305251. Season 1448 AH. Contract end 02/10/1448. The contract start date is not printed. The contract is not a visa.
IATA GoLite: 14039200. IATA GoLite Accreditation, certificate year 2026. This travel-trade credential does not authorise Saudi Umrah visa issuance, and it is not a full passenger-agency accreditation. Confirm the code at checkacode.com.
GSTIN: 29AOFPR0263R1Z8. MSME/Udyam: UDYAM-KR-03-0524162.
Omni Trips and Hospitality Services operates from Bengaluru. A start year is not printed on the GST, Udyam, IATA or Nusuk records used here, so none is stated.
Genuine customer reviews are published separately. This section does not state a rating or a review count.
The Standard assistance price is ₹13,990 per person, including visa-processing assistance, mandatory Saudi Umrah health insurance and GST. That price is not a BRN fee. The applicant arranges the hotel stay, flights, meals and airport transport separately. The complete commercial explanation is on the Umrah visa price page.
Standard
Premium
Catering BRN days follow applicable Nusuk service days. Those days can differ from hotel nights. Example used on the price page: Makkah 3 hotel nights and 4 Catering BRN days; Madinah 2 hotel nights and 3 Catering BRN days.
Catering BRN is the catering-service reference used in the applicable Umrah programme. It sits beside the hotel record. It is not the hotel stay, and it is not the visa.
Travellers sometimes mention a 20 SAR daily catering figure, and a lower coordination charge beside it. This page does not treat 20 SAR as a confirmed government fee. No official notice is cited here for that amount. Paying the coordination charge does not bypass a catering-service requirement that the applicable programme still imposes.
Premium’s daily charge includes eligible Catering BRN coordination. It does not include meals. Service days can exceed hotel nights. The price-page example is Makkah 3 hotel nights and 4 Catering BRN days, and Madinah 2 hotel nights and 3 Catering BRN days.
These are practical checks from this agency’s files. They are not a list of official Saudi penalties.
Send the booking you already have if you want it reviewed. An acceptable independently booked hotel can often be kept. A correction, cancellation or new agreement may be needed when names, dates or payment details do not match. Document lists are on the requirements page.
Planning Umrah independently? Explore accommodation options in Makkah and Madinah while understanding the booking documentation and coordination required for your visa-processing route. A hotel enquiry does not by itself create a valid BRN.
Booking Reference Number. On this page it is the hotel or catering-service reference used in the applicable Nusuk Umrah workflow. It is not a visa number, not a passport number, and not a Booking.com or Agoda confirmation number.
Hotel BRN is the accommodation booking/reference coordination in the applicable Nusuk workflow. Catering BRN is a separate catering-service reference tied to permitted itinerary/service days, which can differ from hotel nights. Paying for Catering BRN does not provide actual meals. For Standard assistance, Catering BRN is charged separately: Makkah ₹75 and Madinah ₹125 per person per applicable service day. Premium is ₹13,990 plus ₹290 per person per full intended trip day and includes eligible Hotel BRN/reference coordination and Catering BRN coordination, not hotel rooms or meals.
No. A Booking.com, Agoda or similar confirmation number is not automatically an approved Nusuk Hotel BRN. The hotel still has to be identified in Nusuk Masar, an accommodation agreement created, and that agreement approved. A credit-card guarantee or a pay-at-check-in reservation is not that approval. For this agency’s standard coordination, arrange a fully paid, hotel-confirmed reservation before requesting approval. Hotel policies differ, and full prepayment is not stated here as a rule of Saudi law.
Requirements depend on the visa category and the processing route. This page describes Hotel BRN and Catering BRN on this agency’s applicable Umrah visa-processing workflow. It does not claim that every Saudi visa category requires identical BRNs. First-leg airport transport is coordinated through Tafweej. It is not a Transport BRN.
Hotel approval often takes approximately 24–48 hours on this agency’s files. That is operational experience, not a guarantee. Waiting for hotel approval is not the same as waiting for a Saudi visa decision. After the required hotel, Catering BRN, flight and document arrangements are complete, visa processing may follow. Practical ranges are on the processing-time page.
No. Catering BRN is a catering-service reference/coordination used in the applicable Nusuk workflow. Payment for that arrangement does not provide actual meals.
No universal Hotel BRN fee is published on this page. Hotel BRN coordination for customer-provided bookings must be confirmed separately. Premium’s additional daily charge includes eligible Hotel BRN/reference coordination and Catering BRN coordination. The complete commercial explanation is on the price page.
A BRN is a booking or service reference used to identify accommodation or another registered service in the applicable Saudi Umrah processing workflow. An ordinary online hotel confirmation number is not automatically an approved Nusuk Masar accommodation agreement. The reference needed can differ by visa category and processing channel.
On this agency’s Nusuk Masar workflow, the operator searches for the hotel, enters rooms, beds, guests and stay dates, and creates an accommodation agreement. Creation is not approval. The hotel then checks the reservation. After the hotel approves, the approved accommodation reference can be linked to the Umrah programme for those dates.
The hotel checks that the reservation, dates, rooms, guests and any payment or settlement it requires match the agreement. Until the hotel approves it, the reference is pending. A pending reference is not an approved BRN.
The Booking.com number itself is not a Nusuk BRN. An independently booked hotel can still be reviewed. The hotel must be found in Nusuk Masar, and the hotel must approve the accommodation agreement. Some independently booked reservations need extra coordination with the hotel’s reservations or finance team.
Full hotel prepayment is not stated here as a universal requirement of Saudi law. For this agency’s standard BRN coordination, customers should arrange a fully paid and hotel-confirmed reservation before requesting agreement approval. Some hotels will not approve an agreement while the booking is only a card guarantee or pay-at-check-in. The hotel’s own policy decides that step.
The agreement stays awaiting hotel approval. It should not be treated as an approved BRN. The hotel may be checking inventory, guest details or payment. This agency can explain what to ask the hotel. It cannot approve the agreement in the hotel’s place.
A change of hotel or dates means the approved agreement no longer matches the stay. A new agreement is normally required, and that new agreement needs its own hotel approval before it is linked to the programme. Do not assume the earlier approval carries over.
Catering BRN is the catering-service reference used in the applicable Umrah programme. It is separate from Hotel BRN. It records a catering arrangement against permitted service days. It is not the hotel stay, and it is not proof that meals have been purchased.
No. This agency’s Catering BRN coordination does not include actual meals or a redeemable food coupon. If a quotation does not include meals, the traveller does not receive them from this charge.
Standard assistance is ₹13,990 per person and does not include Catering BRN or Hotel BRN. On Standard, Catering BRN is charged separately and Hotel BRN coordination for a customer-provided booking is confirmed separately. Premium is ₹13,990 plus ₹290 per person per full intended trip day. That daily charge includes eligible Hotel BRN coordination and Catering BRN coordination. It does not include hotel rooms or meals, and it does not approve an unpaid reservation or bypass hotel approval.
Omni Trips and Hospitality Services can review a hotel the customer has already booked, search for it in Nusuk Masar where it is available, and guide the approval request. The customer may still need to speak to the hotel. Not every hotel is available in the system, and the hotel decides whether to approve.
