Packages offering haj pilgrimage using a furada visa are not cheap as some cost more than RM50,000 and one has to put a deposit of at least RM15,000, even though there is no guarantee of a haj visa being approved and issued.

These haj packages using furada visas often trap Muslims who have high hopes of performing the fifth pillar of Islam and every year, there are those who have to bear losses and even ended up stranded all day at the airport terminal...