Deputy Hajj Minister Dahnil Says 'War Ticket' Hajj System Still Under Study

The proposal for a fast-track Hajj registration system, or ‘war ticket’, is currently under the spotlight as the national waiting list for pilgrims swells. The government is exploring this scheme as one option to reduce queues that now stretch to decades in various regions.

“It is being studied to ensure we want to shorten the Hajj queue to make it shorter,” said Deputy Minister for Hajj and Umrah Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak at the Badung Religious Information Centre in Bali on Wednesday (29/4/2026).

The government expressed concerns over the national Hajj waiting list, which currently stands at 5.7 million prospective pilgrims. The extremely long waiting periods even reach 26 years for regions with the longest waits in Indonesia.

“Because now the queue is very long, 26 years at the longest now, and there are 5.7 million people queuing,” said Dahnil Anzar.

The implementation of this new system is hoped to provide a concrete solution for millions of prospective pilgrims trapped in long queues. Dahnil stressed that in-depth studies are needed so that the regulatory changes still guarantee a sense of justice for the public who registered earlier.

Dahnil affirmed that the discussion of this new scheme is the government’s effort to uphold the principle of justice for all prospective pilgrims. This step is taken to provide certainty so that the public no longer needs to be trapped in waiting periods deemed too long.

“Yes, that’s precisely the issue of justice, that’s why we are discussing the scheme. Precisely because we want it to be fairer, so that pilgrims do not have to queue longer,” he added.

He assured that the policy is still in the internal maturation stage at the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. The final decision on the technical mechanism and implementation time for the ‘war ticket’ system has not yet been officially set.

“Not yet, this is still being discussed,” Dahnil concluded.