Ijtima Travel Subsidy 2018
Below are the key points of travel subsidy for national Ijtima 2018. Complete details can be found at our website.
- No subsidy for travel less than 300 miles from Silver Spring, MD
- No subsidy for hotel accommodation, meals, or parking
- No subsidy for traffic tickets and incidental expenses
- No subsidy for trip insurance, seat upgrade and priority boarding
- Road travel reimbursed at $0.25/mile with at least 4 passengers in a car
- Rental of car/van must have prior approval (email)
- Airfare reimbursed at 75% with a cap of $250 ($400 for West Coast)
- Tickets over $500 need prior approval from Qa'id Finance or Sadr Majlis (before purchasing the ticket)
- Airline tickets must be purchased at least 2 weeks in advance
- All reimbursement requests must be submitted by Sunday October 14, 2018
- No special subsidy for Shura delegates
- Any exceptions must have prior approval (email)
- For brothers who are refugees to this country, we will support them fully (100%) for the first three years. Please make sure their ticket is reasonable (similar to what others are paying from the area). After the three-year period, the normal policy will apply.
- Reimbursement checks will be issued at the registration booth during Ijtima starting Saturday, 9/21.
