The India visa application submission rules for Bangladeshis have been relaxed further to “liberalise, streamline and ease access” to visa, says the Indian High Commission.
From April 1, tourist visa applicants with confirmed air tickets to India can walk-in and submit their visa applications “up to three months” in advance from their date of journey to India.
As per existing provisions, applicants were allowed to walk-in and submit applications “up to a month” in advance from the date of journey to India.
This relaxation will come into effect from Apr 1 at eight Indian Visa Application Centres (IVACs) outside Dhaka in Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet, Chittagong, Khulna, Jessore, Mymensingh, Barisal and one IVAC in Dhaka at Mirpur.
The walk-in tourist visa scheme was first launched in Oct 2016 for women travellers and their family members in Dhaka and was subsequently extended to all applicants and all IVACs outside of Dhaka.
Under the scheme, applicants with confirmed journey tickets by air, train and authorised bus services can walk-in and submit tourist visa applications for themselves and family members at nine IVACs without prior online appointment dates.
IVAC Mirpur is exclusively open for women applicants on Saturdays.
“These measures have been aimed at easing access to Indian visa and strengthening people-to-people contacts between India and Bangladesh,” the Indian High Commission said in a statement.
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