A new Indian Visa application Center
is going to inaugurate in Cumilla city corporation area along with other six
new application centers in six districts. Bangladeshi citizens can now apply
for visas at nine Indian Visa Application Centers including Dhaka office. New
visa centers will be launched in six other districts in the country.
The six new Visa Centers will be
opened in Comilla, Satkhira, Noakhali, Bogra, Brahmanbaria and Thakurgaon
districts. The eleventh
parliamentary elections will be inaugurated in Bangladesh on the last week of
December 2018. The address and location of the new Indian visa application center
in Comilla city has not published yet.
On 20th November 2018, Indian envoy Harsh Vardhan Shringla made the disclosure in a briefing at Indian High Commission in Dhaka. In the briefing Mr. Shringla said there are visa receiving center in nine districts now. Six more centers are being added in December 2018. All Visa Centers will be set up in accordance with that of Jamuna Future Park. When there was a Visa Center in Gulshan, it took much time to get visa from long queue. Now the visa processing in Jamuna Future Park office is finished within 20-25 minutes.
However,
the name and address of the particular place is still not published. The place
can be adjacent to the town hall near Kandirpar which is the center of the Cumilla
City Corporation area. Indian Visa Center is recruiting manpower for the new office.
On August 8, the State Bank of India advertised in the national newspaper for 1000
to 1500 square feet of space to setup their new visa center. In addition, the
person with the basic concepts on graduation and computers would be appointed
as Visa Executive as per the circular.
In 2018, about three million people
traveled to India through Petrapole-Benapole port. Bangladesh has topped in
tourist arrivals to India. In a day, 12,000 visa applications were deposited
and it broke all records of the past. On 20th November 2018, Indian
envoy Harsh Vardhan Shringla also mentioned about various steps including the
Dhaka-Kolkata Nonstop Train and Khulna-Kolkata Bandhan Express taken by the
Modi-Hasina government.
To
know the updated information’s about Indian Visa Application Center in Cumilla
and other six districts, please visit the official website www.sbibd.com,
www.ivacbd.com.
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