Indian High Commission in Dhaka will allow all Bangladesh travellers with confirmed air, train or bus tickets to submit their tourist visa applications without e-token or prior appointment dates from January 1.The initiative has been taken as part of the ongoing efforts to streamline, liberalise and ease the process of securing Indian visas.These measures are aimed at making Indian visa securing easier for Bangladesh visitors to India and strengthening people-to-people contacts between India and Bangladesh, said the High Commission.However, bus tickets will have to be issued by authorised operators for Bangladesh-India bus services.
Travellers can submit their completed visa application forms along with confirmed journey tickets at IVAC Mirpur, Alamin Apon Heights 27/1/B (1st Floor) Shyamoli, (Opposite of Shyamoli Cinema Hall) Mirpur Road, Dhaka-1207 from 8am to 1pm.The date of journey should be after seven days but within one month of submission of the visa application form.The scheme for walk-in/appointment-free Tourist visas for women travellers and their immediate family members with confirmed air, rail or bus tickets (issued by authorised operators for Bangladesh-India bus services) will continue to be applicable at IVAC Mirpur instead of IVAC Uttara w.e.f 1 January 2017.This facility, introduced as a pilot measure in October, 2016, has been very successful, said the high commission on Wednesday.Applicants with appointment dates/e-tokens may continue to deposit their Tourist Visa applications at the following IVACs: Gulshan, Uttara, Motijheel, Mymensingh, Barisal, Khulna, Jessore, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Chittagong and Sylhet. IVAC Mirpur will only receive walk-in Tourist visa applications from confirmed travellers and senior citizens from January 1.With the introduction of these measures, no applicant in Bangladesh with a confirmed journey ticket to India (by air, train or bus) will require an e-token/online appointment date.
source:UNB
