No prior appointment required for Indian visa in Chittagong
UNB
Indian tourist visa applicants from Chittagong can walk in and submit their applications at Indian Visa Application Center (IVAC), Chittagong from July 9 without a prior appointment, reports UNB.
The decision was taken to further ease the access to Indian visa and strengthen people-to-people contacts between Bangladesh and India.
The IVAC, Chittagong will accept the applications from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, said the Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Wednesday.
The other existing walk-in schemes of submission of visa applications for non-tourist visas, medical visa, business, conference and other types of visas will continue as before.
Separate counters for walk-in tourist visas for senior citizens and freedom fighters will also continue.
Tourist visa applicants will not be required to submit confirmed tickets to India and the new system is a pilot initiative and only available in Chittagong on a trial basis, the High Commission said.
