Machine readable visa project launched

The project will facilitate visa support services in Bangladesh missions for Indian citizens in New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Agartala in India

The signing ceremony of the ‘Machine Readable Visa Application Processing in India’ project was held at a  hotel in the capital yesterday.
The contract was signed between the immigration and passports department of the Bangladesh government and Dohatec New Media, Bangla-desh, and BLS International Services Ltd, India.
Through this project, BLS International Services Ltd, India, and Dohatec New Media, Bangladesh, will jointly facilitate visa support services, as part of a consortium, in Bangladesh missions for Indian citizens in New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Agartala in India. An Indian citizen will have to pay USD 3.98 as service charges for each successful enrolment and delivery of a machine readable visa (MRV).
The consortium will provide at least two lakh MRVs to Indian citizens every year, and will continue the work for the next three years. After completion of successful enrolment of MRVs, the firm’s employees will send the MRVs to the applicants’ mailing addresses.
Mostafa Kamaluddin, director general of the immigration and passports department, Luna Shamsuddoha, chairperson of Dohatec New Media, and Diwakar Aggarwal, director, BLS International Services Ltd, India, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations.
About the project, Shamsuddoha said all data entry and gathering of biometric information would be carried out in Bangladesh missions in India under the project.
She also said that delivery of passport documents to applicants would be done in a secured manner. In peak seasons, adequate resources would be available in order to support the missions handling the task, she added.
“We hope the firm will be able to provide at least six lakh MRV enrolments for Indian nationals within three years, and two lakh MRVs every year,” she said.
Salman F Rahman, vice chairman of Beximco Group, also spoke on the occasion as special guest, and lauded the initiative taken by the Bangladesh government.

Machine readable visa project launched

The project will facilitate visa support services in Bangladesh missions for Indian citizens in New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Agartala in India

The signing ceremony of the Machine Readable Visa Application Processing in India project was held at a hotel in the capital yesterday. The contract was signed between the immigration and passports department of the Bangladesh government and Dohatec New Media, Bangla-desh, and BLS International Services Ltd, India. Through this project, BLS International Services Ltd, India, and Dohatec New Media, Bangladesh, will jointly facilitate visa support services, as part of a consortium, in Bangladesh missions for Indian citizens in New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Agartala in India. An Indian citizen will have to pay USD 3.98 as service charges for each successful enrolment and delivery of a machine readable visa (MRV). The consortium will provide at least two lakh MRVs to Indian citizens every year, and will continue the work for the next three years. After completion of successful enrolment of MRVs, the firms employees will send the MRVs to the applicants mailing addresses. Mostafa Kamaluddin, director general of the immigration and passports department, Luna Shamsuddoha, chairperson of Dohatec New Media, and Diwakar Aggarwal, director, BLS International Services Ltd, India, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations. About the project, Shamsuddoha said all data entry and gathering of biometric information would be carried out in Bangladesh missions in India under the project. She also said that delivery of passport documents to applicants would be done in a secured manner. In peak seasons, adequate resources would be available in order to support the missions handling the task, she added. We hope the firm will be able to provide at least six lakh MRV enrolments for Indian nationals within three years, and two lakh MRVs every year, she said. Salman F Rahman, vice chairman of Beximco Group, also spoke on the occasion as special guest, and lauded the initiative taken by the Bangladesh government.