India begins scaling up visa services in B'desh
New Delhi, June 26 -- India is set to resume normal visa operations in Bangladesh almost two years after services were severely curtailed because of violent protests during the movement that led to the ouster of former premier Sheikh Hasina in August 2024.
Indian high commissioner Dinesh Trivedi on Thursday announced the resumption of normal visa operations soon after presenting his credentials to the Bangladesh President, and said applications for tourist visas will be accepted from June 28.
Trivedi visited the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) at Jamuna Future Park in Dhaka to review visa operations. According to a social media post by the Indian high commission, Trivedi noted that IVAC is one of India's largest visa facilitation centres and serves as a hub for people-to-people exchanges with Bangladesh. India's largest visa operation is in Bangladesh, which had emerged as one of the largest sources of tourists till the protests of 2024. India has 16 Indian visa application centres across Bangladesh, and people familiar with the matter said five of them had resumed functioning....
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