Indian Visa Application Facilitation centre opens

Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) in Bangladesh inaugurated on Thursday a Visa Application Facilitation Centre (VAFC) at the IVAC Centre at Jamuna Future Park, Dhaka, which will provide an online visa application form filling-up facility.

The centre was launched on the occasion of the 74th Republic Day of India.

High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, and Regional Head, SBI South Asia, Vikas Goel, inaugurated the Visa Application Facilitation Centre. Amit Kumar, Country Head, SBI Bangladesh Operations and other senior officials from High Commission of India and SBI were also present, says a press release.

Ever since online visa applications became mandatory, there have been requests for such a Visa Application Facilitation Centre, where applicants, who do not possess a computer or an internet connection, can come to the VAFC with their passports/documents and avail of the online visa application form filling-up facility and get their visa applications printed. The form filling-up facility at VAFC will be provided for a nominal service fee of BDT 200/- per application. This will be an optional value added service provided by IVAC. This facility will be rolled out in other IVACs in Bangladesh depending on demand.

State Bank of India, a fortune 500 company and amongst the top 50 Banks of the world by asset size, is managing, Indian Visa Application Centres(IVACs), located in 15 centers across Bangladesh, since December 2005. IVAC Dhaka at Jamuna Future Park, which started its operations from July 2018, is the world's biggest Indian Visa Application Centre.