Urgent Visa Appointments Offered in Bangladesh

Indian visa application centres in major cities of Bangladesh have started offering limited appointment slots for urgent medical and student visas for Bangladeshi nationals.

The services are available in Dhaka, Chattogram, Rajshahi, Sylhet and Khulna. According to a statement from the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) in Bangladesh, these five centres are also providing limited slots for urgent cases involving Bangladeshi students and workers who need to travel to third countries for which they already have visa appointments with foreign embassies in India.

The IVAC statement said these services will remain limited until normal operations resume at a later date.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh has been the scene of massive student-led protests against a controversial quota system in government jobs, which began in mid-July and culminated in the fall of the Awami League government led by Sheikh Hasina on August 5. More than 600 lives have been lost since the protests began.

Currently, an interim government led by 84-year-old Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is in place.

(With contributions from agencies.)