Visa Applicants Crowd Centres as India Resumes Tourist Visas for Bangladesh

The Indian Visa Application Centres (IVACs) in Bangladesh have reopened after being closed for nearly two years, following the resumption of tourist visas. 

In the capital, Dhaka, a large number of Indian visa applicants were seen standing in line in front of the IVAC located at Jamuna Future Park, submitting their visa applications and expressing their satisfaction that tourist visas had resumed."I've come here to get a medical visa. I have submitted my papers. 

The services and everything are very good. Two years ago, I had some problems, but now it is very good," Chandra Roy, a visa seeker, told Media."Of



course, it is useful. For medical purposes or tourism, both are essential for Bangladeshis, especially medical services," he added.

"After a long time, the tourist visa has opened. Because of that, everybody wants to go abroad. They want to visit India, like in the old days," Roy said. "I have come here for an Indian visa, mainly for a medical visa.

I receive treatment in Chennai and also at Manipal Hospital in Kolkata. I had also taken a medical visa a while ago; they had given me a six-month visa," said Shakila Akter Seema, another visa seeker."The doctor asked me to go again, which is why I applied for a new medical visa.