Indian Visa Application Facilitation Centre opens at Jamuna Future Park

Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) in Bangladesh announced the inauguration of a Visa Application Facilitation Centre (VAFC) at Jamuna Future Park in Dhaka. The centre will provide an online visa application form filling-up facility.

In an event held on the auspicious occasion of the 74th Republic Day of India of 26 January, the High Commissioner of India to Dhaka Pranay Verma, inaugurated the Visa Application Facilitation Centre.

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 avail of the online visa application form filling-up facility with necessary documents and passport.

Earlier, people who were unable to fill forms online on their own had to resort to using the services of agents for generating visa application forms which cost them a large amount of money.

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.

As the VAFC is located adjacent to the IVAC in JFP, visa applicants can easily generate visa applications at VAFC and thereafter submit the completed visa applications and documents at IVAC saving both time and effort. The inauguration of the VAFC is an effort to assist digitally the segment of the population which faces challenges in filling the online form.

There are 15 Indian Visa Application Centres(IVACs) across Bangladesh managed by State Bank of India in 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.