Pranay Verma visits IVAC at Jamuna Future Park

Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma visited the Indian Visa Application Center (IVAC) at the Jamuna Future Park today to take stock of the functioning of the visa services.

He also interacted with visa applicants, many of whom were applying for medical visas to go to India for treatment.

Given the serious threats last week at the Indian High Commission and its installations in Bangladesh, the Indian High Commissioner had to shut down the operations at IVAC, JFP for a day last week. It was later opened and all the applicants whose appointments slots fell on that day were given an early alternative slot.

Several people who apply for visas are travelling to India for treatment of serious medical conditions. Keeping in mind these humanitarian needs, despite of the evolving security situation, the High Commission continues to operate the visa centers at Dhaka, Khulna, Sylhet and Rajshahi.

The IVAC at Chattogram is temporarily shut down following the mob attack at the entrance of Assistant High Commission of India (AHCI) Chattogram in the night of 18-19 December during which stone pelting and threats to break the entrance created serious insecurities for the AHC and other officials who live inside the same premises.

During the visit of HC to IVAC, IVAC officials flagged the problems of large amount of fake documents being submitted and also the disruption created by middlemen and touts who try to hack into visa servers and create artificial traffic depriving common visa applicants from genuine slots. High Commissioner assured to raise the concerns with relevant authorities in Bangladesh.