Just six weeks after Dhaka imposed a “technical pause” on most visas for Indians ahead of its February elections, Bangladeshi authorities are set to resume full visa services, senior diplomatic sources told The Indian Express on 21 February.(indianexpress.com)
The pause, introduced in early January, had restricted non-essential travel, although medical, business and work visas continued. With Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s new government settling in and bilateral ties thawing, missions in New Delhi, Kolkata and Agartala have begun processing the backlog, and an official notice is expected within days.(indianexpress.com)
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For travellers and corporate mobility teams eager to act once services restart, VisaHQ’s India portal (https://www.visahq.com/india/) can simplify the entire Bangladesh visa process—handling form filling, appointment scheduling and document pickup—while also offering support for dozens of other destinations around the world.
India is expected to reciprocate by fully normalising its own visa services for Bangladeshi nationals—a critical step for the $18 billion cross-border trade corridor and thousands of daily short-term business trips by garment-sector executives, IT engineers and energy-project consultants. East-Indian logistics firms say the pause added up to three weeks to project mobilisation timelines.(indianexpress.com)
Companies should nevertheless plan for residual delays as visa-processing staff clear pending files. Mobility managers are advised to maintain duplicate documentation and monitor appointment availability at the Sylhet, Chittagong and Dhaka centres, where biometric throughput remains constrained after December’s security incident.
The pause, introduced in early January, had restricted non-essential travel, although medical, business and work visas continued. With Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s new government settling in and bilateral ties thawing, missions in New Delhi, Kolkata and Agartala have begun processing the backlog, and an official notice is expected within days.(indianexpress.com)
For travellers and corporate mobility teams eager to act once services restart, VisaHQ’s India portal (https://www.visahq.com/india/) can simplify the entire Bangladesh visa process—handling form filling, appointment scheduling and document pickup—while also offering support for dozens of other destinations around the world.
India is expected to reciprocate by fully normalising its own visa services for Bangladeshi nationals—a critical step for the $18 billion cross-border trade corridor and thousands of daily short-term business trips by garment-sector executives, IT engineers and energy-project consultants. East-Indian logistics firms say the pause added up to three weeks to project mobilisation timelines.(indianexpress.com)
Companies should nevertheless plan for residual delays as visa-processing staff clear pending files. Mobility managers are advised to maintain duplicate documentation and monitor appointment availability at the Sylhet, Chittagong and Dhaka centres, where biometric throughput remains constrained after December’s security incident.
