The High Commission of Bangladesh in New Delhi and its consular posts in Kolkata, Agartala, Mumbai and Chennai are once again issuing all visa categories, ending a partial shutdown that had been in place since December 2025. The Financial Express reports that more than 13,000 visas have already been granted to Indian applicants since a quiet restart in late February, but formal confirmation of “full operational status” was only issued on 2 May.
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For travellers who’d rather not navigate the consulate’s e-Token maze on their own, VisaHQ offers an end-to-end facilitation service that can handle the paperwork, appointment scheduling and document checks on your behalf. The company’s India hub (https://www.visahq.com/india/) keeps real-time tabs on the New Delhi mission’s slots and can often secure earlier submissions through its corporate allocations, saving applicants several days—an advantage especially valuable during the Eid rush.
During the slowdown, processing capacity had fallen to as low as 20 percent of pre-2025 levels, with priority limited to medical emergencies and urgent family visits. Business visas often took three to four weeks and sometimes required personal interviews. Under the restored regime, online appointments and 48-hour express services are back, though officials caution that peak demand ahead of Eid may stretch wait times. The resumption follows a series of high-level meetings between External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the side-lines of last month’s BIMSTEC summit. Analysts say both sides were keen to normalise people-to-people links before Bangladesh’s general elections later this year. For Indian companies operating textile and FMCG supply chains across the border, the move removes a major logistical headache; executives can now resume routine plant visits without relying on third-country visas via Dubai or Singapore. HR leaders are advising travellers to monitor slot availability closely because the e-Token system still caps daily intakes, and to ensure passports have at least six months’ validity, a rule that consular staff are enforcing more strictly after recent fraud cases. Mobility teams should also update assignment letters: Bangladeshi authorities have begun insisting that the letter explicitly states the assignee will not engage in journalistic activity, a response to last year’s media controversies. The restart signals a thaw in bilateral ties and should ease cross-border talent flows in sectors such as IT services, infrastructure and healthcare, which depend heavily on short-term project visits.
For travellers who’d rather not navigate the consulate’s e-Token maze on their own, VisaHQ offers an end-to-end facilitation service that can handle the paperwork, appointment scheduling and document checks on your behalf. The company’s India hub (https://www.visahq.com/india/) keeps real-time tabs on the New Delhi mission’s slots and can often secure earlier submissions through its corporate allocations, saving applicants several days—an advantage especially valuable during the Eid rush.
During the slowdown, processing capacity had fallen to as low as 20 percent of pre-2025 levels, with priority limited to medical emergencies and urgent family visits. Business visas often took three to four weeks and sometimes required personal interviews. Under the restored regime, online appointments and 48-hour express services are back, though officials caution that peak demand ahead of Eid may stretch wait times. The resumption follows a series of high-level meetings between External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the side-lines of last month’s BIMSTEC summit. Analysts say both sides were keen to normalise people-to-people links before Bangladesh’s general elections later this year. For Indian companies operating textile and FMCG supply chains across the border, the move removes a major logistical headache; executives can now resume routine plant visits without relying on third-country visas via Dubai or Singapore. HR leaders are advising travellers to monitor slot availability closely because the e-Token system still caps daily intakes, and to ensure passports have at least six months’ validity, a rule that consular staff are enforcing more strictly after recent fraud cases. Mobility teams should also update assignment letters: Bangladeshi authorities have begun insisting that the letter explicitly states the assignee will not engage in journalistic activity, a response to last year’s media controversies. The restart signals a thaw in bilateral ties and should ease cross-border talent flows in sectors such as IT services, infrastructure and healthcare, which depend heavily on short-term project visits.
