Indian visa hassle
For two consecutive days I have unsuccessfully stood in queue for submitting my application for Indian visa at the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) at Gulshan, Dhaka, and returned home disappointed and sick. I joined the queue at seven in the morning but found hundreds of others in queue since midnight. Being an elderly person it was a torture for me to stand in queue for hours and then return home disappointed. Added to my woes while in queue were pestering of visa brokers.
After my disappointments and failure, I was wondering if IVAC would consider the following suggestions to mitigate the sufferings of visa applicants.
1. A counter should be set up by IVAC where applicants will be provided with a date for submitting his visa application.
2. Applicants will report to this counter with his/her passport and duly filled in application form and after noting down the details of the applicant a date will be provided to the applicant to submit the visa application in person..
3.The counter will stay open from morning till late afternoon on all working days.
Interestingly enough, I found out while talking to fellow applicants in queue that like myself most of them did not need visa urgently and were willing to wait for a few days for granting of visas. I am sure if my suggestion is implemented the rush and chaos for submitting visa applications at IVAC will become less and will ease the tense role of IVAC.
I hope my suggestion will draw the attention of the Indian High Commission and IVAC for due consideration.
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