DHAKA, Sept 2, 2024 (BSS) - The Indian Visa Application Center (IVAC) has 
started offering limited appointment slots for Bangladesh nationals requiring 
urgent medical and student visas.   

The IVAC has been offering the service from its at five locations in Dhaka, 
Chittagong, Rajshahi, Sylhet and Khulna, according to the IVAC official 
website.  

Besides, these five IVAC have also opened limited appointment slots for 
urgent cases where Bangladesh students and workers need to travel to third 
countries and for which they already have visa appointments with foreign 
embassies in India. 

In view of the current situation, IVAC is currently processing only limited 
number of visas of emergency and humanitarian nature. 

"For other pending applications, we are returning the passports keeping in 
view that many applicants may need their passport back for other needs," read 
the website. 

Once the IVAC returns to normal operations after the normalization of 
security situation, it will process the pending applications and ask the visa 
seekers to resubmit their passports if visa application are approved.