India to liberalise visa rules for Bangladeshis to promote tourism

Representational image. Reuters[/caption]"The date of journey should be after seven days but within one month of submission of the visa application form," it said.The Indian Visa Application Centre in Mirpur will receive walk-in tourist visa applications from confirmed travellers and senior citizens from 1 January.Those who already have appointment dates can continue to submit their tourist visa applications in centres at Gulshan, Uttara, Motijheel, Mymensingh, Barisal, Khulna, Jessore, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Chittagong and Sylhet.The mission also said that its pilot project started in October for allowing walk-in visa application facility for women travellers and their immediate family members has been "very successful".The Mirpur visa application centre will start taking those walk-in applications from 1 January instead of the centre in Uttara, it said.