POBNEWS24,Dhaka, Oct 2, 2023 : The United States is trying to process visa applications for people outside of the ban within 6 months. Also, Washington is serious about facilitating the visa process for Bangladeshi students. However, there will be no relaxation in the implementation of the US decision not to grant visas to those who obstruct free, fair and peaceful elections.
Rena Bitter, Assistant Secretary of the Consular Section of the United States, who is visiting Dhaka, gave such a glimpse in a conversation with the officials of the Bangladesh government. This is the first visit to Dhaka by a senior official of the State Department’s consular wing since the new visa policy was announced in May. The State Department official who visited Bangladesh on Sunday night is leading a delegation of 3 members. At the beginning of the day on Sunday, he held a meeting with those working in the visa and consular section of the embassy. In the afternoon go to teak garden.
There has been talk of eliminating the long process in processing visa applications, especially post-Covid. Common applicant visa applications are assured to be processed within 6 months. At this time, a journalist wants to know whether Bangladesh has expressed any concern about the implementation of the new visa policy (Section 3C)? In response, the secretary said, no, it is a matter of the United States. Did Bangladesh want to know how 3 C is effective on whom? In response to such supplementary questions, he said, it is their decision how they will enforce it on whom
