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India starts issuing five-year multiple entry tourist visa for senior Bangladesh citizens
Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla has issued the first five-year multiple-entry tourist visa to a Bangladesh national, Md Nurul Hoque Akhand.
Published : 29 August 2016, 07:15 PM
Updated : 29 August 2016, 07:15 PM
Akhand is aged 68 and a resident of Gazipur.
India recently announced that Bangladesh nationals above the age of 65 years would be eligible for long-term multiple entry tourist visas valid for five years.
But, the continuous period of stay during each visit cannot exceed 90 days.
The High Commission of India said this was a “goodwill gesture” extended by the government of India for the benefit of senior citizens.
The move is expected to make securing Indian visas easy and strengthen people-to-people contacts and relations between the two countries, it added.
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