Bangladesh mission's mobile consular camp in Dallas sees big turnout

Dhaka
June 17, 2022, 12:47 AM
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Publish- June 17, 2022, 12:47 AM
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Update- June 17, 2022, 04:18 AM

Bangladesh mission's mobile consular camp in Dallas sees big turnout

The Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, DC recently held a mobile consular camp in Texas' Dallas with the support of the Bangladesh Association of North Texas and the Bangladeshi Expatriate Society of Texas.

During June 10-12, around 897 people received services and the government earned $47,932.50 as revenue.

The consular team was led by Counsellor Arifa Rahman Ruma and First Secretary Muhammad Abdul Hye Milton.

It was the highest turnout and revenue earning in any mobile consular camp organised this year, according to a media statement.

At the mobile consular camps, services like the issuance of no visa required (NVR) for travel to Bangladesh, the execution of the power of attorney and attestation are delivered instantly.

Also, the applications for dual nationality certificate (DNC) and birth registration certificate (BRC) are received for further processing.

As the Covid situation improved, the Bangladesh Embassy resumed mobile consular services in April 2022.

In the last two months, mobile consular services were provided in five cities – Philadelphia, Atlanta, Houston, Chicago and Dallas.

A total of 3,291 applicants received services at these camps; the revenue earning amounted to $172,453.50.

The embassy plans to hold mobile consular camps in different cities regularly to take consular services to the doorsteps of Bangladeshi communities.

Also read: Bangladeshi expatriates in Texas get consular services from mobile camps