NN Online:
Australian Home Minister Tony Burke has announced that Australia will now handle visa applications for Bangladeshi citizens directly from its High Commission in Dhaka.
He conveyed this decision during a phone call with Bangladesh’s Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday.
The home adviser told the council of advisers that the decision would be effective immediately, said a press release issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus made the request to Australian Home Minister Burke when he visited Bangladesh in October last year.
Previously, Australia would process visas of the Bangladeshi nationals in New Delhi.
