The High Commission of India (HCI) in Bangladesh yesterday announced that no appointment date will be required for submission of visa applications at the Indian Visa Application Centres (IVACs) in Sylhet, Mymensingh and Barisal from May 20.

As part of the ongoing initiatives by the HCI to further liberalise, streamline and ease access to the Indian visa for Bangladesh nationals, it has been decided that applicants for tourist visas can walk-in and submit their applications at the aforementioned IVACs without prior appointment from next week.

Applications will be accepted from 8:00am to noon at the respective IVACs, said a press release.

The other existing walk-in schemes of submission of visa applications for non-tourist visas -- medical, business, conference and other types of visas -- will continue as before. Separate counters for walk-in tourist visas for senior citizens and Freedom Fighters will also continue.