Indian visa hassle

This is in response to the letter titled “Remove obstacles to obtaining Indian visa,” by J. Taher Mohammad, published in your esteemed daily dated 8-12-2014. I have written to the Indian High Commission regarding the problem of not getting an application submission date online on IVAC website. Their reply was very cool: “Report the matter to local police to take action against the agents.”

My suggestion is, an applicant applying online should be given a date whenever available within a month or two. As most of the applicants are not in a hurry, getting a date within a month or later should be of no problem to them. It is very much evident that IVAC is not under the control of Indian High Commission and manipulation is going on in IVAC's website.

It is high time the Indian High Commission woke up to the problem and look into the matter in the interest of our good relationship with India.

Ziauddin Ahmed
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