Bangladesh: E-passports and visas to be introduced next April
May 18, 2009
Dhaka, May 18 (bdnews24.com)-The government will introduce machine-readable passport (MRP) and machine-readable visa (MRV) from next April, home ministry officials told bdnews24.com on Monday.
The Department of Immigration and Passport, with the help of army, will start working on the project in July, for which the government has already sanctioned Tk 2.83 crore.
All Bangladesh passports issued from this July will be machine-readable and no one will be allowed to travel without such a document after next April.
BDNews24.com
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