Economic Reporter :
The overseas jobseekers of Chittagong region will not have to come to Dhaka for emigration clearance certificate and smart card services.
Now they will get these services in the country’s commercial capital as the Expatriates’
Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam BSc will formally inaugurate the services at District Employment and Manpower Office (DEMO), Chittagong tomorrow.
“The emigration clearance and smart card services are being introduced in Chittagong, outside of capital Dhaka, for the first time. This service will lessen the sufferings of overseas jobseekers,” said Mohammad Zahirul Alam Majumder, assistant director of Chittagong DEMO.
He said the jobseekers of Chittagong region had to collect smart cards and emigration
clearance certificates from principal office of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) in Dhaka. Majumder said every people living in Chittagong division can apply for emigration clearance certificate and smart cards from the DEMO in Chittagong while initially this service would be provided for single visa alone.
“Introduction of these services at Chittagong DEMO will highly benefit the jobseekers living this region as their time and money of going to Dhaka will be saved,” he observed.
Talking to BSS, information officer of the ministry Jahangir Alam said the government by phases will introduce the service to all divisional cities and other districts with high population of overseas jobseekers.
The smart cards, a tag with computer chip, contain all the information furnished in the passport, a jobseeker’s fingerprints and the name, photograph and other necessary information.
The overseas jobseekers of Chittagong region will not have to come to Dhaka for emigration clearance certificate and smart card services.
Now they will get these services in the country’s commercial capital as the Expatriates’
Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam BSc will formally inaugurate the services at District Employment and Manpower Office (DEMO), Chittagong tomorrow.
“The emigration clearance and smart card services are being introduced in Chittagong, outside of capital Dhaka, for the first time. This service will lessen the sufferings of overseas jobseekers,” said Mohammad Zahirul Alam Majumder, assistant director of Chittagong DEMO.
He said the jobseekers of Chittagong region had to collect smart cards and emigration
clearance certificates from principal office of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) in Dhaka. Majumder said every people living in Chittagong division can apply for emigration clearance certificate and smart cards from the DEMO in Chittagong while initially this service would be provided for single visa alone.
“Introduction of these services at Chittagong DEMO will highly benefit the jobseekers living this region as their time and money of going to Dhaka will be saved,” he observed.
Talking to BSS, information officer of the ministry Jahangir Alam said the government by phases will introduce the service to all divisional cities and other districts with high population of overseas jobseekers.
The smart cards, a tag with computer chip, contain all the information furnished in the passport, a jobseeker’s fingerprints and the name, photograph and other necessary information.
