Shah Alam Nur :
Many Bangladeshi expatriates may be in a big trouble if the government fails to provide them with machine-readable passports (MRPs) before expiry of the deadline set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
According to Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP), about five million Bangladeshi migrants are worried for the delay in the process of converting the manual passports to MRPs.
If it is not possible to replace manual passports by MRPs by November 2015, many Bangladeshi workers and professionals in different countries, particularly in the Middle East, may be compelled to return home.
A good number of missions are now facing a challenge of delivering the MRPs to expatriates in time for lack of necessary outsourcing, workstations, funds and legal obligations.
The rate of delivering MRPs to Bangladeshi expatriates residing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is poor for few selected companies’ lack of proper initiatives, and legal complexities.
The Bangladeshi missions in the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) countries are under pressure due to insufficient
workstations. But there is no plan to get outsourcing service in those countries.
“We are trying our best to deliver MRPs to our people living abroad.” Director General of Department of Immigration and Passports, NM Rezaul Alam, told The New Nation on Monday.
He said, “We hope that we will be able to deliver MRPs within the deadline.”
But sources said, there is little possibility of delivering the MRPs to Bangladeshi migrants within the deadline.
He said, delivering MRPs is being delayed mainly due to lack of necessary logistic supports.
An official of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) said, “It is possible to supply MRPs to Bangladeshi residents within the deadline if logistic supports are given to the missions concerned.”
He said, 54 foreign missions are providing MRPs. “To my knowledge, about 1.4 million MRPs were collected by Bangladeshis living in foreign countries and about 1.5 million MRPs were sent to different missions.”
At present, about 8.5 million Bangladeshi workers and professionals are residing in different countries and there are 56 missions across the world.
Many Bangladeshi expatriates may be in a big trouble if the government fails to provide them with machine-readable passports (MRPs) before expiry of the deadline set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
According to Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP), about five million Bangladeshi migrants are worried for the delay in the process of converting the manual passports to MRPs.
If it is not possible to replace manual passports by MRPs by November 2015, many Bangladeshi workers and professionals in different countries, particularly in the Middle East, may be compelled to return home.
A good number of missions are now facing a challenge of delivering the MRPs to expatriates in time for lack of necessary outsourcing, workstations, funds and legal obligations.
The rate of delivering MRPs to Bangladeshi expatriates residing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is poor for few selected companies’ lack of proper initiatives, and legal complexities.
The Bangladeshi missions in the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) countries are under pressure due to insufficient
workstations. But there is no plan to get outsourcing service in those countries.
“We are trying our best to deliver MRPs to our people living abroad.” Director General of Department of Immigration and Passports, NM Rezaul Alam, told The New Nation on Monday.
He said, “We hope that we will be able to deliver MRPs within the deadline.”
But sources said, there is little possibility of delivering the MRPs to Bangladeshi migrants within the deadline.
He said, delivering MRPs is being delayed mainly due to lack of necessary logistic supports.
An official of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) said, “It is possible to supply MRPs to Bangladeshi residents within the deadline if logistic supports are given to the missions concerned.”
He said, 54 foreign missions are providing MRPs. “To my knowledge, about 1.4 million MRPs were collected by Bangladeshis living in foreign countries and about 1.5 million MRPs were sent to different missions.”
At present, about 8.5 million Bangladeshi workers and professionals are residing in different countries and there are 56 missions across the world.
