Department of Immigration & Passport

Department of Immigration & Passport
Formation 1973
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Website Department of Immigration & Passport

Department of Immigration & Passport is the government organ responsible for passports, immigration, and migration in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1][2] The department is headed by Director General of Department of Immigration and Passports Brigadier General Masud Rezwan.[3] The headquarters are located in Agargaon Passport office.

History

The department was established in 1973 by the government of Bangladesh after the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971.[4] In 2017 the department started making a bio-metric list of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Department of Immigration and Passports". dip.gov.bd. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "ACC detains 8 for abusing power". The Daily Star. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "9,000 logged in nine days". The Daily Star. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "সংক্ষিপ্ত ইতিহাস". dip.gov.bd. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Biometric screening of Rohingya refugees to be done in three months". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 22 September 2017.


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