The Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, DC recently held a mobile consular camp in Texas' Dallas with the support of the Bangladesh Association of North Texas and the Bangladeshi Expatriate Society of Texas. During June 10-12, around 897 people received services and the government earned $47,932.50 as revenue. The consular team was led by Counsellor Arifa Rahman Ruma and First Secretary Muhammad Abdul Hye Milton. It was the highest turnout and revenue earning in any mobile consular camp organised this year, according to a media statement. At the mobile consular camps, services like the issuance of no visa required (NVR) for travel to Bangladesh, the execution of the power of attorney and attestation are delivered instantly. Also, the applications for dual nationality certificate (DNC) and birth registration certificate (BRC) are received for further processing.

A large number of Bangladeshi expatriates living in Houston, Austin, and surrounding cities have received various consular services from mobile consular camps.  They received services like re-issuance of Machine-Readable Passports, NVR, and Attestation. Read:Australia to provide AUD 85mn to Brac under SPA Approximately 800 people received services from these consular camps.  The Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington, DC organised the mobile consular camps from 18 -23 June in Houston and Austin of Texas.   Bangladesh Ambassador to USA M Shahidul Islam visited the consular camps and interacted with the service seekers.  Read: First batch of purchased Chinese vaccines to arrive soon: Envoy The Bangladesh diaspora in Texas expressed their gratitude to the Ambassador for arranging mobile consular camps.  The Embassy, as part of its public diplomacy and welfare programmes, will continue hosting mobile consular camps in different cities to facilitate consular services to the Bangladesh community.