Department of Immigration & Passports
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| Formation | 1973 |
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| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Director General | Major General Mohammad Ayub Chowdhury |
Parent organization | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Website | www |
The Department of Immigration & Passports of the Ministry of Home Affairs is the government organisation responsible for passports, immigration and migration in general in Bangladesh. It is located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.[1] The headquarters is located in Agargaon Passport office in Dhaka City. Major General Mohammad Ayub Chowdhury is the incumbent Director General (DG) of the Department of Immigration and Passports.[2]
History[]
The department was established in 1973 by the government of Bangladesh after the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971.[3] In 2017 the department started making a bio-metric list of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Department of Immigration and Passports". dip.gov.bd. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ বাংলাদেশ, Daily Bangladesh :: ডেইলি. "Major General Ayub Chowdhury appointed as new DG of Passport Dept". Daily Bangladesh. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "History in Brief". dip.gov.bd. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Biometric screening of Rohingya refugees to be done in three months". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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