Rafia Tabassum (pseudonym), a Bangladeshi student who completed her Honours last year, got an offer letter from a US university in the first phase of this year. When she was trying to get a visa (interview) appointment with the US embassy in Dhaka, there was no slot (schedule) available.
A few days later, when she tried again in May, she got a visa interview appointment in December—almost seven months later, which is longer than usual. Owing to such an unexpected delay, Rafia had to defer her enrollment and reschedule it to the next semester.
Rafia’s case is not a lone example; rather, a lot of Bangladeshi students are facing this kind of untoward situation when it comes to getting a visa appointment.
Keep updated, follow The Business Standard’s Google news channelThe suffering does not end here. Bangladeshi students aspiring for higher education are also facing other hurdles related to visa—both at home and abroad. The afflictions range from delay in visa appointment to even visa revocation in a faraway land.
Arafat Hossain (pseudonym) was a Bangladeshi international student in the US. He had been living there for one and a half years and was close to completing his master’s degree, with only the final exams remaining. বিস্তারিত