Bangladesh & USA jointly held an interactive session on US immigration visa process at Bangabandhu auditorium on Thursday.

Hosted by Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, DC and US Embassy in Dhaka, the session was titled “Demystifying the Immigration Visa Process”.

The program conducted by Md Shamsul Alam Chowdhury, the Minister (Consular) of the embassy, was held in order to enable the applicants to apply for immigration visas flawlessly fulfilling all the requirements prescribed by US immigration laws, a press release said.

Sharon Ann Weber, Consul General, US Embassy, Dhaka made an in-depth presentation at the program on various aspects of immigration visa as well as requirements for an applicant to get immigration visa like applicant’s sponsorship, joint sponsorship, relationship, latest police verification, medical test, photo, education, etc, according to the press release.

Sharon also responded to volleys of questions on rules and procedures for seeking US immigration visa.

Bangladesh Ambassador to the US, Mohammad Ziauddin and US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Stephen Bloom Bernicat also spoke during the two-hour long session.

In his remarks, Ambassador Ziauddin said the United States grew and prospered because of large numbers of immigrants who helped grow local economies, shared cultural traditions, and helped define the American dream.

Bangladeshi-American entrepreneurs and businessmen from different states of America, community leaders, journalists and officials of the State Department and the Homeland Security attended the nearly two-hour session where Sharon responded to volleys of questions on rules and procedures for seeking US immigration visa.