The trip is now getting closer as today I pay the balance of the monies owed to Explore and start the visa application process.
After downloading the forms from the Bangladesh High Commission's website, I trotted off the the Assistant High Commissioner's Office in Birmingham with my letter of invitation, three passport photos and £40 in cash. The office was on the second floor but I met the back of the queue before the door. The small room was crowded with Bangladshis with both UK and home passports many with wives and families. Many were reaching the front of the line - a small 2' square hole in the wall - and being sent off to get a copy of one document or another. The Staples store just around the corner must have been doing a roaring trade.
When I reached the front my passport etc were taken off me and I was told to sit down and wait - wasn't sure what this was all about as nobody else had been asked to do this ! Twenty minutes later somebody emerged from a back room, smiled, gave me a receipt and told me to come back on Friday. In all it must have took 90 minutes - not so bad but we shall see when I go back to pick up my passport.
After downloading the forms from the Bangladesh High Commission's website, I trotted off the the Assistant High Commissioner's Office in Birmingham with my letter of invitation, three passport photos and £40 in cash. The office was on the second floor but I met the back of the queue before the door. The small room was crowded with Bangladshis with both UK and home passports many with wives and families. Many were reaching the front of the line - a small 2' square hole in the wall - and being sent off to get a copy of one document or another. The Staples store just around the corner must have been doing a roaring trade.
When I reached the front my passport etc were taken off me and I was told to sit down and wait - wasn't sure what this was all about as nobody else had been asked to do this ! Twenty minutes later somebody emerged from a back room, smiled, gave me a receipt and told me to come back on Friday. In all it must have took 90 minutes - not so bad but we shall see when I go back to pick up my passport.
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