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Nepal SBI, the joint venture of State Bank of India in Nepal, will now be handling the Indian visa applications.
The new Indian Visa Service Centre located in Karpurdhara Marg, near to Indian embassy, was inaugurated by Indian ambassador Rakesh Sood on Sep 16. The foreign tourists, who want to go to India from Nepal, will have to submit their visa applications at the new Indian Visa Service Centre.
The SBI at Dhaka is also handling the Indian visa applications.
The Indian embassy outsourced the job as it was facing enormous pressure from the public for the faster and secure processing of the 80-100 applications received every day. The Nepal SBI officials said that this will ensure faster processing of visas. The officials also added that people will be able to avail Transit visas on the same day.
"Since we are a bank, we handle monetary transactions faster and more professionally," said Chhabi Raj Panta, manager at Nepal SBI. "Also, since the Indian embassy has its account with us, the fee paid for visa has to come to us eventually."
Nepal SBI also handles the disbursement of the various scholarships given by the Indian government in Nepal.
