Visa and Consular Officer

Job Description

Title: Visa and Consular Officer

Company Name: The Embassy Of Denmark, Dhaka

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience:

• 2 to 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Embassies/Foreign Consulate

• Bachelor/Honors

• Minimum a Bachelor degree in any discipline.

• 2 to 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Embassies/Foreign Consulate

• 2-5 years of hands-on working experiences with visa processing – ideally from a Schengen Embassy.

• Perfect knowledge of the Bangla and the English languages. Knowledge of Danish is a plus.

• Team player with a good sense of humour.

• To be well organized, responsible, flexible and ability to work under pressure.

• Excellent IT skills at user level, including skills in Microsoft Office, Outlook, and other applications.

• Type of employment: Full time (37 hours per week)

• Contract duration: one (1) year

• Starting date: 01/04/2026 (tentative)

• Location: Danish Embassy in Dhaka, Bay’s Edgewater, Gulshan 2, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

The Royal Danish Embassy is an ambitious and dynamic workplace with app. 36 employees. We co-locate with the Norwegian and the Swedish Embassies in an attractive modern working environment.

For more information about the Embassy, see Denmark in Bangladesh or facebook.com/ambdhaka

About the position

• The Embassy is looking for one (1) Visa and Consular Officer to support mainly the Embassy’s Visa Section. You will be part of a dynamic Visa Team that handles a wide range of tasks, ensuring the smooth operation of the Embassy’s visa related processes. Also, we are looking for a positive personality and results-oriented, professional, self-motivated staff, who is keen to work with the Embassy.

• The position may be applied for by a citizen of Bangladesh or an EU/Schengen national with good knowledge of the Bangla and the English languages. Knowledge of Danish is not necessary but would be a plus. The person must be living legally in Bangladesh with unlimited work permit.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Receive visa applications from the Visa Application Centre for visa and residence/work permits and ensure proper documentation.

• Process and register applications in UMVIS and AREAL.

• Verification of passports and assess visa applications.

• Interview visa applicants.

• Printing visa stickers.

• Regular communication (through email and telephone) with the applicants, the Visa Application Centre, the Danish Immigration Service, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, Danish and Bangladeshi companies etc.

• Respond to general inquiries regarding visa and residence/work permits.

• Contribute to the day-to-day operation for running of the Visa Section activities including filing of applications, updating webpage and receive information from the other sources.

• Carry out any other responsibility as required from time to time by the Embassy management.

Employment Conditions

• You will be offered a full-time one (1) employment. The contract is based on the Staff Rules of the Embassy. The position is subject to a three (3) months` initial probation period.

• Your employment is subject to successful security clearance.

• Working hours are 37 hours per week.

• You will be entitled to twenty (20) days of paid holiday per year.

• Your salary will reflect on your qualifications, relevant experience and proven work-related results.

• As part of your salary, you will be covered by a workplace pension scheme.

• You and your dependant family members will be offered reasonable coverage of sickness expenses.