The passengers will no longer have to wait in queues to fill in the ED forms; they can rather put in necessary data in advance through this online service, the immigration authority said last evening at the launching ceremony.

The passengers can fill in their ED cards before heading for a journey by simply logging in to www.immigration.gov.bd and clicking the ED card link, which they can even do at the airport's Customer Service Cell.

Upon filling in the form successfully, the passengers will be given an Immigration Service (IS) Code which they will have to submit to the immigration.

The IS Code will save labour and time of the immigration officers' manually putting the data into computer and will provide them with all necessary information.

State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar inaugurated the web-based service sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank but it will be made open for passengers in the first week of next month.