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A (regular or ordinary) Bangladeshi passport

Visa requirements for Bangladeshi citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Bangladesh by the authorities of other countries. As of 2 July 2019, Bangladeshi citizens who hold regular or ordinary Bangladeshi passports have visa free or visa on arrival access to 39 countries and territories, ranking the Bangladeshi passport 101st in terms of travel freedom (tied with passports from Eritrea, Iran, Lebanon and North Korea) according to the Henley Passport Index.[1] Bangladeshi citizens who hold Diplomatic passports and/or Official passports of Bangladesh have visa free or visa on arrival access to many more countries.[2]

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for Bangladeshi citizens
  Bangladesh
  Visa-free access
  Visa on arrival
  eVisa
  Visa available both on arrival or online
  Visa required

Visa requirements

Country Visa requirement Allowed stay Notes
 Afghanistan Visa required[3]
 Albania Visa required[3]
 Algeria Visa required[3]
 Andorra Visa required[3]
 Angola Visa required[3]
 Antigua and Barbuda Electronic Entry Visa[3] 30 days
  • US $100 visa waiver fee applies.
 Argentina Visa required[3]
 Armenia Visa required[3]
 Australia Visa required[3]
  • May apply online using the Online Visitor e600 visa facility.[4]
 Austria Visa required[3]
 Azerbaijan Visa required[3]
 Bahamas Visa not required[3] 4 weeks
 Bahrain Visa required[3]
 Barbados Visa not required[3] 6 months
 Belarus Visa required[3]
 Belgium Visa required[3]
 Belize Visa required[3]
 Benin eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][5] 30 days / 8 days
  • Must have an international vaccination certificate.
 Bhutan Visa not required[6][3]
 Bolivia Visa on arrival[3]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Visa required[3]
 Botswana Visa required[3]
 Brazil Visa required[3]
 Brunei Visa required[3]
 Bulgaria Visa required[3]
 Burkina Faso Visa required[3]
 Burundi Visa required[7][3]
 Cambodia Visa required[3]
 Cameroon Visa required[3]
 Canada Visa required[3]
 Cape Verde Visa on arrival[3]
 Central African Republic Visa required[3]
 Chad Visa required[3]
 Chile Visa required[3]
 China Visa required[8]
  • Visa can be issued on arrival for those who need to enter China urgently for humanitarian reasons or have other urgent needs. Relevant supporting documents must be provided. This policy applies to all foreigners including citizens of Bangladesh.[9]
 Colombia Visa required[3]
 Comoros Visa on arrival[3]
 Republic of the Congo Visa required[3]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Visa required[3]
 Costa Rica Visa required[3]
 Côte d'Ivoire eVisa[10] 3 months
 Croatia Visa required[3]
 Cuba Visa required[3]
  • Visa must be obtained in advance in lieu of a tourist card.
 Cyprus Visa required[3]
 Czech Republic Visa required[3]
 Denmark Visa required[3]
 Djibouti eVisa[3] 31 days
 Dominica Visa not required[3] 6 months
 Dominican Republic Visa required[3]
 Ecuador Visa required[3]
 Egypt Visa required[3]
 El Salvador Visa required[3]
 Equatorial Guinea Visa required[3]
 Eritrea Visa required[3]
 Estonia Visa required[3]
 Eswatini Visa required[3]
 Ethiopia eVisa[11] Up to 90 days
 Fiji Visa not required[3] 4 months
 Finland Visa required[3]
 France Visa required[3]
 Gabon eVisa[12]
 Gambia Visa not required[3] 90 days
 Georgia Visa required[3]
  • eVisa available for holders of a valid Schengen visa or a valid visa from any of the OECD member countries or a valid residence permit of a Schengen or OECD country or a valid residence permit of UAE.[13]
 Germany Visa required[3]
 Ghana Visa required[3]
 Greece Visa required[3]
 Grenada Visa not required[3] 3 months
 Guatemala Visa required[3]
 Guinea eVisa[14] 90 days
 Guinea-Bissau Visa on arrival[3] 90 days
 Guyana Visa required[3]
 Haiti Visa not required[3] 3 months
 Honduras Visa required[3]
 Hungary Visa required[3]
 Iceland Visa required[3]
 India Visa required[3]
  • No visa required for Diplomatic and Official Passport holders.
  • Visa fee waived for regular or ordinary passport holders.[15]
 Indonesia Visa not required[3] 30 days
 Iran Visa required[3]
 Iraq Admission refused[3]
  • Admission refused from 14 Aug 2019, except transit is possible
 Ireland Visa required[3]
 Israel Visa required[3]
 Italy Visa required[3]
 Jamaica Visa not required[3]
 Japan Visa required[3]
  • No visa required for Diplomatic Passport holders.[16]
 Jordan Visa required[3]
 Kazakhstan Visa required[3]
 Kenya eVisa / Visa on arrival[17] 3 months
 Kiribati Visa required[3]
 North Korea Visa required[3]
 South Korea Visa required[3]
  • Bangladeshi national who holds a visa, re-entry permit or permanent residency to enter the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia or New Zealand can enter South Korea without a visa for a stay of up to 30 days, if their purpose of visit is transit.[18][19]
 Kuwait Visa required[3]
 Kyrgyzstan eVisa[3]
 Laos Visa required[3]
 Latvia Visa required[3]
 Lebanon Visa required[3]
 Lesotho Visa not required[3] 90 days
 Liberia Visa required[3]
 Libya Admission refused[3]
 Liechtenstein Visa required[3]
 Lithuania Visa required[3]
 Luxembourg Visa required[3]
 Madagascar eVisa / Visa on arrival[3] 90 days
 Malawi eVisa[3][21][22] 90 days
 Malaysia eVisa[23] 30 days
  • Single Entry.
 Maldives Free visa on arrival[3] 30 days
 Mali Visa required[3]
 Malta Visa required[3]
 Marshall Islands Visa required[3]
 Mauritania Visa on arrival[3]
 Mauritius Visa required[3]
 Mexico Visa required[3]
  • Visa is not required if holding U.S or Canadian permanent resident card.[24]
 Micronesia Visa not required[3] 30 days
 Moldova Visa required[3]
 Monaco Visa required[3]
 Mongolia Visa required[3]
 Montenegro Visa required[3]
  • Holder of a valid UAE residence permit may enter without visa for seven days.
 Morocco Visa required[3]
 Mozambique Visa on arrival[3] 30 days
 Myanmar eVisa[25] 28 days
 Namibia Visa required[3]
 Nauru Visa required[3]
   Nepal Visa on arrival[3] 30 days
 Netherlands Visa required[3]
 New Zealand Visa required[3]
 Nicaragua Visa required[3]
  • Visa on arrival if holding a valid visa issued by United States, Canada, or Schengen Member State
 Niger Visa required[3]
 Nigeria Visa required[3]
 North Macedonia Visa required[3]
  • Approval from the Ministry of Interior required.
 Norway Visa required[3]
 Oman Visa required[3]
  • Bangladeshi holding a GCC visa of certain categories (managers, sales executives, etc.) are granted a visit visa on arrival if they are coming directly from a GCC Country.
 Pakistan Online Visa[26]
  • Online Visa eligible.[27]
  • Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for business purposes.[28]
 Palau Visa required[3]
 Panama Visa required[3]
 Papua New Guinea Visa required[3]
 Paraguay Visa required[3]
 Peru Visa required[3]
 Philippines Visa required[3]
  • No visa required for Diplomatic and Official Passport holders for a stay of up to 30 days.[29]
 Poland Visa required[3]
 Portugal Visa required[3]
 Qatar eVisa[30][3]
 Romania Visa required[3]
 Russia Visa required[3]
  • No visa required for Official and Diplomatic passport holders.
 Rwanda eVisa / Visa on arrival[3] 30 days
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Visa not required[3]
 Saint Lucia Visa required[3]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Visa not required[3] 1 month
 Samoa Free Entry Permit on arrival[3] 60 days
 San Marino Visa required[3]
  • Visa not required if holding a valid Schengen Visa.
 São Tomé and Príncipe eVisa[31]
 Saudi Arabia Visa required[3]
 Senegal Visa on arrival[3]
 Serbia Visa required[3]
  • Visa free for a maximum stay of 90 days for valid visa holders or residents of the European Union member states and the United States.
 Seychelles Free Visitor's Permit on arrival[3] 3 months
 Sierra Leone Visa required[3]
 Singapore Visa required[3]
  • No visa required for Diplomatic and Official Passport holders.[32]
  • May obtain visa online.[33]
 Slovakia Visa required[3]
 Slovenia Visa required[3]
 Solomon Islands Visa required[3]
 Somalia Visa on arrival[34] 30 days
 South Africa Visa required[3]
 South Sudan Visa required[3]
 Spain Visa required[3]
 Sri Lanka eVisa / Visa on arrival[3] 30 days
 Sudan Admission refused[3]
  • For ordinary passport holders, entry and transit is refused unless arriving for commercial delegations or as students studying at a Sudanese institute of higher education or university and holding a residence permit.[35]
 Suriname eVisa[36]
 Sweden Visa required[3]
  Switzerland Visa required[3]
 Syria Visa required[3]
 Tajikistan Visa required[3]
 Tanzania Visa required[3]
  • Visa on arrival if holding a referral visa.
 Thailand Visa required[3]
 Timor-Leste Visa on arrival[3] 30 days
 Togo Visa on arrival[3] 7 days
 Tonga Visa required[3]
 Trinidad and Tobago Visa not required[3]
 Tunisia Visa required[3]
  • Visa on arrival for up to 15 days for valid residence permit holders of any country in the GCC (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE).
 Turkey Visa required[3]
  • No visa required for Diplomatic and Official passport holders
  • eVisa available for holders of a valid Schengen visa; a valid visa from any OECD member country (USA, Canada, etc.); or a valid residence permit of a Schengen or OECD country.
 Turkmenistan Visa required[3]
 Tuvalu Visa on arrival[3] 1 month
 Uganda eVisa / Visa on arrival[3]
  • May apply for visa online.[37]
 Ukraine Visa required[3]
 United Arab Emirates Visa required[3]
 United Kingdom Visa required[3]
 United States Visa required[3]
 Uruguay Visa required[3]
 Uzbekistan eVisa[38] 30 days
 Vanuatu Visa not required[3] 30 days
 Vatican City Visa required[3]
 Venezuela Visa required[3]
 Vietnam Visa required[3]
  • Traveling directly to Phu Quoc Island are allowed to stay on the island for up-to 30 days without a visa.[39][40]
 Yemen Visa required[3]
 Zambia eVisa[3]
 Zimbabwe eVisa[3]

Non-visa restrictions

Many countries have entry restrictions on foreigners that go beyond the common requirement of having either a valid visa or a visa exemption. Such restrictions may be health related or impose additional documentation requirements on certain classes of people for diplomatic or political purposes.

Blank passport pages

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[41] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Vaccination

Cover of the new International Certificate of Vaccination issued by the Bureau of Quarantine in the Philippines since 2021

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year[42] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[43]

Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[44][45]

Passport validity length

Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.

However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[46][47] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[48]

Some countries, such as Japan,[49] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[50] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.

In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,[51] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,[52] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[53] Philippines,[54] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[55]

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.

Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.

Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.

Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives[56] and South Africa.

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[57] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record, while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.

Persona non grata

The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.[58]

Israeli stamps

Israeli border control Entry Permit (issued as a stand-alone document rather than a stamp affixed in a passport)

Kuwait,[59] Lebanon,[60] Libya,[61] and Yemen[62] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.

To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.[citation needed]

Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

Biometrics

Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.[63]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[64][65] Argentina,[66] Brunei, Cambodia,[67] China,[68] Ethiopia,[69] Ghana, Guinea,[70] India, Japan,[71][72] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[73] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[74] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[75] Singapore, South Korea,[76] Taiwan, Thailand,[77] Uganda,[78] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its own legislation),[79][80][81] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[82]

Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports[83] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[84][85]

See also

References and Notes

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