Visa requirements for Bangladeshi passport holders

Visa-free, visa on arrival or free e-arrival (4)

E-visa, decided online in days (27)

Sticker visa with biometrics (19)

Embassy interview (2)

How to read the visa map for a Bangladeshi passport

The 52 destinations above are grouped by what a Bangladeshi passport holder has to do before boarding, because that is what decides the timeline and the cost. Visa-free and visa-on-arrival destinations need nothing filed in advance. E-visa destinations are decided online within days with no appointment and no passport handover. Sticker visas add biometrics at a visa application centre and hold the passport for the decision window. Embassy visas add an interview, and the date of that interview, not the paperwork, sets the earliest travel date.

Grouping changes with the passport, not the destination: a country that admits Bangladeshis on arrival may require an e-visa from a neighbouring nationality, and the stay granted at the border also differs. Every row links to the destination page, which carries the official fee, the published processing window, the funds figure for each visa category and the date the rule was last verified against the government source. The Maldives and Nepal grant visa-on-arrival, Bhutan admits by permit and Sri Lanka issues an ETA; everything else is filed in advance.

Planning a trip on a Bangladeshi passport

For a short-notice holiday, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan can be booked days ahead, since nothing is filed in advance. Australia, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia and 22 others issue e-visas; Thailand decides fastest (same day once filed) and Mauritius is the cheapest at ₹0 all-in; allow one to two weeks between application and departure. United Kingdom, Canada, Schengen Area, Japan and South Korea need an appointment, so start six to ten weeks before travel; Ireland publishes the longest window at 4–9 weeks.

Whatever the format, Bangladeshis are assessed on the same evidence: a passport valid for six months beyond arrival with blank pages, bank statements for the last three to six months that match the trip, confirmed accommodation and onward travel, travel insurance where required and a reason to return home, usually employment, business ownership, study or family. Refusals for Bangladeshi passport holders cluster around funds that do not match the plan and gaps in travel history, both of which the free eligibility check scores before you pay a fee.

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