Bangladeshi passport

Bangladeshi passport

The front cover of a contemporary Bangladeshi passport.
Issued by  Bangladesh
Type of document Passport
Purpose Identification
Eligibility requirements Bangladeshi citizenship
Expiration 5 years from the date of issue

The Bangladeshi passport is issued to the citizens of Bangladesh for international travel. The passport is issued by the Government of The People's Republic of Bangladesh or by any of its overseas missions to the Bangladeshi citizens who are citizens by birth or by descent. The passport of Bangladesh is valid in all countries of the world except Israel, which is a state not recognised by Bangladesh.

Machine Readable Passport (MRP)

The Bangladesh Government has implemented a project [1] to replace 6.6 million Bangladeshi passports with new machine-readable passports. According to a guideline of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Machine-readable Passport (MRP) and Machine-readable Visa (MRV) issue started by Bangladesh Government from April, 2010. However, all traditional non-MR passports will be honored as a bona fide travel document issued by the Bangladesh Government until it expires. All traditional non-MR passports must be withdrawn from circulation by November 2015. Machine-readable passports for Bangladesh are produced by Polish Security Printing Works (Polska Wytwornia Papierow Wartosciowych).[2][3]

The Bangladesh government will set up 85 new passport offices and six visa cells at home and abroad for issuing Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) and Machine Readable Visas (MRVs).[4][5] For non resident Bangladeshis 66 passport offices will be set up at 66 Bangladesh missions and consulates abroad, who will issue the Machine-readable Passports. The replacement of all the passports will take almost 3 years, which will fall inside the deadline of November 2015.

Procedures of collection of MRP

(a) Manual application and

(b) Online application

Type of passport

There are three types of passports that a Bangladeshi citizen may hold.

Ordinary passport (Green cover)

This is the most common type of passport. Any citizen of Bangladesh may possess a "regular" or "tourist" passport for international travel. Any age of Children traveling also require this passport and may not travel under their parent's passport. The maximum validity period of a "tourist" or "regular" passport is 5 years.

Official passport (Blue cover)

Government officials of Bangladesh are entitled to carry this type of passport. It provides the holders with visa free access to certain countries ( such as-Russia,China,India, Singapore, Malaysia, Kuwait, Cambodia, South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Chile, Turkey, Laos, Belarus ) that usually don't allow visa free access to "regular" or "tourist" passport holders. The "official" passport is identified by a blue stamp on the first page that reads "Official".

Diplomatic passport (Red cover)

This type of passport can only be held by Bangladeshi citizens who are members or staff of the diplomatic community. In addition to them, the Members of Parliament receives this type of privilege passport. This passport provides visa free access to more countries than the "official" passport. "Diplomatic" passports can be distinctly identified by their red cover which sets them apart from the green-colored "tourist", "regular" or "official" passports.

Delivery type

a) Regular : 21 days

b) Express : 9 days

Payment Information

Fees

a) Regular : ৳3,000 + VAT ৳450 Totaling ৳ 3,450

b) Express : ৳6,000 + VAT ৳900 Totaling ৳ 6,900

Depository banks

Passport fees can be deposited at any branch of the following banks

a) Sonali Bank

b) Dhaka Bank

c) Bank Asia

d) Premier Bank

e) One Bank

f) Trust Bank

The fees can be paid online through credit card and mobile phone also.

Invalid

In August 2012, it was discovered that up to 6,000 MRPs were invalid through Immigration Headquarters in Agargaon.[6] Over 100,000 passports make invalid by the Department of Immigration and Passports

Data on passports

Passport note

The inside cover contains the date and place of issuance of the passport as well as the declaration of the President, addressing the authorities of all other states, identifying the bearer as a citizen of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and requesting that he or she be allowed to pass and be treated as per international norms. The note inside of the Bangladeshi passports states:

In Bengali (Bangla):

গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতির পক্ষে সংশ্লিষ্ট সকলকে এই মর্মে জানান যাইতেছে এবং প্রত্যাশা করা হইতেছে যে, ইহার বাহককে অবাধে ও বিনা প্রতিবন্ধকতায় গমনাগমনের অনুমতি এবং তাহার প্রয়োজনে সকল প্রকার সহায়তা ও নিরাপত্তা প্রদান করা হউক।
গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতির আদেশক্রমে

In English:

These are to request and require in the name of the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford him/her every assistance and protection of which he/she may stand in need.
By order of the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

Passport holder identity

Information about the passport holder are spread across seven or more pages in the contemporary Bangladesh passport. The field names (e.g. name) are written in Bengali (Bangla) and English, with the field values is written in English only. No information regarding gender or faith are required.

Inside cover of the old hand-written Bangladesh passport

The inside cover of a machine-readable Bangladeshi passport has an embossed image of the National Monument, with the national anthem of Bangladesh written in Bengali (Bangla) and English.

Bangladesh passport is valid for all countries of the world except Israel

The first page contains the President's declaration in Bengali and English, and states that the passport is valid for all the countries in the world except Israel.

The second page is the main data page. It contains all information pre-printed on a thin plastic paper.[7] The information printed are:

In addition, more information regarding the passport holder is encoded using optical character recognition, and can only be read by a particular machine.[7]

The third page contains eight instructions for the passport holder in Bengali only, with a statement in English reading:

If lost abroad the founder of this passport is requested to deposit it to the nearest Bangladesh Mission/Consulate.

It also contains the passport number printed on the page.

The fourth page contains further information of the bearer:

All information is printed using a dot matrix printer and is in English only. It is then signed by the appropriate officer of the issuing authority.

The inside back of the passport contains an embossed image of the National Parliament of Bangladesh in Bengali and English, with a quotation of Louis I Kahn, the architect of the complex, in English.

Geographical validity

The passport is currently not valid for Israel. Passports were formerly not valid for entry to Taiwan, Rhodesia or South Africa.

Visa requirements

In 2016, Bangladeshi citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 39 countries and territories, ranking the Bangladeshi passport 96th in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Bangladesh Pick Passport Partners Security Documents World, March 22, 2010]
  2. ↑ "Paszporty z Polski dla Bangladeszu" [Passports from Polish to Bangladesh]. Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych (in Polish). April 12, 2010.
  3. ↑ Bangladesh working to meet deadline of machine-readable passports Asia Pulse News, February 2, 2010]
  4. ↑ "New passport offices, visa cells to issue MRPs, MRVs". The Daily Independent. Dhaka. March 18, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Facilities for issuing MRPs being expanded". Holiday. October 7, 2011.
  6. ↑ Rahman, M (July 25, 2012). "Over 6,000 passports go to wrong hands". The Daily Star. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  7. 1 2 Urmee, Farhana (June 17, 2011). "Your Passport to the World". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved July 6, 2011.

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