Amiakhum waterfall in Bandarban, Bangladesh

Who needs a visa for Bangladesh?

Southern Asia · Dhaka

Photo: Rocky Masum / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Of 198 nationalities, 23 enter Bangladesh with no paperwork at all. The rest: 141 can get a visa at the border, 33 must be approved before they travel and 1 cannot travel there.

Government fee
$11
Apply on the official Bangladesh government site

This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there.

Checked 18 October 2026 — read the fees and rules on visa.gov.bd

What Bangladesh asks for

  • Passport
  • Printed online application form
  • 45 mm x 35 mm photo (optional for the online form)

Worth knowing

  • Bangladesh visa fees vary by nationality. Check your own country's row in the official table.
  • This is not a full e-Visa: you still take the printed form to a Bangladesh mission.

Photo requirements

We have not yet read the photo rules for Bangladesh on an official page, so we print no sizes. Photo rules we have checked, and official links for the rest

Resize a photo in your browser. It is never uploaded.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 23

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

Visa on arrival 141

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

Visa required 33

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

No admission 1

A government policy, not a paperwork problem. No agent or service can work around it.

About Bangladesh

Region
Southern Asia
Capital
Dhaka
Population
175,686,899 2025 · 8th of 197
Size
147,570 km² 92nd largest of 199
Density
1,191 per km²
Language
Bengali
Currency
Bangladeshi taka BDT
Borders
India Myanmar

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.