Bangladesh visa on arrival and e-visa

Who can get a visa on arrival

The Special Branch immigration page lists these groups ¹. Travel must be for tourism, trade, investment or government work ¹. Issue is not guaranteed and depends on the immigration officer ¹.

• Citizens of the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, Brunei and European countries ¹
• Citizens of countries with no Bangladesh embassy, if they can justify the trip ¹
• Officials and staff of foreign embassies and the UN office in Bangladesh, with papers ¹
• Foreign-born children of Bangladeshis and their spouses and children, with proof of origin ¹
• Foreign investors and traders with an invitation letter and a Bangladesh investment authority or BEPZA certificate ¹

Fee and payment

The fee is US$50, excluding processing fees, or the amount the authority sets ¹. You pay cash at the Sonali Bank counter at the airport and keep the receipt ¹. Cards are not accepted ¹.

The page describes the process at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka ¹.

Apply online before you fly

Foreign travellers can now fill in the on-arrival and transit visa form online before travel, The Daily Observer reported on 21 August 2026, citing airport immigration police ².

On the official portal you register with an email, activate the account, then complete Parts A and B ¹. You upload a photo, your passport bio page and an invitation letter, each up to 5MB ¹. Print the acknowledgement receipt and bring it with your bank receipt to the visa queue ¹.

• Official visa on arrival portal: voa.specialbranch.gov.bd ¹
• Official visa form portal for embassy visas: visa.gov.bd ³

Overstay and longer stays

The visa on arrival is good for up to 30 days ¹. For a longer trip you need a visa from an embassy before you travel ¹. Extensions go through the Department of Immigration and Passports office in Agargaon, Dhaka ¹.

If you overstay, the fine is Tk 200 a day for the first 15 days and Tk 500 a day after that ¹. On top of the fine you pay a new visa fee equal to the embassy visa fee for your country, such as US$160 for US citizens ¹. The visa form portal lists the same US$160 for US citizens ³.

Where the e-visa stands

Bangladesh does not issue an e-visa yet. The visa.gov.bd portal takes online forms, but you still print the form and hand it in with your fee at a mission or visa office ³.

Official records list an unapproved project called Implementation of e-Visa, Bangladesh, planned for July 2026 to June 2031 at an estimated Tk 1,800 crore, The Business Standard reported on 10 October 2026 ⁴. It has no budget in the current fiscal year ⁴. The Ministry of Home Affairs is separately weighing a border system that would include e-visa and travel authorisation features ⁴.