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No Visa Required - Bangladeshi Origin

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What family, citizenship, ethnic, historical or former-resident connection creates access to this route?

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Foreign citizens of Bangladeshi origin are eligible to obtain “No Visa Required to Travel to Bangladesh” in their foreign passports.

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How far back can the qualifying connection extend, and what important transmission limitations exist?

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The endorsement is issued to foreign citizens of Bangladeshi origin up to the third generation. Their (foreign-born) spouses and children are also eligible for the NVR endorsement, subject to the official page's nationality exception for SAARC countries.

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What records are central to proving the lineage or historical connection?

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The page lists a completed application form, three recent 45 mm x 35 mm photographs, qualifying Bangladesh-issued proof of origin, the foreign passport, and, for non-Thai foreign citizens, a valid stay permit.

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Does the pathway result in a visa, residence permit, right of return, citizenship or another status?

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NVR is an endorsement in the foreign passport that allows multiple entries into Bangladesh with an unlimited duration of stay for the duration of that passport.

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What application progression, residence obligations, family consequences or further citizenship/residence possibilities follow?

The 'No Visa Required' endorsement is an entry-and-stay facility, not a status with residence obligations: it 'will remain valid as long as the passport is valid' and is re-issued in a new foreign passport on payment of the fee. The Department of Immigration and Passports issues it in Bangladesh, and overstay fines for foreign citizens of Bangladeshi origin may be waived. Visa Policy-2026 states no residence obligation and no further step towards residence or citizenship for NVR holders.

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Limits of the record
  • The policy does not state whether an NVR holder may work in Bangladesh, nor any registration or reporting obligation specific to NVR holders (para 6 registration applies only to arrivals from India and Pakistan).
  • No citizenship progression is described: dual-citizenship / Dual Nationality Certificate procedures are outside this policy and were not researched here.
  • The Bangkok mission page registered for this route (captured as BD__bangkok-nvr.txt) describes NVR as allowing 'multiple entries into Bangladesh with an unlimited duration of stay for the duration of the passport'; that is the mission's wording, not the policy's.
  • Source is 'Visa Policy-2026', Ministry of Home Affairs of Bangladesh (first publication 2006, first amendment 2016, second publication 2026; publication date August 2026), para 35 'will come into effect immediately' and para 33 repealing the earlier circulars; captured 2026-09-22 from the Bangladesh Police Special Branch immigration site (immi.specialbranch.gov.bd), not from the Ministry's own domain, and no gazette number is printed in it.
  • Visa Policy-2026, Mandatory visa conditions, para 28 (opening)
    NVR can be issued in foreign passports of Bangladeshi origin who have acquired citizenship of any country in the world and foreign citizens of Bangladeshi origin of the second and third generation and their spouse /children and foreign spouse/children of Bangladeshi citizens and foreign investors to facilitate their entry and stay in Bangladesh under the terms and conditions:
  • Visa Policy-2026, Mandatory visa conditions, para 28(3)
    (3) The NVR facility will remain valid as long as the passport is valid. NVR application fee will be 80 (eighty) US dollars or equivalent.
  • Visa Policy-2026, Mandatory visa conditions, para 28(4)
    (4) The NVR shall be issued after proper verification of the certificates submitted with the application. If the applicant has NVR in his old foreign passport, NVR shall be issued in the new foreign passport subject to payment of fees. In case of transfer of
  • Visa Policy-2026, Mandatory visa conditions, para 1
    The Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) will be the authority for issuing visa including No Visa Required (NVR) to travel to Bangladesh, Visa on Arrival (VoA), transit visa, exit pass, route change permit, and change of visa category in Bangladesh.
  • Visa Policy-2026, Mandatory visa conditions, para 9(a)(iv)
    (iv) The fine for illegal stay of foreign citizens of Bangladeshi origin/foreign spouses and children of Bangladeshi citizens may be waived.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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