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Visa-free Entry - Lesotho, Maldives or Seychelles Passport

BangladeshShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

The consular guidance states that citizens of most countries require a visa to enter Bangladesh; the exact permission depends on nationality and route.

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What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The High Commission's schedule of visa fees marks Maldives passport holders as 'NO VISA REQUIRED for Visitors/Tourist (No visa required for 90-days stay for non-employment)'. Lesotho and Seychelles are marked 'NO VISA REQUIRED (*)', with the footnote 'NO VISA REQUIRED means No Visa Required to stay in Bangladesh for upto 90 days only'; for these two no purpose is named beyond staying, and employment is outside the Maldives exemption.

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Limits of the record
  • The country-to-entry association is visible only in the PDF's table layout: in the flat text capture (pdftotext without -layout) the country names are separated from their cells (the Maldives wording appears near the Nepal block), so this reading rests on the PDF page, not on adjacency in the capture.
  • The document is a mission's schedule of visa fees, not the exemption instrument; no bilateral agreement, MoU or Ministry of Home Affairs notification for Lesotho, Maldives or Seychelles was found on official sites (Visa Policy-2026 para 2 says visas follow bilateral agreements/MoUs).
  • Whether the Maldives 'Visitors/Tourist' wording also covers business visits is not stated; for Lesotho and Seychelles no purpose at all is stated.
  • Schedule published by the Bangladesh High Commission in Lagos (storage path dated 2024/12); it prints no effective date and states that fees are subject to change.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

According to the High Commission's schedule of visa fees, holders of Lesotho, Maldives and Seychelles passports may stay in Bangladesh without a visa for up to 90 days: the footnote defines 'NO VISA REQUIRED' as 'No Visa Required to stay in Bangladesh for upto 90 days only', and the Maldives entry reads 'No visa required for 90-days stay for non-employment'.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The country-to-entry association is visible only in the PDF's table layout: in the flat text capture (pdftotext without -layout) the country names are separated from their cells (the Maldives wording appears near the Nepal block), so this reading rests on the PDF page, not on adjacency in the capture.
  • The document is a mission's schedule of visa fees, not the exemption instrument; no bilateral agreement, MoU or Ministry of Home Affairs notification for Lesotho, Maldives or Seychelles was found on official sites (Visa Policy-2026 para 2 says visas follow bilateral agreements/MoUs).
  • No rule on number of entries, validity window, rolling period or in-country extension of the visa-free stay is stated.
  • Schedule published by the Bangladesh High Commission in Lagos (storage path dated 2024/12); it prints no effective date and states that fees are subject to change.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

General consular evidence includes a passport valid for at least six months and supporting documents; the route-specific border checklist is not stated.

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Limits of the record
  • Route-specific border evidence is not stated.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

According to the High Commission's schedule of visa fees, holders of Lesotho, Maldives and Seychelles passports need no visa to stay in Bangladesh for up to 90 days, so no advance permission is required. The official source does not state whether or how the stay can be extended or changed.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The route-specific application/extension procedure is not stated.

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

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