{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"NZ","name":"New Zealand","slug":"new-zealand"},"destination":{"code":"BD","name":"Bangladesh"},"status":"visa_on_arrival","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[{"label":"Maximum 30-day single-entry stay","maxDays":30,"basis":"per_entry"}],"policies":[{"id":"bangladesh-named-ordinary-passport-tourist-visa-on-arrival","title":"Bangladesh: named ordinary-passport visitor visa on arrival","summary":"Current Bangladesh MFA guidance expressly identifies this named nationality cohort as eligible to seek a visitor visa on arrival for official duty, business, investment or tourism, subject to document verification and officer satisfaction.","status":"visa_on_arrival","conditions":["This is a conditional visa-on-arrival route, not visa-free entry. The expressly stated purposes are official duty, business, investment and tourism; for short tourism the guidance calls for hotel booking or personal invitation and a return ticket.","The same guidance limits its separate defence and security-force route to travellers with prior Ministry of Home Affairs clearance; that purpose-specific condition does not broaden ordinary tourist access.","The immigration officer at an airport or land port must examine the documents and be satisfied. The guidance states a maximum 30-day, single-entry visa; extension is only under existing visa policy.","Published checklist conditions include a valid passport, USD 500 (cash or card) except government duty, return ticket, supporting documents, and cash payment in USD/GBP/EUR. The stated USD 50 fee is subject to reciprocity/exempt-fee arrangements.","The portal’s online form must be printed and taken with supporting documents to a visa office or mission; it is not evidence of an electronically issued visa and is not normalized as eVisa or ETA.","NVR, Bangladeshi-origin, spouse/child, investor recommendation, UN/mission staff, diplomatic/official/service, seaman/UN travel document, residence, transit and third-country/no-mission pathways are document-, origin-, purpose-, route- or residence-conditioned and are deliberately excluded from this nationality-only policy."],"sourceIds":["bangladesh-dip-current-visa-policy-index","bangladesh-mofa-copenhagen-current-voa-guidance","bangladesh-mofa-manama-current-voa-guidance","bangladesh-dip-mrv-portal","bangladesh-mofa-copenhagen-current-nvr-guidance"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"bangladesh-dip-current-visa-policy-index","title":"Visa policies: Visa on Arrival and visa-document guidance","url":"https://dip.gov.bd/pages/static-pages/6922ddd4933eb65569e1682f","publisher":"Department of Immigration and Passports, Government of Bangladesh","jurisdiction":"Bangladesh","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Bengali and English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"bangladesh-mofa-copenhagen-current-voa-guidance","title":"Visa on Arrival","url":"https://copenhagen.mofa.gov.bd/pages/static-pages/visa-on-arrival-7030f0-695266a835ce18e1c05aa9f3","publisher":"Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Copenhagen","jurisdiction":"Bangladesh","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"bangladesh-mofa-manama-current-voa-guidance","title":"Visa fees and current visa-on-arrival eligibility notice","url":"https://manama.mofa.gov.bd/pages/static-pages/6952669235ce18e1c05aa1ea","publisher":"Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Manama","jurisdiction":"Bangladesh","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"bangladesh-dip-mrv-portal","title":"Machine Readable Visa online application portal","url":"https://visa.gov.bd/","publisher":"Department of Immigration and Passports, Government of Bangladesh","jurisdiction":"Bangladesh","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"bangladesh-mofa-copenhagen-current-nvr-guidance","title":"Guidelines for No Visa Required (NVR)","url":"https://copenhagen.mofa.gov.bd/pages/static-pages/guidelines-for-no-visa-required-nvr-e0a3c7-695266a635ce18e1c05aa940","publisher":"Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Copenhagen","jurisdiction":"Bangladesh","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}