Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today inaugurated Online App.  Photo: PID

DHAKA, Feb 13, 2025 (BSS) - Home Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) today inaugurated the Online App for Visa on Arrival (VoA) or Transit Visa application for foreign nationals to simplify the issuance of visas. 

 "We have launched the App so that foreign nationals can get visas on arrival easily," he said.

 Speaking to journalists after inaugurating the Online APP at the Home Ministry conference room at the Secretariat here, he said that foreigners from now on get the visa within five to 10 minutes which earlier required 40 minutes to one hour. 

To get the facility, the foreign citizen will have to file an application giving their necessary information using the online app, he said, adding that after completion of the process, they will get a code.

 "They will get an on-arrival visa to Bangladesh after showing the code and paying the money (the visa processing fee) in dollars. The foreigners will get an arrival visa for 30 days," he said. 

 The foreigners can pay the money both in cash and card, he said. 

 Immigration authorities at international airports and land ports may issue entry visas to persons holding passports of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Russian Federation, China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, Brunei and European countries arriving in Bangladesh for official purposes, business, investment and tourism only, after verifying the necessary documents and being completely satisfied.

If a person arrives in Bangladesh from a country other than his own country, where there is no Bangladesh embassy, he may be issued an entry visa after verifying his suitability for travel.

In the case of foreign citizens of Bangladeshi origin, their spouses/wives and children, an entry visa may be issued based on the Bangladeshi citizenship certificate/certificate of the Bangladeshi origin concerned.