Bangladeshi passport

Passport note

The inside cover contains the date and place of issuance of the passport as well as the declaration of the President, addressing the authorities of all other states, identifying the bearer as a citizen of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and requesting that he or she be allowed to pass and be treated as per international norms. The note inside of the Bangladeshi passports states:

In Bengali (Bangla):

গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতির পক্ষে সংশ্লিষ্ট সকলকে এই মর্মে জানান যাইতেছে এবং প্রত্যাশা করা হইতেছে যে, ইহার বাহককে অবাধে ও বিনা প্রতিবন্ধকতায় গমনাগমনের অনুমতি এবং তাহার প্রয়োজনে সকল প্রকার সহায়তা ও নিরাপত্তা প্রদান করা হউক।

গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতির আদেশক্রমে

In English:

These are to request and require in the name of the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford him/her every assistance and protection of which he/she may stand in need.

By order of the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

The visa page of Bangladesh machine-readable passport.

Languages

The text of Bangladeshi passports is printed in both Bangla (Bengali) and English.

Passport holder identity

Information about the passport holder are spread across seven or more pages in the contemporary Bangladesh passport. The field names (e.g. name) are written in Bengali (Bangla) and English, with the field values is written in English only. No information regarding gender or faith are required.

The inside cover of a machine-readable Bangladeshi passport has an embossed image of the National Monument, with the national anthem of Bangladesh written in Bengali (Bangla) and English.

The first page contains the President's declaration in Bengali and English, and states that the passport is valid for all the countries in the world except Israel.

The second page is the main data page. It contains all information pre-printed on a thin plastic sheet.^[4] The information printed includes:

• Photo of bearer (বাহক এর ছবি)
• Passport type (শ্রেণী)
• Country code (দেশ কোড)
• Passport no. (পাসপোর্ট নং)
• Surname (বংশগত নাম)
• Given Name (প্রদত্ত নাম)
• Nationality (জাতীয়তা)
• Personal no. (national identification number or birth certificate number) (ব্যক্তিগত নং)
• Date of birth (জন্ম তারিখ)
• Previous passport no. (পূর্ববর্তী পাসপোর্ট নং)
• Sex (লিঙ্গ)
• Place of birth (জন্মস্থান)
• Date of issue (প্রদানের তারিখ)
• Issuing authority (প্রদানকারী কর্তৃপক্ষ)
• Date of expiry (মেয়াদোত্তীর্ণের তারিখ)
• Holder's signature (স্বাক্ষর)

More information regarding the passport holder is encoded using optical character recognition, and can only be read by a particular machine.^[4]

The third page contains eight instructions for the passport holder in Bengali only, with a statement in English reading:

If lost abroad the founder of this passport is requested to deposit it to the nearest Bangladesh Mission/Consulate.

It also contains the passport number printed on the page.

The fourth page contains further information on the bearer:

• Name (নাম)
• Father's name (পিতার নাম)
• Mother's name (মাতার নাম)
• Spouse's name (স্বামী বা স্ত্রী এর নাম)
• Permanent address (স্থায়ী ঠিকানা)
• Emergency contact (জরুরী যোগাযোগ)
  • Name (নাম)
  • Relationship (সম্পর্ক)
  • Address (ঠিকানা)
  • Telephone no. (টেলিফোন নং)

All information is printed using a dot matrix printer and is in English only. It is then signed by the appropriate officer of the issuing authority.

The inside back of the passport contains an embossed image of the National Parliament of Bangladesh in Bengali and English, with a quotation of Louis I Kahn, the architect of the complex, in English.