{"question":{"passport":"AUS","destination":"BGD","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Travel authorisation, 30 days","requirement":{"kind":"eta","message":"Before you travel: you need a travel authorisation."},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":30,"ruleType":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 30 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"PURPOSE","text":"Visa on arrival is granted only to travellers coming for tourism, business/trade, investment, or a government job."},{"kind":"ENTRY_REQUIREMENT","text":"Except for those on government duty, the traveller must carry at least USD 500 (or the equivalent) in cash or a credit card, and a return ticket."},{"kind":"PROCEDURE","text":"Issuance is not guaranteed: the immigration officer at the port of entry grants the visa after reviewing the documents presented, and the traveller must be able to justify the visit."},{"kind":"PROCEDURE","text":"The application for the on-arrival visa must be submitted online through the Special Branch's own portal at least 72 hours before travel; the applicant then prints the VoA 'Acknowledgement Receipt' issued on the 'On-arrival Visa Application Approved' notification and must present the hard copy at the visa-on-arrival counter at the airport."},{"kind":"PROCEDURE","text":"The application for the on-arrival visa must be submitted online through the Special Branch's own portal at least 72 hours before travel; the applicant then prints the VoA 'Acknowledgement Receipt' issued on the 'On-arrival Visa Application Approved' notification and must present the hard copy at the visa-on-arrival counter at the airport."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"voa-instructions","url":"https://voa.specialbranch.gov.bd/public/voa-instructions.html","passage":"This visa is valid for a stay of a maximum of\n 30 days for tourism, business, investment, or a government job. … Citizens coming from The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Russian Federation, China, Japan, Singapore,\n Malaysia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, Brunei,\n and European countries to Bangladesh for tourism, trade, investment, or a government job may get a visa on\n arrival.","explanation":"The first block states that the arrival visa permits a stay of up to 30 days. The second block is the eligible-country sentence, and every one of the nineteen issuers on this row is named in it by its own name (Egypt included). Nothing in that sentence conditions the grant on where the traveller flies from, so the named states are an independent ground.","publisher":"Visa-on-Arrival in Bangladesh"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-29","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}