Recently Bangladesh Government started to issuing the New Machine Readable Passport.Every citizen from now on have to use this passport for visiting other country.

From 01 April 2010 the Government of Bangladesh has introduced Machine Readable Passport (MRP) and Machine Readable Visa (MRV). Application for MRP can only be made in ten designated regional passport offices in Dhaka, Mymensingh, Chittagong, Sylhet, Comilla, Rajshahi, Barishal, Rangpur, Jessore and Gopalgonj.

The application forms are available - Click Here To Download

What To Do for Applying Your Bangladeshi Machine Readable Passport:

Those of you have passport already & validity is more than 6 months,they are not allowed to renew their Hand written passport to Machine Readable Passport (MRP).

Documents you need to submit:
1.Fill up 2 Copies of Forms. (Passport Application Form)

2.Attest both the forms. (If you have National ID Card then only attest the
Picture after pasting it on the form no need to attest the form. But if you don’t
have National ID Card then Attest both the part Picture and the Form as well.)

3.2 Copies of Attested National ID Card (Photocopy)

4.2 Copies of Attested Old Passport (Photocopy-Page 1-9)

Procedures:
1.First pay 3000tk (Normal)/ 6000tk (Urgent) @ Shonali Bank, Passport
Office Branch.
2.Stay in a line for the Forms & Documents verifications. (Must ensure
that Verifiers Signature on the forms).

3.Then ensure the 2 seals.

4.Then go for the form submissions, Picture & Digital signing part.

It is really a good and big news for all of Bangladeshi Citizen.That our GOVT. took this step to give us MRP(machine-readable passport).Because without this we cant travel other country in future.

Bangladesh's chance of meeting the international deadline to introduce machine-readable passport (MRP) and machine-readable visa (MRV) on April 1, 2010 looks bleak as the government is yet to choose a company for implementing the project.

Bangladesh could not finalise the project due to frequent change of decisions. Steps to introduce MRP and MRV originally began 12 years ago. Several strong quarters comprising politicians and businessmen have been in a race to grab the financial benefit out of the multi-million-dollar project, virtually delaying introduction of MRP and MRV.

From Now On Bangladeshi People can have this MRP (machine-readable passport).