Visa on arrival. Canada passport holders can get a visa on arrival in Bangladesh.
Entry
Visa on arrival
Stay
30 days per entry
Fee
$50.00
Covers
Tourist entry
Our summary of the official rule. Not an official stamp.
Official source
voa.specialbranch.gov.bdSpecial Branch, Bangladesh Police (immigration authority), Visa on Arrival portalChecked 30 Oct 2026
Citizens coming from The US, 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 to Bangladesh for tourism, trade, investment, or a government job may get a visa on arrival.
Quoted from the source.
Before you go
The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.
Conditions from official sources
Apply online at voa.specialbranch.gov.bd at least 72 hours before arrival.
Bring a printed copy of the visa-on-arrival acknowledgement receipt.
Arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka.
Needs an invitation letter uploaded with the application.
Carry at least USD 500 in cash or a credit card.
Carry a return ticket.
Leave Bangladesh from the same port you entered.
Passport validity
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.
When applying for a visa, the validity of Passport should be at least 6 months
Tourist entry only
These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.
The other way round
What Bangladesh passport holders need to visit Canada.
Bangladesh passport Canada
Visa needed
Visa-required countries or territories Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda (Some citizens of Antigua and Barbuda may be eligible for an electronic travel authorization [eTA] if they meet certain requirements .) Argentina (Some citizens of Argentina may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil (Some citizens of Brazil may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon, Republic of Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad China, People's Republic of Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Costa Rica, Republic of (Some citizens of Costa Rica may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Cuba Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia (Some citizens of Indonesia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Iran Iraq Israel (Travellers must have a valid Israeli "Travel Document in Lieu of National Passport".) Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Macao Special Administrative Region Madagascar Malawi Malaysia (Some citizens of Malaysia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Maldives Islands Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico (Some citizens of Mexico may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Micronesia, Fed. States Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco (Some citizens of Morocco may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama (Some citizens of Panama may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Paraguay Peru Philippines (Some citizens of the Philippines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Romania (holder of a non-electronic passport, such as a temporary passport) Russia Rwanda Sao Tomé e Principe Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal Serbia Seychelles (Some citizens of the Seychelles may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis (Some citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Lucia (Some citizens of St. Lucia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Vincent and the Grenadines (St. Vincent) (Some citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan (Travellers must have a passport other than an ordinary passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that includes the personal identification number.) Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand (Some citizens of Thailand may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago (Some citizens of Trinidad and Tobago may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Uruguay (Some citizens of Uruguay may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe