The e-Visa
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🇧🇩Tourist visa information for Bangladeshi passport holders
Singapore Visa for Bangladeshi Citizens
Ordinary Bangladeshi passports need a Singapore visa; diplomatic, official and service passports do not. If you are travelling on an ordinary passport, this page covers the papers ICA expects, how to handle Bengali-language records, how the e-Visa reaches you, and what to prepare before you fly.
From $130 USD
One price per person
One US dollar figure per applicant, with the government visa fee and our professional charge both inside it.
5–7 working days · 3–5 days
Service estimates
Normal and express options, listed below with ICA’s own timing shown separately.
Entry types
You can request single, double or multiple entry. The authorities decide what is issued.
Passport type matters
ICA exempts diplomatic, official and service passports. Ordinary passports need a visa.
Which Bangladeshi passports need a visa
Bangladesh is on ICA’s visa-required list. ICA’s Bangladesh page states that you need a visa to enter Singapore if you hold a travel document issued by Bangladesh, and it then adds an exception: holders of diplomatic, official and service passports do not need a visa for entry.
In practice, the passport type decides which side of that line you are on. An ordinary passport means preparing a visa application, and this page is written for that case. A diplomatic, official or service passport falls under the exemption ICA describes, and the rest of this page does not apply to it.
We prepare the application with you and submit it through a route ICA accepts. Whether a visa is issued, and whether you are admitted on arrival, are decisions for the Singapore authorities.
How we take part
Requirement mapping
Every item is marked as an ICA requirement, a conditional item or a standard of our own.
Consistency review
Names, passport numbers and dates are checked across the form, the passport copy and any Bengali-to-English translation.
Submission
The finished file is submitted through the route that applies to your case.
Approval notice
An approval comes as an e-Visa, emailed to the address you gave in the application.
Consistency is what our review checks most closely: the same name spelling, the same dates and the same trip on every page of the file.
Is this page for you?
Use this page if you hold an ordinary Bangladeshi passport and plan a social visit to Singapore. The sections below explain how the requirements apply to the most common situations. They describe preparation, not the likely outcome.
Ordinary passport holders
You need a visa. The rest of this page applies to you.
Diplomatic, official and service passports
ICA’s Bangladesh page says these holders do not need a visa for entry. Confirm the details of your own trip with ICA.
Applicants living outside Bangladesh
The visa requirement goes with the passport. If you plan to use a Singapore Overseas Mission, ICA directs you to that mission’s website for its procedure.
Applicants relying on a letter of introduction
Form V39A can come from a local contact: a Singapore citizen or permanent resident, at least 21, with Singpass. Without one, ICA’s page says an Embassy letter can be accepted.
What ICA requires
- An ordinary travel document issued by Bangladesh needs a visa for entry.
- The passport you copy needs six months of remaining validity, counted from your entry date.
- Originals, official translations and copies for ICA to retain are needed for documents not in English.
- ICA recommends submitting in the 30 days before you arrive, and it considers each application on its own merits.
What we add
- A hotel and travel-booking standard for the file.
- Prices and service estimates on this page.
- A pre-submission consistency review.
- Cancellation and refund terms.
Our checks help the file reach ICA in good order. They are not a decision on the visa or a promise of entry.
The papers ICA expects
ICA lists these documents for a business or social visit. Items that apply only in some cases are marked, and our own standard is shown separately at the end.
ICA requirement
Signed Form 14A
Your application is decided on what you declare in this form. ICA may also ask for the form itself to be submitted, so keep the signed copy.
ICA requirement
Passport biodata copy
A clear photocopy of the page with your photo and details. The passport must still have six months of validity on the day you enter Singapore.
ICA requirement
Recent photograph
A passport-sized colour photograph taken in the past three months, following ICA’s photo guidelines.
ICA requirement for non-English records
Translations of Bengali documents
A trade licence or certificate written in Bengali needs an official English translation, with the original and a copy for ICA to keep.
The accepted sources are the issuing country’s embassy, a notary public in Singapore or the issuing country, or a private translator whose work that embassy attests or such a notary notarises.
Conditional · ICA procedure
Form V39A
A letter of introduction, needed case by case and normally issued by a local contact. An Embassy-issued letter can be accepted if no local contact letter is available.
Our submission standard · depends on circumstances
Proof of work or business
If you are employed, a recent letter or certificate from your employer. If you run a business, its registration document or trade licence, with an accepted English translation if it is written in Bengali.
Our submission standard
Where you will stay and how you travel
A hotel reservation of three nights or more at a three-star or higher property, plus confirmed bookings for arriving in and leaving Singapore. We do not accept an Airbnb booking or an invitation from friends, relatives or a company in its place.
Our requirements page shows a marked-up biodata page and an example of an acceptable photograph.
Open the full requirements checklistICA may ask for more information on any application. No one document determines the outcome.
Our fee table for Bangladeshi passports
Each price is a single US dollar amount per applicant. It includes the ICA government visa fee and our professional service charge, without showing the government fee as a separate line. Normal and express prices are listed for each entry type.
| Requested entry type | Normal service5–7 working days | Express service3–5 days |
|---|---|---|
| Single-entry | $130 USD | $180 USD |
| Double-entry | $140 USD | $190 USD |
| Multiple-entry | $170 USD | $220 USD |
USD per applicant
Before you choose
- Count one price for every traveller, children included.
- Requesting multiple entry does not mean multiple entry will be granted. The authorities decide the type, validity and conditions.
- Prices are final for our service and are not an itemised government charge.
Planning around processing time
ICA and our service each have their own timing. ICA’s statement concerns its processing after submission. Our normal and express estimates concern our work, starting once your file is complete. Treat both as planning guides rather than deadlines.
Normal service
Our service estimate
5–7 working days
For travellers with a little flexibility and all records ready.
Express service
Our service estimate
3–5 days
Our faster handling option, at a higher price. It speeds up our work only, not ICA’s.
ICA’s timing
Three working days excluding the submission day, according to ICA, with some applications taking longer.
The 30-day window
ICA advises applying within the 30 days before you arrive. Gather documents and translations earlier, then submit inside that window.
Extra requests
Any further question from ICA or from our review lengthens the overall time.
The application route, step by step
ICA accepts submissions through its e-Service, made by a strategic partner or local contact, and at a Singapore Overseas Mission or its authorised visa agent. Here is how a file moves through our hands.
Step 1
Check the passport type
Confirm that you hold an ordinary passport and that it will be valid six months beyond your entry date.
Step 2
Prepare translations
Arrange an accepted English translation for any Bengali record you plan to include.
Step 3
Complete the form
One application for each traveller, with names exactly as the passport prints them.
Step 4
Our review
We check the uploads against each other and email you if something needs correcting.
Step 5
Payment
The application shows the price for your entry type and service level before you pay.
Step 6
Submission and the e-Visa
We submit the file. An approval is emailed to you as an e-Visa, and ICA’s page also allows the local contact, strategic partner or authorised visa agent to print it from the e-Service.
Save every document and email from the application in one folder you can reach while travelling.
Apply OnlineGetting the passport copy and photo right
ICA states the passport validity rule and the photo requirement directly. The remaining points are the checks we use to avoid sending a file back to you.
ICA requirement
Passport copy
Add six months to your planned arrival date and check the passport’s expiry against that date.
Photograph or scan the whole biodata page in good light, so the number, the dates and the two machine-readable lines are legible.
If your passport has been renewed, use the new passport’s number everywhere in the application.
ICA requirement
Photo
The photo must be recent (taken within three months), in colour and passport-sized, and must follow ICA’s photo guidelines. On top of that we check:
- A photo taken within the last three months.
- A plain background with nothing behind you.
- Your whole face in view, eyes open, facing forward.
- Your natural appearance, without beauty filters.
- Good focus and even light across the face.
After approval: e-Visa, Visit Pass and the checkpoint
An approved e-Visa is the start of the journey, not the end of the checks. These are the points that matter between approval and arrival.
The Visit Pass
The officer at the checkpoint decides how long you may stay and records it on your electronic Visit Pass, independent of the visa’s dates.
Entry decision
Admission is decided at the checkpoint. Holding an approved visa does not guarantee entry.
Transit
ICA’s Visa-Free Transit Facility lists specific nationalities, and Bangladesh is not one of them. No transit arrangement is described on this page; ask ICA before planning a stopover outside the transit area.
Before you fly
Pack the passport you applied with, a copy of the e-Visa, and your hotel and return bookings. Submit the SG Arrival Card within the three days before arrival, counting the arrival day.
Family trips and minors
Travelling as a family does not combine the applications. Each person, however young, is handled as a separate applicant.
Individual applications
Parents and children each complete an application and are charged the per-applicant price.
Each child’s own passport
ICA requires an individually issued travel document, so a child needs their own passport.
Supporting family records
A birth certificate or other family record in Bengali that you choose to include needs an accepted English translation.
One trip, consistent files
Use the same hotel booking and travel dates in each family member’s file so the applications describe the same journey.
Document slips to prevent
We check for these before any file is submitted. They are preparation points; ICA does not generally publish reasons for its decisions.
Transliteration differences
A Bengali name can be written in English more than one way. Copy the spelling printed in the passport onto every form and translation.
An old passport number
After a renewal, the previous passport number can linger on bookings or letters. Update every reference to the current passport.
An unofficial translation
Translating a record yourself does not meet ICA’s requirement. Use the embassy, a notary public, or a private translation that one of them has attested or notarised.
Short passport validity
Six months from the entry date is the test. Renew first if the passport will not reach it.
Using the official passport rule for an ordinary passport
The exemption covers diplomatic, official and service passports only. An ordinary passport still needs a visa.
A booking that has changed
If you change a flight or hotel after applying, keep the new details consistent with what the file says, or tell us.
Changing your plans: cancellation terms
A summary of our tourist visa refund rules. The complete wording is on our Refund Policy page.
Before submission to ICA
Cancelling before we submit
If you cancel before we submit your application to ICA, a cancellation fee of USD $50 applies per applicant and application.
The fee is deducted from the amount you paid, and the remaining eligible amount is refunded, subject to applicable law.
After submission to ICA
Once the application is submitted
After submission to ICA, the paid visa service fee is non-refundable, subject to applicable law.
A refusal does not by itself make a submitted application refundable.
If you believe a payment was duplicated or charged incorrectly, contact us so that we can review it. Legally required refunds and billing errors are handled separately.
Nothing in these rules limits statutory consumer rights that cannot be waived.
Bangladeshi passport FAQs
Answers for Bangladeshi passport holders. Each one shows whether it is ICA’s rule or our own practice.
Do I need a visa on an ordinary Bangladeshi passport?
Yes. ICA’s Bangladesh page requires a visa for a travel document issued by Bangladesh, apart from the passport types it exempts.
I work outside Bangladesh. Can I apply from where I live?
Yes. The requirement follows the Bangladeshi passport, not your country of residence. ICA lists the e-Service through a strategic partner or local contact, and Singapore Overseas Missions or their authorised visa agents; for a mission, its own website sets out the procedure.
My passport was renewed after I booked my trip. What should I change?
Use the new passport for the application and the biodata copy, and update the passport number on any booking or letter that shows the old one. The six-month validity rule applies to the new passport.
I hold an official passport. Is a visa needed?
ICA’s Bangladesh page says holders of diplomatic, official and service passports do not need a visa for entry. This page is written for ordinary passports, so confirm your own case with ICA.
Which translations of Bengali documents are accepted?
Four routes are accepted by ICA: a translation by the issuing country’s embassy; one by a notary public in Singapore or the issuing country; a private translation attested by that embassy; or a private translation notarised by such a notary.
Submit the original and a copy with the translation.
Do I upload Form 14A or just complete it?
Complete and sign it in every case. ICA’s page says the application is based on what you declare and that ICA may request the form itself to be submitted.
How do I get a copy of the e-Visa?
If the application is approved, the e-Visa is emailed to you. ICA also says a local contact, strategic partner or authorised visa agent can print a copy through the e-Service.
When should I apply?
ICA advises applying within 30 days before arrival and states a processing time of three working days (the submission day not counted), although some take longer. Our service estimates are separate.
Is there a visa-free transit option for Bangladeshi travellers?
Bangladesh is not on the list for ICA’s Visa-Free Transit Facility, so no such option is described here. Ask ICA before booking a connection.
Is the SG Arrival Card part of the visa application?
No. The arrival card is its own declaration, required of all travellers apart from narrow exemptions, and submitted within three days before you arrive, counting the arrival day. There is no charge, and it is not a visa.
How long will I be allowed to stay?
That is decided at the checkpoint and shown on your electronic Visit Pass. The visa’s validity does not set it.
Can I get a refund if I cancel?
Before submission to ICA, a USD $50 cancellation fee applies per applicant and application, and the remaining eligible amount is refunded, subject to applicable law. After submission, the paid visa service fee is non-refundable, subject to applicable law.
Your next step
Check the passport type and validity, arrange any Bengali translations, then review the requirements and our prices before you begin.
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