BRPD-1 Circular No. 12: Verification of Bank Statement and Other Documents for Visa Applications

Bangladesh Bank Central Office Motijheel, Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh website: www.bb.org.bd

Banking Operations and Branch Management Division-1 12 January 2026 Circular No. 12 Date: ----------------- 29 Jamadi al-Thani 1433

Subject: Circular/General Instruction Division

Dear Sir/Madam,

To facilitate foreign travel from Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Bank has directed all banks to verify bank statements, account opening forms, income tax returns, and similar documents submitted by applicants for visa applications. Given the critical importance of document authenticity in visa processing and to prevent fraud or misrepresentation, this circular has been issued. To ensure timely and accurate processing of visa applications and to prevent the misuse of documents, banks are instructed to verify the authenticity of all submitted documents.

Accordingly, to ensure the authenticity of bank statements and other documents submitted by applicants for visa applications, the following instructions are issued for the guidance of all banks:

(a) Bank statements, account opening forms, income tax returns, and similar documents submitted by applicants for visa applications must include a unique Quick Response (QR) code; (b) Using the QR code, the issuing bank must verify the following details of the applicant's bank statement: (1) Account Number (2) Account Name (3) Report Date Opening Balance (4) Report Date Closing Balance (5) Statement Generation Date; (c) The statement must be generated within the last 06 months and the applicant must be the account holder.

Furthermore, to facilitate the implementation of these instructions, the relevant circulars of the Foreign Exchange Department of the Central Office will be issued within 90 (ninety) days. In this regard, the Foreign Exchange Department and the Foreign Exchange Operations Division will issue necessary guidelines.

This instruction has been issued under Section 45 of the Bangladesh Bank Order, 1991, and shall be binding on all concerned.

Authorized by, (Md. Golam Rabbani Bhuiyan) Deputy Governor (Operations) Contact: 9530252